Travel in Italy

An early morning tour before the museum is open to the public, of the artistic splendour the Rome of the Popes including a guided visit of  the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica and piazza.

Location: Lazio, Rome

The Festivals of Italy are a great experience - there is a festival for everything in Italy - Music, Art, Food, Wine, religious,  local and regional festivals range across the country to delight and entertain.

If you are a lover of art, history, grand architecture, ancient history and archaeology, you will be in heaven amongst some of these magnificent Italian cities of Art.

My daughter asked me the other day why I have such a Passion for Italy and I responded "I have loved it from the moment I first set foot in Roma over twenty years ago."

Location: Lazio, Rome

PITFALLS FOR THE INEXPERIENCED!

In Italy never expect to get to an appointment on time.

I took the train up to Florence for the weekend to meet one of my good Australian friends, who had just arrived in Italy for the first time.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT ITALY?

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT ITALY? Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) or Winter?

I travelled to Rome, Amalfi Coast, Tuscany, Venice and Sicily on my recent visit to Italy in September and October.

I always seem to write articles about food when down here on the gulf of Napoli at Pozzuoli.

During the January freeze in Arcidosso, Tuscany, my brother Oscar and I kept asking members of his beloved host family, whether it would snow the next day.

Location: Lazio, Rome

Catching trains in Italy I always find stressful. One can never relax.

Italy is a blast from the past and this I feel, is the real reason why people love to come here.

As I work and travel around Italy every year, I have visited many of the major museums in Italy.

Location: Campania, Naples, Lazio, Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Veneto, Venice

Happy New Year to all reading this, to our past clients and to all the people that are going to come into our lives in 2013 from the Passion for Italy Team.

I have been in Paris for a week with my children.

It is a shocking thing when one has a small business that one has to be a captain of all things.

It is very difficult when you are the only foreigner in a village and you do not know many people and those that you do know you can’t understand their dialect…!!

Location: Campania, Campi Flegrei

A leisurely tour for 13 nights across Northern Italy, from Venice to Lake Como organised and customised for you by Passion for Italy.

Location: Veneto, Padua, Prosecco Wine Region, Valpolicella Wine Region, Venice, Verona, Vicenza

The Italian government has announced that from 1 July 2014 the first sunday of the month there will be free admission to all museums, and places of culture in Italy. Good news!!

Location: Abruzzo, Lazio, Rome, Lombardy, Milan, Sicily, Agrigento, Sicily North West, Sicily South East, Sicily South West, Taormina, Veneto, Padua, Verona, Vicenza

My idea when organising a holiday for my clients is to encourage them to save money on some things and then lash out big time at least once on their trip

A day devoted entirely to the visit of Capri, an island rich in natural beauty, scenic, historical, and social activities that involve the whole world. 

Location: Campania, Amalfi Coast, Island of Capri, Naples, Sorrento, Vesuvious Coast

Amazing hotel in Abruzzo!! This hotel is unique and we cannot rave enough about it.

Location: Abruzzo, Santo Stefano

I woke up this morning thinking about the high prices of the Hotels on Capri - see how devoted I am to my work!!

A magnificent luxurious hotel set in an enclave of untouched rolling green hills olive groves and vineyards in Maremma in south west Tuscany.

Location: Tuscany, Maremma

Puglia is the region in the heel of the boot of Italy.

Location: Puglia, Lecce, Salento Coast

Surprise your lover with a romantic package for St. Valentine's day in Verona on 14 February.

Location: Veneto, Verona

Sometimes I think to myself - what makes my passion for Italy?

While Italy is a very safe country in which to travel with very few violent episodes, these are a few points to make sure all goes well.

Day Tour of the Cinque Terre - departing from Florence by minivan to explore Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Corniglia and Manarola, four breathtaking out of the five villages. 

Location: Liguria, Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Florence

Grand Canal Boat Tour of Venice – Cruise down the grand canal of Venice by motor launch. Small group limited to max 8/9 people.

Location: Veneto, Valpolicella Wine Region, Venice, Verona

Private Guided Tour of Rione Terre Pozzuoli, Campania.  Rione Terra Roman Village, is the ancient village below of the ancient historical center of Pozzuoli on the bay of Naples, Campania.

Location: Campania, Amalfi Coast, Campi Flegrei, Island of Capri, Naples, Sorrento

In fabulous Positano, Amalfi Coast, a village built on the edge of the mountain leading down to the sea. Here there are a thousand steps to go anywhere and views to die for.

Location: Campania, Amalfi Coast, Conca dei Marini, Praiano, Island of Capri, Positano, Ravello, Sorrento

With all the bad news about the wars happening in the world, with their insane suicide bombers and brutal horrific pictures on the news every day - this can make us travellers a bit hesitant about jumping on a plane to a foreign country.

Life is like riding a surfboard up and down on the waves of emotions - happiness, despair, joy, sadness and grief.

While the cites of Rome, Florence and Venice are amazing, I suggest if you travel to Italy getting out to the country or seaside villages to experience the lifestyle there where the locals are not jaded by tourists.

Stendhal's Effect or The Stendhal Syndrome can happen to the unaware particularly when travelling in Italy.

I travel around Italy staying in many varied types of accommodation to make sure you, our clients only stay in the best.

Location: Abruzzo

Rome Italy is my favourite city in the world as I am continually surprised while walking around the city.

Location: Lazio, Rome

“You cannot bottle up the light gleaming through a basilica window and release it to a classroom.”

While I love the whole of Italy - every region has its own jewels but a lot of people ask me what is my favourite part.

Springtime in Italy is the picture of paradise.

Location: Campania, Amalfi Coast, Island of Capri, Lazio, Rome, Veneto, Venice

From Viaggo in Portogallo by Jose Saramago (winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature)

This spring I had the opportunity to experience the area of Trastevere in Rome, on our Jewish Ghetto Walking Tour, with one of our expert private guides.

Location: Lazio, Rome

Why Italian food is voted one of the best in the World!

These little shops and these great craftsmen will soon be lost to the world as the young are not prepared to slave away for hours to learn these old fashioned techiques in a cramped, dark little shop in the backstreets

Location: Campania, Campi Flegrei, Pozzuoli

I have been visiting Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany - this tiny, tiny place for almost twenty years. What's so special? Let me share...

Location: Tuscany, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena, Val d'Orcia Wine Region

In Salento, Puglia, Italy you can relax on beautiful beaches with clear aqua water or visit the ancient, traditional villages of Salento Province.

Location: Puglia, Lecce, Salento Coast

One sees many types of Tourists in Italy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  We want to be the good ones, do we not?

A week in Tuscany is simply a wonderful holiday.

Location: Tuscany, Chianti Wine Region, Florence, Lucca, Maremma, Montepulciano Wine Region, Siena