By Shannon Berg

Venice, like few other cities, is infused with a sense of mystery and romance.  The city is made up of hundreds of small islands in a lagoon on the edge of the Adriatic.  Once the greatest …

SAN GIMIGNANO – One of the most unique Tuscan towns, thanks to its severely Medieval aspect (bristling with tali towers and protected by its perfectly intact fortifications). Most prosperous during the 12th and 13th centuries, …

Shopping is a temptation not be waived by anyone coming to Florence: it is an irresistible attraction that goes beyond artistic beauties and vivid descriptions; a commercial vocation that is part of the very tradition of this city ang which now, along with tourism, constitutes a dual concept of great importance…

Pitigliano – Built on top of a massive block of tufa pierced through and through by the tunnels of ancient Etruscan tombs and constructed out of the same material so that it has the spectacular appearance of a vast and powerful sculpture, in which the houses appears to be carved directly into the cliffs they cling to, sheer above the deep ravine below. The site seems to have…

E’ inverno e Firenze non è in fiore come vuole significare il suo vecchio nome Fiorenza, ma è sempre bellissima. Fiorenza fu fondata dai romani nel sec. I a.c. e inizio’ la sua rinascita, dopo la decadenza delle epoche barbariche, nell’età’ carolingia, raggiungendo i più alti vertici di civilta’ tra il XI e il XIV secolo, come libero comune, un felice equilibrio tra l’autorita’ degli…

 
Florence : The Cradle of the Renaissance
By Shannon Berg.
Florence is a magnificent city, considered the birth place of the Italian Renaissance, and a must see while in Italy. It is the capital of its province, …

Genoa: La Superba
Genoa, whose proud merchant fleet once ruled the seas inspiring its nickname, La Superba, is nestled on a hillside on the Gulf of Genoa which leads to the Ligurian Sea. As Italy’s major …

Toledo, once capitol of the Spanish Empire, is a beautiful medieval city perched upon a hilltop overlooking the Tagus River in central Spain. It is one of the best preserved historic cities in Spain, and …