In a city as filled with tourist attractions as Venice, it’s hard to know where to begin. Perhaps the best way is to simply get lost…
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Agrigento sits in hilly countryside very close to the southern coast of Sicily, and because of its superb temple ruins, it’s one of the most rewarding…
One of the world’s most famous roads, the Amalfi Drive (aka SS163) is also arguably the most beautiful 48 kilometers of coastline in Italy, and certainly…
The Amalfi Coast is only 40 kilometers from Positano on the west to Vietri sul Mare on the east. That distance, almost all of which is…
Its small size grants guests the amorous feeling of staying in a private villa while they’re treated like visitors of a plush hotel. On the grounds,…
Set picturesquely above the Adriatic Sea, Ancona has only recently been discovered by tourists. Most of them arrive by ferry from Croatia or Greece, or by…
Even when Arezzo was a Roman military outpost, the city was known as a center for poets, and throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance,…
When UNESCO inscribed the Franciscan attractions in Assisi on the list of World Heritage Sites, it cited the way in which the city influenced both religious…
Although it’s a leading commercial and industrial center, the busy port city of Bari has much to charm the tourists who pass through it on their…
St. Mark’s Basilica in VeniceOriginally the chapel of the Doge, St. Mark’s Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) became important in 829, when the remains of St.…