The Curious Traveler

Travel
by Claudia Cavanagh | Tue, 03/13/2018 - 05:59
Favourite places in our family have often been found by chance, sometimes via random and tortuous routes. And so it was with Le Terre del Lago – the area…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/02/2018 - 00:00
In an attempt to divert visitors from overcrowded spots and to promote a slower pace of travel, the Italian culture ministry has launched Cammini d’Italia, an…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/20/2018 - 02:00
Visitors to the monumental Baths of Caracalla in Rome can now see them as they appeared when they were inaugurated in the third century AD, at the time the…
Culture
by csabino | Thu, 02/15/2018 - 04:04
For visitors seeking to escape the armies of tourists that descend on Venice each year there is an easy solution and it doesn’t involve traveling to La…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/14/2018 - 03:00
More than just a ‘bathroom’, Cosimo de’ Medici’s so-called Comodo, located inside Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, has been restored, as part of the ‘Florence I…
Culture
by Anna Lebedeva | Tue, 02/06/2018 - 04:56
The first time I heard of drogherie shops was while talking to an Italian friend who said: “If I can’t find something in a conventional shop I go to a…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/02/2018 - 05:52
[The courtyard of the Archiginnasio, the first official seat of the University of Bologna, built in 1563.] Besides being recognized as the oldest university of…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/01/2018 - 07:48
Set in the peaceful valley Argentina of Liguria, surrounded by woods, Triora is located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southwest of Genoa, the region’s capital,…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/26/2018 - 02:00
[Photo: Carnival at Castiglion Fibocchi in Tuscany. Photo credit: http://www.fotoamatoriciuffenna.it.] It’s that time of the year again, Carnevale, the…
Culture
by Anna Lebedeva | Thu, 01/25/2018 - 02:34
Photo by: Francesco Viti via Panoramio Although Tuscany is not an off-the-beaten-path destination, it is still possible to find some hidden treasures in this…