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Today’s Italy Travel Tip: Pick the Right Season
Italy is a joy to visit any time, but there can be certain advantages to choosing the time of year you go. The most popular time to visit is during July and August, the height of summer. This is … Continue reading
Today’s Italy Travel Tip: Italian Wine Classifications
When you buy a bottle of Italian wine, it will have a code on the label that indicates the class of wine that it is. Here’s a quick summary: VdT – Vino da Tavola – This is the lowest and … Continue reading
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Tagged brunello, Chianti, doc, docg, italian wine classifications, morellino di scansano, vdt, vernaccia, vino nobile
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Today’s Italy Travel Tip: Get There by Fast Train
For getting around the countryside, there is nothing better than having a rental car. But if you are going from one city to another, the train is the way to go. Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com) is the site to check for schedules … Continue reading
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Today’s Italy Travel Tip: Have Some Fun Watching Italian TV
Recently, we were visiting the town of Gubbio in Umbria and came upon a production company making a TV series. After asking a few questions, we learned that they were filming an episode of “Don Matteo”, a popular series on … Continue reading
Today’s Italy Travel Tip: Check the Average Temps at Your Destination
It’s always helpful to know how warm or cool it will be at your Italy accommodation. To find the average temperatures for your travel dates: – Visit www.weather.com – Enter your destination city in the search box and select Search … Continue reading
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Sentiero degli Dei – The Path from Praiano to Positano
In Praiano, you can walk up the steps from the Portapenta apartments to the small piazza where the Hotel Margherita is located. We weren’t staying there, but we found them to be really helpful for carryout pizza and giving us … Continue reading
Eating Well in the Heart of Umbria
Umbria is a special place to us. We started our business with Umbria villas and have made some close friends there. We’ve gotten to know it well. Inevitably Umbria gets compared to its neighbor Tuscany, but that’s not even necessary … Continue reading
The Cinque Terre Will Be Healed
It was just one month ago, on October 17th. We took the short train trip from Manarola to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre. It was a warm and sunny day and the main street of Vernazza was alive with visitors, … Continue reading
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Tagged cinque terre floods, monterosso, Vernazza
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Valle dei Sogni and the Enchantment of Todi
It was a little windy when we got out of the car. This October was a different from others because the warm weather lasted so long this year. Pools were open longer and there was almost no rain for months. … Continue reading
Posted in Italy up close, Umbria
Tagged Italy, todi luxury villa for rent, Umbria, valle dei sogni
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