While some people may be content to stick to Italy’s extensive rail network to get around the country, using Italian buses when the train isn’t an option, others prefer the independence that having their own car provides. Renting a car in Italy is a particularly good idea if you’re planning the kind of vacation where …
FIRENZE, the Italian name for the amazing city of Florence, is one of the Italian cities I love! Not because it’s so famous, not only because it holds a limitless cultural heritage but simply because I love walking around its streets, squares, hidden alleys and along the river Arno. Each time I visit Florence, I …
Florence is a must-see bucket list city for any art lover, but its delights reach far beyond the museums and galleries. According to some, the city itself is a piece of art. Have you heard of Stendhal syndrome, that supposed illness that causes sufferers to grow faint at the sight of great beauty? It also …
When most people think of visiting Italy for their bucket list, their first “must-see” destinations are what I call Italy’s “Holy Trinity” – Rome, Venice, and Florence. Of those three cities, Rome and Venice require the most preparation (in my opinion) in order to get the most out of them. Florence, by comparison, is easy. …