Month July 2018

There’s a 70-kilometre stretch of the Abruzzo coastline known as ‘La Costa dei Trabocchi’. It’s a place where the Adriatic Sea meets the land in a series of low cliffs and coves, and it’s where you find the traditional fishing… Continue Reading →

Last week we headed into the Umbrian countryside searching for flowers. We knew the time was about right for the sunflowers to be blooming, and a friend had mentioned there was a valley to the east, near the village of… Continue Reading →

The summer festivals are in full swing here in Italy and one of the country’s best-known is the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. A two-week celebration of music, opera, dance and visual arts, Due Mondi was one reason we… Continue Reading →

The trail we hiked in Piedmont was in an area called Valsesia. Named for the Sesia River, Valsesia is actually a small group of valleys at the foot of the Alps in the region’s remote northwest. Valsesia is a place… Continue Reading →

A short drive east from Valsesia is a lake that’s been described as one of Italy’s best-kept secrets. Lake Orta is smaller than its ‘big three’ northern lakes neighbours (Maggiore, Como and Garda), and is certainly less well-known. In fact,… Continue Reading →