Travel For Adventurous Women
Travel ideas, information and inspiration for women planning to travel to Italy.
Travel anywhere along the Adriatic Coast and you cannot ignore the traditional fish cuisine. Each locality has its own speciality such as stuffed mussels and stuffed squid, pasta with clams, fried fish, pasta and chickpeas, seafood soup and so on. Not least, the Gulf of Vasto, where many dishes are still prepared by local mums in the traditional way.
Italy day trip by boat and train on the Lake Maggiore Express Last Saturday was the one full day our group of five Travel Belles … Read more
Memories of Christmas traditions in Italy from an American living in Rome When I’m shopping in Seattle in mid-October and the red poinsettias in their … Read more
The food in Rome is a slice of this, that and heaven Rome has St. Peters, the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery. But it … Read more
Visiting Venice: old friends reunite to experience a favorite city’s sights, sounds and flavors side by side My friend Elizabeth flew into Venice from Paris … Read more
A visit to Cala Gonone, Sardinia If anyone would have told me a few years ago that I’d be taking a trip to Sardinia (Sardegna), I’d … Read more
Take two ex-Italy dwellers who have a healthy curiosity about regional cuisine, who happen – no surprise – to be major Italian food lovers. Toss in a great itinerary in Italy’s Piedmont region, add a very compact European car, and you have the makings for a pretty decent road trip.
One of my favorite traditions in Italy is “Aperitivo” or taking a pre-dinner drink, either at home or at a bar to wet the appetite. Aperitivo is often accompanied with some food, but the traditional intent is not to spoil the appetite before the meal to follow.
Photo: Being somewhat of an architecture and history nerd, I wanted to share with you the view at Palazzo del Gabelliere over the rooftops of Vogogna, Italy.
