Italy
LUCCA PUCCINI FESTIVAL
Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, “the most fly-in-amber little town in the world”... more
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
The Piero della Francesca trail, made famous by the writings of John Pope Hennessy,... more
VERDI FESTIVAL IN PARMA
In 2004 the city of Parma inaugurated an annual festival to honour its most famous... more
FLORENCE & THE CITY STATES OF TUSCANY
Though technically part of the Holy Roman Empire, 15th century Florence thrived as an independent... more
LAND OF THE ETRUSCANS
A society of seafarers, merchants, metallurgists and farmers, the Etruscans can lay claim... more
PRINCELY COURTS OF NORTHERN ITALY
It was the princely regimes of northern Italy that generated much of Italy’s exceptional... more
THE ROME OF CARAVAGGIO & BERNINI
Michelangelo da Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571-1610), and Gian Lorenzo Bernini... more
SICILIAN BAROQUE
Distinguished by its exuberance and gaiety, its sweeping curves and grinning putti,... more
ART & ARCHITECTURE OF PUGLIA
Nestled in the heel of Italy lies Puglia, the most prosperous region in the south... more
BOLOGNA AT CHRISTMAS
Bologna is perhaps most famous for having one the oldest universities in Europe but is also... more
LEONARDO IN MILAN
Leonardo da Vinci spent seventeen fruitful years at the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza... more
ROMAN & BYZANTINE RAVENNA
Today a small, tranquil town of cobbled streets, Ravenna was once one of the Mediterranean’s... more
POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM
Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed yet preserved by the volcanic catastrophe, offer... more
SARDINIA - BIRDS, FLOWERS & NURAGHI
At the lagoons of Marina di Torre Grande we are likely to see flamingos, stilts and ospreys,... more
