juliet's house verona

Juliet’s House in Verona

Just what should you expect at Juliet’s House in Verona, Italy. Well… a lot of love, a lot of expressions of love, and some very clever marketing!

bologna cooking classes

Put the pasta behind you

An easy recipe for handmade pasta – right from the mouth of an Italian cook and easy for anyone to do at home.

italian mosaic art

Mosaic man

The Italian city of Ravenna is famous for its mosaics but one young artist is taking the ancient artform and giving it a modern touch!

san gimignano towers

The towers of San Gimignano

San Gimignano is a city of towers. Fourteen in total these days (although at one point there were as many as 72!).

assisi basilica

It is in giving away that we receive

St Francis believed in a life free of material goods where worth was measured in kindness. How a visit to the Italian town of Assisi reinforces this idea.