When I planned my 2000 kilometer road trip from Venice to the bottom of the boot and back, it all started with an invitation to Hotel Santavenere, a 5-star luxury hotel and spa in Maratea. It’s a town in Italy I’d make a bet you’ve never heard of. I certainly hadn’t. Maratea is a hidden […]
Ferrara Street Dinner
I received an intriguing invitation. Attire: all white. Location: a mystery only to be revealed by text message during the event. What: a culinary adventure as the charming town of Ferrara turned in to an open air pop-up restaurant for one night only for the annual Street Dinner event. I wasn’t entirely sure what to […]
The Luxe Adventure Traveler Guide to The Prosecco Road
We love wine, but that wasn’t always the case. Neither of us really had much of a taste for wine until we moved to Italy. Part of the appeal of wine was visiting vineyards. They’re just so atmospheric. In spring, the new leaf shoots start appearing on the vines that had been cut back after […]
Biking The Lido in the Venice Lagoon
Six years ago I sprinted from the ferry stop to the festival grounds for the Venice Film Festival, held each year on The Lido in the Venice Lagoon. After the movie, I got right back on the ferry and sailed the short ride back across to Piazza San Marco. And I hadn’t given The Lido […]
Italy Off-the-Beaten-Path Road Trip: Viterbo
Rome. Been there. Florence. Done that. More than a couple of times, in fact. While I love Italy’s most visited cities, they can feel like overcrowded theme parks on the Fourth of July. I tossed out my Italy guide books, well all of my guide books, a long time ago and like to discover things […]
Mount Etna: Europe’s Tallest Active Volcano
I might be a bit obsessed with volcanoes. And not just any volcanoes; its the active ones give me a real thrill. It’s why I couldn’t resist climbing Stromboli to get up close with spewing lava and why the one thing I just had to see when I visited Sicily was Mount Etna. After all, […]
10 Things to Know Before Driving in Italy
Driving in Italy isn’t the scary and crazy endeavor that Hollywood (or sometimes fellow travelers) make it out to be. As a seven year car owning resident of Italy, I realized just how different my adopted country’s laws of the road are when Leah Travels and I embarked on an epic road trip around the […]
Cittadella: A Hidden Gem in the Veneto
I couldn’t believe I was the only one on the Medieval wall. “It’s like this most of the time,” Ilaria told me as we walked. On one hand, it was utter bliss to be away from the crowds that descend on Italy’s most popular cities in summer. On the other, it’s a shame so many […]
How to Holiday on Italy’s Amalfi Coast
Italy is filled with amazing ruins, museums and churches, but sometimes even the most cultured traveler wants a little sun and nothing to do but sip cocktails. That’s when you head to Italy’s famed Amalfi Coast. It’s here that colorful fishing villages cling to the cliff side and cars, buses and vespas vie to get […]
Craco: The Crumbling Italian Ghost Town
Mounds rose up on either side of the deserted road. We hadn’t seen another car for well over an hour as we drove toward Craco, Italy. “It looks like Texas,” my Texan friend Leah Travels remarked. I haven’t spent much time in Texas other than to fly through Houston Intercontinental Airport, but it looked like […]
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