All you need to know to plan a trip to Ferrara, Italy: the best things to see, where to east, where to stay, why I recommend you visit this beautiful and historic town in the Northern Italy. The historic city of Ferrara does’t often appear on Italian itineraries for first timers, yet it is one of those places where you still find that all the beauty, charm and historical feel Italy is famous for, but also that calm and tranquility typical of off the beaten track places, now rarer and rarer in Italy. I am just back from a short trip to Ferrara, and while I knew the city would…

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…