Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, Rotas
The Ancient Magic Square. The church of San Pietro ad Oratorium is in the municipality of Capestrano about 40 km from L’Aquila. Left of the main portal there is a stone, a relic of the ancient 9th-century construction, inserted into the walls upside down. It contains the so called ancient magical square, formed by five […]
Passion for Italy Podcast #16: Italian Holiday – Why Italy Makes the Perfect Holiday Destination
Ciao this is Allison Spiegel with Passion For Italy Travel in New York. Happy holiday! As we start to wrap up a year that has seen such significant change and heartbreak, we are reminded of how fortunate we are to be healthy and safe, and we hope all of you are as well. While we […]
Passion for Italy Podcast Episode 15: Meet the Winemaker – A Super, Tuscan Experience!
Hi and welcome to the Passion for Italy Travel Podcast. This is Lindsay, from the Tampa, Florida office. Today we discover a super, Tuscan experience. Have you ever noticed the power of flavor and aroma to transport you to places far from home, but close to your heart? One night this week it was storming […]
Passion for Italy Podcast Episode 14: Reaching for the Stars with Dante – How Learning the Italian Language Changes Everything
Today we are talking about the Italian language. Its beauty, its history beginning with Dante Alighieri, and how we can use this time when many of us cannot travel to Italy, to be able to assimilate once we land in Il Bel Paese. We all tend to equate Italy with antiquity, and with such vast […]
Passion For Italy Travel Podcast #13: A Day at the Beach Italian Style!
Ciao, this is Allison Spiegel at Passion for Italy Travel in New York. Having grown up visiting beaches along the East Coast of the United States, beach culture was not a term we heard often. Summer days at the beach were and continue to be quite simple. You load up the little red wagon with […]
Passion For Italy Travel Podcast #12: How to Plan A Memorable and Manageable Trip to Italy With Kids
Ciao, this is Allison Spiegel with Passion for Italy Travel in the New York office. This summer’s unique challenges have prompted a return to the summers of our youth. Simple, lazy days filled with nature, family time and lots of creativity and imagination. And as wonderful as these days may be, many of us are […]
Passion for Italy Podcast Episode 11: A Sea of Dreams in Sardegna with Lindsay Sinko
Hello and welcome to the Passion for Italy Podcast. This is Lindsay, from the Tampa, Florida office. Come with us this week to Sardinia. It has been a rough few months, has it not? I have to admit, this week I have been struggling. What can we say during these times? Ordinarily we would be […]
Passion for Italy Podcast Episode 10: Rebirth, A Personal Renaissance with Lindsay Sinko
Hi and welcome to the Passion for Italy Podcast. This is Lindsay, from the Tampa, Florida office. Over the past few weeks, you have heard stories from our suppliers about their lives during COVID, how they’ve gotten by and made the most of a difficult time. You have also heard from Gemma and Allison about […]
Ravenna Festival Live Online
The Ravenna Music Festival 2020 in Emilia Romagna has commenced with almost 40 events on the programme to be live streamed for free. The opening concert was conducted by Riccardo Muti. Events are scheduled throughout the next four weeks from Sunday 21 June through to the end of July 2020 on https://www.ravennafestival.live/live-stream/ Almost 40 – […]
Passion for Italy Travel Podcast #9: A Virtual Visit to Ischia By Allison Spiegel
Ciao, this is Allison Spiegel with the Passion for Italy Travel New York office. At the time of this recording, Italy has opened its border to tourists from the European Union, but we are still waiting on directions for travelers from the United States. For many of us, virtual travel will be our only way […]
Passion for Italy Podcast Episode 8: Words from Our PFI Director Gemma Green Close
Hi welcome to Episode 8 of our Passion for Italy podcasts.I am Gemma Green Close, the director and founder of Passion for Italy Travel. I hope you are enjoying our podcasts bought to you by our wonderful PFI consultants that live over three different continents, servicing our clients online all over the world. I am […]
Cortona, Italy: Highlights, Film Locations, Restaurants & Warm Welcomes
Cortona. We all know the town now thanks to Frances Mayes’s book, Under the Tuscan Sun, and the beautiful film that followed. It was the film that made me want to go as a young adult, but it is the town and its people that sealed Cortona forever in my heart. Cortona is in […]