There are few things I can think of that make travel more pleasurable than food - whether it’s trying something new, or tasting an old favorite in the place where it was born. And because so many people around the world are so ...

Italy travel: Rome, St. Peter's Square during the live blessing of the crowd by Pope Benedict XVI. The large screen video screens make it easy to see the Pontiff no matter where you are in St. Peter's Square. ...

The rural farm house in the Umbria region. In Umbria region in recent years have created new rural facilities that offer guaranteed quality. Today vacation in the countryside are increasingly required el ‘Umbria has all the features ...

Italy travel: Rome, in St. Peter's Square, video of the Pope giving his Wednesday blessing. The Pope greets the crowd, and an opening prayer is offered. There's our Perillo Tours Familia in addition to thousands of the faithful (or at ...

Two of us are travellling throught Italy in October 2009 for two weeks and want to use the train system. Is buying the selectpass the best route to take? We were thinking about 8 days of train travel within the two weeks ( maybe less) . ...

Although you should not have problems with things like altitude in Italy, you may encounter heavy pollution in some cities so do your research before you leave home. Don’t forget to leave a copy of your itinerary with someone at home. ...

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure: As if there weren’t already enough weird laws in Italy, Tui at Mental Mosaic just sent me news that an Italian town is going to be collecting dog DNA samples so that, when someone ...

Italy travel: Rome. More video of the largest church in the world devoted to Mary, the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, showing how every surface is decorated with priceless art. Our Perillo Tours Familia is tired at this point, ...

As you know, the truffle season is beginning now. The festival of the white truffle of Creste Senesi is in San Giovanni d'Asso, close to Siena, from Saturday November 8 till Sunday November 16. The Festival of Acqualagna is the last ...

a entry by CourtneyB from a trip to Santa Marinella, Italy, Roma. Last weekend we decided to take a day trip to the beach! As I have mentioned in previous entries, the weather is starting to get colder so we felt it was necessary to get ...