http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:49:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are many events all year round throughout Tuscany, but many are concentrated during the summer. Many sagre, food festivals, start in early summer and continue on through the fall as local specialties (truffles, wine, olive oil) come into season. If you are coming to Tuscany during other periods of ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/festivals-and-seasonal-events-in-tuscany/ The Leaning Tower of Pisa no longer leans quite so much after a £20 million project to save it was hailed a complete success yesterday. The tower, which was on the verge of collapse, has been straightened by 18 inches (45 centimetres) returning it to its 1838 position. "It has straightened a ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/leaning-tower-of-pisa-is-saved-from-collapse/ The mountains of Piedmont featured at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics provide a unique backdrop for winter sports. But they also provide peace and quiet for amateurs to have fun, space for beginners, and great cultural and gastronomic traditions. Piedmont features 53 ski resorts, 1,300 kilometres of runs, and over 300 ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/skiing-and-ski-resorts-in-the-piemonte-piedmont-region-of-italy/ Unusual for Italy, Lombardy is a landlocked region. Its northernmost point embraces the magnificent sub-Alpine vistas of Lake Maggiore and Lake Como, on the Swiss border, but most of Lombardy's 9,000 square miles are taken up by the vast Po River Valley, a broad, flat expanse of farmlands punctuated by ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/the-sites-of-lombardy/ Where to Go to See the Most Important Attractions These are not the secret little places - these are the must-see sights, the best of the best, the icons of Italian travel, from Venice to Turin and the lakes. Getting off the beaten path is every traveler’s quest, but certain sights are ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/northern-italy%e2%80%99s-top-10-sights/ I have heard many times that people were discouraged from going in August. I think that if you are looking for a place on a beach that might be good advice since they will tend to be overcrowded and most hotels will have no occupancy. This is particularly the case ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/the-best-time-to-vist-italy/ As Milan is THE CITY of fashion there are lots of places to go shopping, especially for shopping deluxe, e.g. Via Montenapoleone (Gucci, Versace, Fratelli Rossetti, Prada, Cartier etc.), Via della Spiga (D&G, Sergio Rossi, Tod's, Bulgari etc.) Via Sant'Andrea (Chanel, Armani, Moschino, Kenzo etc.), Via Manzoni, Via Borgospesso and ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/shopping-in-milan/ The natural landscape we can admire from the banks of the Po, from its enbankments and from those of the Secchia is extremely poetic. Though at first sight it can seem a monotonous plain , it is, in reality, a complex and delicate ecosystem, which has been formed ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/a-dip-into-the-countryside/ Somewhere into the sixties Como was a bustling city as bedeviled by traffic as any North American town of its size. Funny thing is, is that it retained much of its charm and charismatic air. Way before this it was a mere lump of ice, melting and changing form. The final ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/lake-como-and-garda-and-their-history/ New research released by the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), has revealed Italy to be the most popular country for top-end travel. Thanks to its quality tourism offering, range of cultural and gastronomic experiences and uniquely iconic style, the European hot spot is also tipped to be the most sought after ... http://www.italy-guide.net/en/blog/italy-takes-top-spot-on-the-luxury-charts/