The Surprising Italy

Looking slowly is the best way to experience Italy on a deep, meaningful level. Here are five easy ways to help you start.

This is a comprehensive post about ten amazing places to visit in Italy. It also includes lots of simple insider tips and specific recommendations for unique and little-known sights to explore in Italy.

Here are the 15 most colourful places in Veneto, Italy. Bright intense colours are a joy for the eye and the soul. Especially, if you …

Prato della Valle is Italy’s largest square! You will find it in Padua – a Northern Italian city that is 430 years older than Rome. …

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is, undoubtedly, the world’s most famous love story. And while fair Verona is the literary setting where the two star-crossed lovers meet, …

Have you ever visited a place that made you feel a bit on edge? Like you half-expected something scary and spectral to brush past you …

Products made in Italy’s monasteries are some of my favourite things to shop for here in the Veneto in the northeastern corner of the country. …

The shortest river in Italy is called Aril and it’s only 175 m long. Fed by underground freshwater streams, Aril starts as a wide pool …

Coffee and Italy is a match made in heaven. After all, where would we all be today without its offspring – the reenergising and fragrant …

Butterfly houses are a fab destination for both kids and adults looking for a great day out in Italy. Surrounded by tropical vegetation and fluttering …