If you want to experience riding in a traditional Venetian gondola, but you don’t want to pay the 100+ euros that a private gondola ride costs, try a traghetto ride. A traghetto is a public transport gondola that takes you …
Calli, Campielli e Canali is generally agreed to be the ultimate map of Venice. With this book in hand, you will be able to find even the most out-of-the-way places in Venice.
However, it is distinctly more difficult to carry …
We’d just arrived in Venice after a 20 hour flight. Somehow I had mislaid the map with directions to our guest house. Tired and confused, I went into a tiny little snack bar. I figured since this was a tourist …
Even though I thought I was organized, somehow I had forgotten to bring the piece of paper that had the directions to our guest house in Venice. At this point we’re 23 hours without sleep and trudging down a main …
Question: What to wear in Venice in September? Read on to find out the answer.
Are you packing for Venice? I have an inside scoop on what you can comfortably wear all year round. I did prepare myself for some …
Guest post by Judy Toth
If you have traveled abroad at all, you know that you need some patience to navigate the large airports.
Add to that the fact that you just got off a pretty lengthy flight to find …
With 26/28 five star reviews on TripAdvisor.com, Locanda S. Agostino appears to be a sure bet for a wonderful place to stay in Lucca.
When going on a trip to Rome, you probably want to make sure you have …
Guest post by Judy Toth
There are a million and one beautiful, awe-inspiring historical sites to see in Rome. However, after three days we couldn’t wait to get out of there!
Now remember, this is all personal preference. Neither …
Guest post by Judy Toth
My husband and I love to walk, both for the exercise and because we see so much more). So in each city or town we visited in Italy, we walked everywhere. In Rome we did …
Guest post by Judy Toth
In my previous post I described the trials and tribulations of navigating arrival at Rome airport. When it came time to depart from Rome we had two weeks of Italy experience under our belts, …
