My Travels in Italy ...

My travels in Italy. What an experience. Like many travelers, our first trips were those that concentrated in the northern parts of the country. But over the years we expanded to visit many areas in the south including Sicily.

My first trips were as single person traveling through Italy on the train. Like many others I saw the three main centers: Rome, Florence and Venice. There is so much to see in those cities.

Now, many years later, we travel through the country by car. Usually we return to Rome, still getting the "goose bumps" as we walk through the city. With each trip we can enjoy the city even more with no need to "see the sites" but rather, just to walk, explore and enjoy. Rome is a great base to travel either north or south.

Having a car we could travel more in the country. The small towns and the aspects of daily live in Italy are we enjoy the most.

Our Michelin Atlas Routier has more "Post-it Notes" that one can imagine. We've learned to mark your pages with those "stickies" to note places that we would like to see. Driving the country, you and your co-pilot will find yourself on some small road with a place of note coming up right their on the page!

Our Travel Journal includes photos and and range of information about the various places we have visited. We particularly enjoy visiting cloisters and are assembling photos and information about these specific trips. The Travel Journal information is arranged by region. Need help? The Italy Index Page includes a map with the regions noted and a link to the Travel Journal for each region.

Through our travels we have compiled a listing of what we consider Great Places to Stay. We offer these as suggestions. From our perspective, once you get to Italy, your hotels represent one of the single largest costs so having a "great" place makes it all the most enjoyable.

Not sure where things are? Check our Regions of Italy Page as this provides easy access to information on each of the regions.

Finally, we also offer Travel Consulting services to help individuals plan a trip to Italy. You book your own flights, but we can help with this fee-based service in planning a trip that will be memorable.

Amerete l'Italia!