Italy Blog – Travel Tips, Reviews & Vacation Advice

I love walking through cities with no goal in mind I wander around looking at people doing a little window shopping peeking down streets admiring gardens and just generally looking for anything that is interesting and unexpected I arrived in Verona Italy in the middle of a Saturday on my trip last year My hotel the Trieste was about a 5 minute walk outside the city walls After settling into the hotel I walked over to the historical center of Verona...

As anyone who reads this blog knows I love Florence Italy It is not my favorite place in Italy but it is one of my favorite cities and a must see for anyone going to Italy for the first time Even on a pretty day the city is a little dark but the sense of history and the beauty of the city should not be missed Plus as I have said before it has the best gelato of anyone city I have visited When you go to Florence you spend so much time at the Uffizi...

In the best of times Rome is confusing and disorganized Add a little snow and well I cant even imagine One thing I have noticed from watching the videos is that unlike Atlanta where we stay home when it snows in Rome everyone seems to have jumped into their cars and hit the road Rome and Atlanta have similar weather so I would assume that their winter driving skills are similar to ours meaning they are nonexistent How bad was the snow Bad enough...

As we enjoy an unseasonably warm winter here in the States it has been cold and snowy in much of Europe including Italy It has even snowed in the Cinque Terre with snow forecast as far south as Rome Snow in Cinque Terre is Unusual and Beautiful Snow makes a beautiful area even more beautiful Winter temperatures in Cinque Terre average in the 50s but this week they are closer to 20 with more snow predicted It is not only snowing the Cinque Terre...

On October 25 2011 Vernazza and Monterosso in the Cinque Terre were devastated by flooding If the terrible floods made the news in the US I missed it and am only now catching up on what happened Cinque Terre is one of the most beautiful places in the world and Vernazza one of the most beautiful places in Cinque Terre Hiking the trails that connect the 5 villages counts as one of mymost memorabletravel experiences I look forward to my next visit...