Five Best Spring Break in Italy Ideas
November 15, 2023With family celebrations taking up the winter holidays and the summer a perennial struggle to mesh everyone’s schedules, spring break in Italy can be a great alternative. Schools generally close at least once between March and April, and stay closed…
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Tips on Driving Italian Autostrada (Toll Roads)
October 31, 2023[Learn more driving Italian Autostrada tips with our Driving in Italy ebook, which you can download for free at the bottom of this page.] A repeat client recently told me as we were planning their Italy trip, “We want to…
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Renting a Car in Italy: Should You or Shouldn’t You?
October 15, 2023[Learn more about renting a car in Italy with our Driving in Italy ebook, which you can download for free at the bottom of this page.] Having a car on your Italian vacation can be an expensive hassle, or it…
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What to See in Naples, Italy’s Most Italian City
September 30, 2023Visit Naples to see first-hand where the Italian expression “che sceneggiata Napoletana!”, or “What a Neapolitan drama!” comes from. Naples is often described as vibrant or colorful, its people expressive and passionate, its street life gritty. It’s an ideal off-the-beaten-track…
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Which Museums to Visit in Italy? A guide to help you decide.
August 31, 2023Italy is home to almost 4,000 museums bursting with world-class artworks from ancient mosaics and sculptures to contemporary multi-media installations. With limited vacation time and so many other A-list attractions to cover, deciding which museums to visit in Italy can…
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The Best Places to Visit in Italy in Winter
August 14, 2023As Italy groans under the weight of its exponential increase in summer visitors, we are starting to nudge our clients towards the quieter early spring (March/April) and late fall (October/November) seasons to avoid the crowds, heat, and general chaos that…
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How to Avoid the Crowds in Rome: 9 Unusual Things to Do
July 31, 2023There’s no getting around it: Rome (and the rest of Italy) is absolutely packed this summer. The Colosseum, Vatican, and Spanish Steps are on everyone’s A-list of sights to take in while visiting Italy’s capital, and these iconic attractions are…
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Calabria Guide: What to See and Do
July 15, 2023Even well-traveled Italophiles often overlook Calabria, the “toe” of boot-shaped Italy and home to spectacular coastline and rough-edged inland mountains dotted with time-forgotten villages—many semi-abandoned. These villages were the fodder for waves of emigration to the north of Italy and…
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A Traveler’s Guide to Doing Laundry in Italy
June 30, 2023Most of my clients’ itineraries are one to three weeks long, and so the question of washing clothes (laundry in Italy) while traveling often comes up as we’re getting into the details, especially when there are small children or hot weather…
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