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Planning a trip to Italy: all you need to know for a perfect trip (updated for 2026)!
All you need to know to plan a trip to Italy. The travel guide for stress-free Italy travel planning that will help you make the most of your vacation in Italy.
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How to spend a day in Padova (Padua): all you need you know, why you’ll love it
Our essential travel guide to Padova (Padua): the best things to see, where to eat, where to stay, why we loved spending a day in this beautiful art city in northern Italy Padova is a beautiful university city in the north of Italy, only a short train ride away from Verona and Venice. Padua, as it is known in English, is well know to art lovers for the stunning Scrovegni Chapel, a masterpiece by Giotto dating back to the 14th century, but it is vastly overlooked by mass tourism, which tends to focus on its more famous neighbours. However, while understated in many ways, Padova is very much worth seeing…
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The best things to do in Montepulciano area for a stay you’ll love
Travel Guide to the best things to do in Montepulciano area based on our own experience. All you need to know to make the most of your stay in Montepulciano area: the best things to see, the best day trips, my recommendations for restaurants, accommodation, tours and experiences, based on my own travels. When people dream of Tuscany, they often dream of the unhurried, deeply beautiful, rolling hills and cypress trees version of it they see in travel brochures, a version of Tuscany where life is easy, food is genuine, nature is beautiful and art is all around you. I know this well and this is exactly what keeps me…
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Halloween in Italy: what to expect, what you need to know, how to make the most of the day
All you need to know about Halloween in Italy and what to expect on this day: real Italian traditions, new and fun Halloween traditions in Italy, what to expect, what you will not find and more. Halloween is not an Italian tradition. It is not a celebration rooted into to our past and not a day marked as such. However, this doesn’t mean that you cannot have Halloween fun in Italy or you don’t see signs of it or come across special events! Halloween has been creeping into Italian life for a few decades now. American films, TV shows, The Peanuts and their ‘Great Pumpkin’ storyline all contributed to the…
