tuscany

Pienza is one of the most beautiful villages in Tuscany. It also has terrific food and wine, so naturally I visited to scope out the best places for my foodie adventure itineraries . Most travelers focus on the most popular…

No doubt about it, Tuscan wine is delicious. And even though it’s tasty at your own dinner table, there’s no better way to sample it then by touring the vineyards and wineries in Tuscany.  Otherwise known as “the source”.  You…

Touring around Tuscany while tasting Italian wine is a favorite pastime of mine and a popular choice with wine-lovers traveling to the region.  One very well-known and lovely property, located in Montalcino is Banfi, owned by the Mariani family, who…

I’m not quite sure if the above image can be officially classified as a true olive grove.  But it was snapped while meandering through the tiny roads in the Chianti countryside, and those look like olive trees to me! I…

The country of Italy brings many things to mind: mopeds, the Renaissance, tantalizing food and wine. Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world and is responsible for about one-fifth of world wine production. There…

Traveling through Italy, it is impossible to ignore the religious symbols that fill the towns and countryside. The hills of Tuscany are dotted with a variety of basilicas, monasteries and churches that celebrate the Roman Catholic faith and tourists are…

  San Gimignano, often called Medieval Manhattan because of its stone skyscraper towers, is a lovely walled hill town in Tuscany.  It is definitely a tourist hot spot, which can also drive up prices, but it doesn’t have to break…

During my year in Italy I traveled by plane, train, taxi, car, bike and bus. I saw Italy through more windows than I can count and yet one particular journey stands out in my mind. It was a warm Saturday…

Mossimo Ferragamo, son of the famous high-end Italian fashion designer and Chairman of Ferragamo USA , has set up a different kind of shop in Tuscany – a private, luxe, members-only vacation club called Castiglion del Bosco – or CdB…