Personally, I love Milan - but I don’t even recommend it in my itinerary for first time visitors. Still, because Milan has one of the main international airports in Italy, it has become a popular entry point for the country - and because it’s also a major rail hub, it’s incredibly easy to get elsewhere [...]

Let’s say you’ve got your heart set on a trip to Rome, but you’ve just looked at the cost of round-trip airfare from your home airport to Rome and your heart is now in need of a defibrillator. Why? Because flights to Rome are notoriously expensive - much more so than flights from the same [...]

For years, one of the most frustrating things for Italy lovers who live in North America has been the high cost of airfare from even big hub departure points. I’ve never understood the reasoning behind it, but flights to Italy are routinely more expensive than flights to Paris, London, or even Amsterdam. So one of [...]

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:

If you’ve got a spare €30,000 lying around (give or take) and you’ve always wanted to run a B&B in Italy, this could be your chance.

This is simultaneously crazy and crazy cool - some churches in Italy, rather than close their communal holy water fountains entirely, are [...]

I can’t even remember now how I first came across the Miss Expatria blog, or how I first got in touch with its author, Christine Cantera. But somehow we “clicked” over the interwebs (no pun intended, really), and I was thrilled to finally get to meet her in her favorite city on earth - Rome [...]

I took advantage of a lazy Sunday recently to watch a movie I’d never seen before - the Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel, “A Room With a View.” Those familiar with the story will know that it takes place partly in Florence, and the name of the book (and the movie) refers to [...]

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:

>> Since it’s coming up on the holidays, I’m bringing my article about Italy gift ideas back up to the top of the site - in case you’ve got an Italophile you need to buy for, or need any ideas for your own wish list!

In a landmark [...]

Looking for the perfect gift for the Italy lover you know? Or just want to treat yourself to a few Italy goodies? Here's an Italy gift guide with something for everyone.

I’ve never heard of the Simon Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (and is there any wonder, with a name like that?!?), but when I read a headline that says, “Italy tops for tourism in 2009 nation brands index” I’m sure to click through. After reading the article, however, I think the title’s a bit misleading. [...]