General Travel Notes

Traveling with Children

Fourteen Secrets for Enjoying Visiting Churches in Italy: Ways to help your kids find interesting things in churches.

Ten Things Kids Love Most About Italy: Your kids will love Italy!

Tips for Traveling with Kids: Great tips for traveling with children.

Young Children and Swimming Pools: Be careful with small children in Italian villas with pools.

Outdoor Activities

Swimming in Italy: What to expect at private and public beaches.

Walking & Hiking in Italy: A few notes about hiking.

Running in Italy: Running and races in Italy and meeting other runners.

Art and Architecture

Art Trails: Piero della Francesca, Perugino and Pintoricchio art trails.

Art & Architecture Tours: Tours from the book "Italy Revealed, A Guide to Art and Architecture in the Italian Landscape".

Renaissance Frescoes: The best Italian frescoes.

Italian Pottery: The origin of Italian Pottery.

History

Etruscan Things: A list of the areas where you can find Etruscan things and some resources.

Early Slow Travelers in Italy: Travelers to Italy in the 1800s and 1900s.

Language

Parliamo, Bolognalingua Language School: Postcard about a week in Bologna, taking language classes.

Studying Italian in Italy: Taking a three week language course in Lucca.

Shopping

Shopping in Italy, buying Italian things online

Ricordi di Roma: Buying souvenirs in Italy, suggestions for unique gifts.

Art Galleries for Italian Artists: Galleries in Canada, the US and Italy.

Italy Shopping List: Some of my favorite shops in Italy.

Buy Italian in the US: Places in the US where you can buy things from Italy, or online shopping.

Miscellaneous

One Man's View - What to Avoid in Italy: Notes after spending months traveling in France and Italy.

Which Towns to Visit?: Lists of towns in Italy taken from books about Italy.

Italian Festivals and Harvests: A few notes on festivals and harvest times.

Italian TV: L'eredit: the quiz show: How this popular quiz show works.

Pickpockets in Italy: Pickpockets in Rome and Florence and how to avoid them.

Plumbing in Italy: Restrooms and showers in Italy.

Surviving in Italy: 20-Point guide to travelling, uncovering and surviving Italy.