Not so much Death In Venice as Life on the Venetian Lido
As some of you know, I haven’t been too well this year so it was a great idea to spend two weeks in Venice this summer. I got back a couple of weeks ago and, even though I can’t report…
As some of you know, I haven’t been too well this year so it was a great idea to spend two weeks in Venice this summer. I got back a couple of weeks ago and, even though I can’t report…
Luca Zingaretta as Inspector Montalbano I was talking to a friend earlier about Sicily, that most beautiful of places, and remembered that I still have some episodes of the wonderful Italian television series Inspector Montalbano to see. It’s part luxury…
I boarded the good ship Queen Elizabeth for the last trip I took away from the little rented house in the Italian village Gabicce Monte. I was on a pilgrimage, traveling along the Adriatic coast from the little Gabicce-Cattolica harbour…
I wouldn’t have seen Rimini if it hadn’t been for an offer of a lift by Stefano Cecchini, the very hospitable landlord of my rented holiday house in Gabicce Monte near the Adriatic Coast in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.…
It’s the oldest ducal palace in Italy and maybe the least visited but also one of the most magnificent. The Palazzo Ducale in Urbino was designed by the Dalmatian architect Luciano Laurana (c.1420 -1479) known for his elegant and airy…
I was constantly tempted to explore the countryside when I took in the view from my roof garden of the house that I rented for my holiday in the Italian village of Gabicce Monte in Emilia-Romagna -tempting though it was…
In one of last week’s blogs I wrote about my holiday staying in the small village of Gabicce Monte over-looking the Adriatic Riviera on the border between the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche in Eastern Italy. It was tempting just…
I’ve recently returned from, as it’s become, my annual holiday in Italy. There is still so much in that wonderful country that I could see this become a permanent date in my diary – I hope so anyway. This year…
I have been in Italy for two weeks and very good it was to be there. I’ll tell you about it later this week but, for now, just believe me that it is exceedingly pleasant to sit outside your own…
This was my Santa Margherita Ligure home for two weeks on my recent Italian Riviera holiday – I shall miss it. All thanks to my landlord Attilio De Pascalis who showed me round the town in so much detail on…