Tag: italy
26 Oct
It is a region of Italy that reveals itself slowly but not grudgingly. Puglia and Basilicata are hardscrabble neighbors, sandwiched between...
3 Sep
Sandra Chace’s story is a layered and complex one, shaped by a stunning intelligence and a deep well of passion. She was a second sister...
21 Jul
In the twilight of the past, history cannot be distinguished from myth. The mists have opened and closed over this rock that rises like an emerald...
25 Nov
Sometimes it is the familiar, from a life lived or imagined, that seduces. I return to a corner of Italy to find a world lightly marked by today’s...
15 Nov
Piazza del Duomo An hour and a half by road from Milan is the small, elegant and refined city of Parma. In this foodie age it is probably...
18 May
14 May
Under impossibly blue skies and with remarkably few tourists (for Venice), we wandered the city, walking from Rialto to San Marco on both sides...
8 May
The overnight flight landed one hour early..when does that ever happen? Normally I would have been thrilled, but I am meeting my sister this...
9 Oct
In 1966, I spent a long weekend, more like a house party weekend, at a new hotel off the coast of Italy called Il Pellicano. I was the guest...
21 Jul
Mauro Stoppa, captain of Eolo, one of the few remaining bragozzo in Venice, is a charming character. Captain, guide and chef, Mauro will take...
3 Mar
In celebration of its launch, Lisa Lindblad’s Willing Foot has announced the winner of its inaugural contest. Averell has won a three-day...
26 Sep
The Grande Dame of Florence’s hotels is the Villa San Michele, located a short ten minute drive from the city center on the lush hillside...
26 Sep
Dario Cecchini is a real character; he is also an inspired cook who, for the last 35 years, has run his tiny butchery near Greve and then two...
23 Sep
Perhaps it is only with age that one begins to truly appreciate texture. Be it the removal of surface layers to reveal the original, as in...
22 Sep
Doing a job well is a combination of smarts, passion, discipline and commitment. I love this combination in action and, because it is so inspiring,...
21 Sep
I first went to Capri when I was 6. A family friend lived on Via Tuoro, and we rented a modest house just above the Marina Piccola from Laetizia...
20 Sep
In 1902, one Otto Bierbaum, midway through his Grand Tour to Italy’s South, wrote, “A hotel, that is not a hotel, but offers every...
19 Sep
The towns and villages of the Amalfi Coast are strung like beads along one of the most remarkable chains in the world – the Amalfi Drive....
18 Sep
Caesar Augustus made his painful way toward the island of Capri, comforted by the sea air and the familiar shape of this coastline he knew and...
14 Sep
On Thursday I will be leaving on a ten-day whirlwind trip to Italy, a country I know well. My Father’s sister married a Sienese. We...
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