Travel Stories

My last Singular Tale, part of my later-day Grand Tour, came to you from Padua. From there I ventured to the ancient city of Verona.

What do wine, cheese and violins have in common? Pleasure, of course! That’s why I chose them as the first subjects of my singular tales from the road.

Italy… How lucky I am to follow my own compass throughout this gorgeous peninsula, looking for the unusual, the breathtaking and the sublime.

Despite the quarantine, people in the little villages carry on with local traditions. Today we will be talking about the “Sepolcri”, special flowers characterized by atypical shapes, appearing in the darkness.

When you are scanning the display case of a bakery in Frascati, you may come across a particular cookie that will definitely catch your eye…

Discover everything about the traditional Italian Wine Cookies, known as ciambelline al vino. Why al vino, you ask?

The man behind the wine, Oreste Molinari, welcomed us into his vineyard to share a homemade Italian breakfast and his passion for his own family tradition of winemaking.

In this article we will discover the history of Girotti Figs (Fichi Girotti) a very special dessert from Amelia i Umbria

The statues of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jesus and Saint John are carried wildly along the Calabrian streets in a great religious event of the pagan soul.

A carpet of flowers is laid along a popular street in Genzano reproducing wonderful works of art.