Fancy characterful accommodation at astoundingly low prices? Then try an Italian monastery. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
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Three of the best: monastery and sanctuary guest houses
Posted in travel, tagged accommodation in italy, cheap accommodation in italy, italian monasteries, monasteries, piedmont, trentino alto adige, tuscany on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Discover Italian amari
Posted in travel, tagged amari, drinks, italian drinks, Italy on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amaro is the quintessential Italian liqueur and the perfect end to any self-respecting meal. Discover three of the very best with Italymag.co.uk.
Rome’s Keats Shelley House needs vital funds
Posted in travel, tagged keats shelley museum, rome, rome museums on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Keats Shelley museum, which commemorates the English Romantics life in the Italian capital, celebrates its centenary this year but requires money to secure its long-term future. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Three of the best small historic towns in Italy
Posted in travel, tagged anchiari, cefalu, gradisca d'isonzo, historic italy, italian architecture, italian historic towns, small historic towns on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Italy’s turbulent history has given it many historic towns of great architectural interest. We discover three small but perfectly formed ones: Gradisca d’Isonzo, Anghiari and Cefalù. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Italy’s five best Carnival celebrations
Posted in travel, tagged venice, Carnival, viareggio on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Carnival revels take many forms in Italy, from Venice’s elegant masks to Viareggio’s gigantic floats. To help you make the most of the merrymaking season, we have picked the best five festivals you absolutely should not miss. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Three of the best… cafes in Turin
Posted in travel, tagged bicerin, cafe, coffee, coffee houses, turin, turin cafes, turin coffee houses on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Turin has plenty of historic cafés serving potent espressos, thick drinking chocolate and a silky concoction of coffee, chocolate and cream called bicerin. It is definitely worth going on a coffee house crawl there, but if time is scarce, make sure you visit at least three of them—Caffé Mulassano, Caffé Bagatti & Milano and Caffé [...]
Cloister Garden of the Santa Chiara Monastery
Posted in travel, tagged cloister garden, garden, monastery, naples, santa chiara on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bold scenes of boar hunting, bowling, dancing, even a Carnival revel come alive in a riot of colours on the tiled panels that decorate the cloister garden of the Santa Chiara Monastery in Naples. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
The three best places to view mosaic art in Ravenna
Posted in travel, tagged early Christian art, Italy, mosaics, ravenna on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The austere façade of many of Ravenna’s early Christian buildings hide the golden richness of exquisite mosaics. Three in particular—the Galla Placidia Mausoleum, the Arian Baptistery and the Church of San Vitale—house jaw-dropping artwork from the three greatest periods in the history of Ravenna: the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoth reign, and the Byzantine Exarchate. [...]
