Northern Italy

Trentino is probably one of Italy’s most diverse regions in Italy. It gives you the Dolomites and Lake Garda, which makes it a great destination in Italy.

The UNESCO Pile Dwellings in Fiavé on Lake Carera, Trentino, were also discovered in 1853, but its importance wasn’t recognized until the 1920s.

If hiking is your thing and you love Italian food, there’s nowhere better to combine your two interests than the Dolomite Mountains. Click to read more for our tips for hiking the Dolomites in Italy.

Sacile, is a small town in the heart of Friuli Venezia Giulia province that is the perfect place to get to know the “real” Italy.

Alba Truffle Festival One of the most important festivals in Italy, the Alba Truffle Festival, celebrates one the rarest and most highly prized cooking ingredients in the world: the white truffle. In the fall, the famous Alba, Italy Alba White Truffle Festival fills the town with thousands of gourmets looking to sample and procure the exotic …

Join me as we tour Venice, one of the great cities of Europe, on foot. Venice walking tours are a fantastic way to explore the city of a thousand canals. Obviously, before we visit, we research by reading, doing internet searches, and talking to others to prepare for our destination. These activities are all worth the effort.

Planning a trip to Lake Como soon? Don’t miss these fantastic things to do in Lake Como, Italy.

Planning a trip to Italy and not sure where to go? Here is a list of the most popular regions of Italy, things to do & why you should visit.

A triangle of villages in southern Tuscany contain treasures undiscovered by American travelers.  Sorano, Sovana, and Pitigliano nestle 50 miles southeast of Grosseto, close to the border with Lazio, and offer much to visitors above and beyond what you expect in southern Tuscany, i.e., good food, great wine, medieval village charm. Sorano Sorano has all …

For most foreigners, a tour of Tuscany means Florence, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, and maybe Lucca.   While these well-known cities and towns exemplify the Tuscany region’s medieval treasures, its history encompasses far more than the Medici, Michelangelo, and all that. The enigmatic Etruscans were a major civilization of ancient Italy, and a little-visited region …