Chioggia: A Crowd-free Venice Look-alike In The Venetian Lagoon
Nestled into the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, Chioggia is often dubbed 'Little Venice', a moniker that doesn't quite do this little town...
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Beyond the Grand Canal: 5 Truly Hidden Venice Secrets
While the charms of Piazza San Marco, the seductive curve of the Grand Canal as seen from Ponte Rialto, and the echoes of ‘O sole Mio’ performed...
Madama Garden Retreat Hotel Review: A Hidden Venice Escape
An idyllic garden, the envy of passers-by, envelopes a divine little sanctuary in a creative quarter of Venice's beautiful Cannaregio.
Cattedrale di San Martino, Lucca: A Closer looks at Tuscany’s Stunning Cathedral
The San Michele in Foro Basilica in the centre of Lucca is beautiful. It's surrounded by cafes with al fresco terraces, useful as a kind of...
The 22:14 Allegro Tosca Sleeper Train From Florence To Vienna
We boarded the train in Florence station at just a little after 10:00pm with a rugged bunch of backpackers, ageing Austrian couples and young...
In Search Of Silence In Portofino
We arrived to Portofino by boat from Santa Margherita Ligure just a few miles down the Ligurian coastline. Passing by castles, resorts, super...
Duccio’s Oculus: Discovering Siena’s Hidden Masterpiece
This stunning work of art was made for the asp of the Cathedral of Siena but was replaced in 2004 by a copy to help preserve the near 800 year...
Florence In Monochrome
They call her the Cradle of the Renaissance. Topped with red brick and adorned with the works of the Italian masters of art, architecture and...
Tropical Animals
From the outside, the club scene in Florence can appear a stagnant mess of bad R&B and pop nights designed solely to yank in American...
The Story of Venice’s Gondoliers
The dark shadows of those emblematic Gondolas have moved through the canals of Venice for 1000 years, and for each of those dark crescent-shaped...
