I love hearing feedback from subscribers when they use our articles to help them with their travels in Italy. We first wrote about “the Butcher of Panzano” Dario Cecchini in 2004 when he was becoming famous the world over as a Renaissance man with absolutely his lucious cuts of meat and a store worth a special pilgrimage
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Dream of Italy Leads Readers to The Butcher of Panzano
It has been a while since the last podcast, but today, I took the opportunity of a bank holiday weekend, to record a new episode. I rant about the Florida gulf coast “disaster” and ask for your opinion on the UK’s worst airports, plus news of this year’s Travel BlogCamp. Subscribe to the Travel Rants This post was syndicated from the Travel Rants Consumer Blog .
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Name the worst UK airports
Most of the people who travel are businessmen. They visit branches of their companies in different places to ensure that their programs or corporate plans are implemented or followed. This makes them busy, not only in travel, but also with the other activities they have to do and plan for.
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Marketing tool for the traveling manager
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of travelling in the UK, compared with the hassle of taking a holiday abroad. I spent most of this week on the Yorkshire coast, and it was hassle free. It cost me £25 per night in a decent B&B, with breakfast and free This post was syndicated from the Travel Rants Consumer Blog .
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British holidays are not that bad
In our Eat Pray Love Italy travel guide , we told you about the luxury hotels where movie star Julia Roberts stayed while filming in Rome last August. Yet when filming moved to other parts of Italy and Julia’s family and entourage arrived in Italy (husband Danny Moder, her three children, bodyguards and yoga instructor), they took up residence in a luxury villa rental outside of Rome in Viterbo , an area famous in part for its thermal baths. Why Viterbo
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A Villa in Viterbo Italy: Where Julia Roberts Stayed While Filming "Eat Pray Love"
The July/August 2010 issue of Dream of Italy is out! Paid subscribers can login to see the PDF version (or read the articles on Web pages). Become a subscriber today (you’ll get immediate access to this issue and nine more over the coming year, online access to nearly 75 back issues and some incredible Italy travel discounts , too! Here is what is in the summer issue: Paestum: A Must-Visit Site in Campania Everyone knows about Pompeii, but Paestum is the archaeological park that may wow you even more than Campania s other ruins. The Dream Interview: Tuscany and Umbria Insider Barrie Kerper Looking for an authentic meal in Florence, great places to take the kids in Tuscany, the best private tour guides in these two regions
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July/August 2010 Issue – Visiting Paestum, News from the Amalfi Coast, Tuscany and Umbria Insider
Author Elizabeth Gilbert has charmed many an armchair traveler with her New York Times best-selling memoir, Eat Pray Love . Once achieving what most would call success (a celebrated career, a husband and a lovely home) Gilbert realizes that she has cultivated a life for which she is not completely suited
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Eat Pray Love in Naples Italy: Especially Eating!
One of the pleasures of running Dream of Italy is the opportunity to form relationships with our readers and newsletter subscribers. One of the longtime subscribers I have gotten to know is Carla Mantiglia
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Book Your Italy Vacation Through Owenoak
As one of Europe’s top destinations, France is in my list of places to have a holiday. Aside from its rich history and culture, medieval buildings and landmarks, the beautiful regions in France, such as Brittany, Normandy, Cote d’Azur, the Pyrenees and many others, are reason enough for travel bugs to enjoy scenic views while
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Family camping holidays in France
I’ve been a big fan of Auto Europe for many years. In my first few visits years ago, I tried other rental companies in Italy but once I started using Auto Europe I was hooked. Two reasons: 1) the customer service is superb and efficient and 2) I’ve always found the lowest car rental rates with them.
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Renting a Car in Italy? Great Deals from Auto Europe
My email inbox has gone crazy since the collapse of tour operator, Goldtrail. Again, like XL, and the glut of other collapses, there are many questions left unanswered
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A consumer’s view of the collapse of Goldtrail
Travel bugs are fond of going places, and for them, the best places for vacation are the beaches and mountains, where they can be with nature to have that much-needed R&R. Those who are busy though and can’t have their vacation yet could use their creativity and imagination to bring the outdoors inside
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Bring the outdoors into your home
I always feel bad when I order a Diet Coke (or “Coca Light”) when I’m in Italy. First, it clearly gives me away as an American. (Some Italians call Coke or Diet Coke – “American champagne.”) Second, it usually costs more than a glass of wonderful house wine
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Have You Tasted a Chino While in Italy?
Join Dream of Italy this November 6th in Umbria for a week of food, wine and ceramics : Customize a slideshow Highlights of Dream of Italy’s Umbria Harvest Week: • Six nights at the 17th-century farmhouse villa La Fattoria del Gelso near Assisi, Umbria.
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Slide Show: Preview of Dream of Italy’s Umbria Harvest Week Trip
In producing some of the world’s greatest scientific minds, Italy has shared an intimate history with the development of modern science.
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Galileo’s Fingers Await at Newly Reopened Florence Museum
In my book, there’s now one less reason to visit the town of Foligno in Umbria – but Foligno’s loss is Spello’s gain. In Dream of Italy’s Special Report: Umbria , editor Kathy McCabe wrote about the one-of-a-kind chef Salvatore Denaro and his popular trattoria in Foligno.
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Where’s Salvatore? He’s Still Cooking in Umbria
Over the years I have written (ranted) about most types of holidays, other than cruises. I do like the idea of sailing to different destinations, and some of the cruise ships are pretty impressive, but, the fact that I travel solo a lot means cruise holidays are out of my budget
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Your cruise holiday rants and complaints
The June 2010 issue of Dream of Italy is out! Paid subscribers can login to see the PDF version (or read the articles on Web pages). Become a subscriber today (you’ll get immediate access to this issue and nine more over the coming year, online access to nearly 75 back issues and some incredible Italy travel discounts , too! Here is what is in the June issue: A Woman, A Dog and Umbria (Free Access to this Article) The new book Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love traces Justine van der Leun’s funny and illuminating time spent in Collelungo, a 200-person farming village in central Umbria. Justine, a Brooklyn resident, met Emanuele, a local gardener, on vacation and impulsively moved in with him.
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June 2010 – Marcus of Umbria, Eating in the Castelli Romani
Venice is suffering. Due to severe economic strain, Venice is auctioning off some of its historic palazzi , reports The Telegraph (U.K.) Who is buying these cherished buildings, and what will they do with them? Unfortunately, many of the palazzos are destined to an ill fate.
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Venice’s Historic Palazzos on the Auction Block
Part-time Italy resident, George Clooney, returned to Abruzzo last week to reshoot a few select scenes from his new movie, The American . The film, based on Martin Booths novel, A Very Private Gentleman , is scheduled hit theaters this September (October in Italy).
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George Clooney Returns to Abruzzo