Walking in the footsteps of St Francis
The Way of St Francis is an important European pilgrimage route but many who walk it aren’t religious because it also takes you through the best of Italy!
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Trulli, madly, deeply
These little white houses with their odd conical roofs have been here for centuries but have some surprisingly innovative design elements.
Salento sun
Head down south in Italy to the Salento area in Puglia and you’ll find a popular tourist destination for locals but one relatively undiscovered by foreigners.
Dance away the spider’s bite
This is pretty much the biggest music event in Italy with more than 100,000 people gathering to drink, sing and dance like their lives depend on it!
Paintings from a lost mysterious race
The mysterious Etruscans is one of the greatest races that never was… yet we know so little of them.
Visiting Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
The ruins of Hadrian’s epic compound in Tivoli show an insight into the wealth and power of the Roman Empire in the second century.