italiaallospecchio.com

The February 2012 issue of Dream of Italy is hot off the presses. If you’re NOT a subscriber, become one this week and get OFF a one-year, digital-only subscription and the BONUS BOOK Up at the Villa (.95 value), you will also receive access to this issue, online access to more than 87 back issues and subscriber-only discounts! Our paid subscribers (who can log-in here) are reading the following articles this month:
Home Food: Dinner with The LocalsThis culinary cultural association arranges scrumptious, authentic meals in local Italian homes. Read about our dinner in Florence and how you can enjoy the unique Home Food experience. PLUS: Italian Pear Cake Recipe

Visit Europe’s First Public Library in Cesena
Exploring Malatestiana Library is made even more remarkable when you learn that despite wars and natural disasters, the building, furnishings and manuscripts have all remained virtually untouched since the structure was built in the middle of the 15th century. PLUS: Other Noteworthy Italian Libraries

News, Tips, Deals and EventsSala Blu Offers Assistance in Italy’s Train Stations; A Rare Visit to the Swiss Guards Armory at the Vatican; Take A Mosaics Class in Rome

New Resort in Puglia
This incredible borgo offers a seaside location complete with luxury villas and a golf course as well as Pugliese cuisine and hospitality.

Dream of Italy® – Italy Travel News Blog

Though it may be thousands of years old, the Eternal City is always changing and evolving. If you’re planning a trip to Rome in 2012, check out what’s new in Rome:

• The historic Testaccio Market will be closing and a new, modern market will be opening a few blocks away. The move is controversial. Depending on when you are visiting Rome, you might be one of the last to visit the 97-year-old market in Piazza Testaccio or among the first to go inside the new Testaccio Market.
• The latest outpost of Eataly (the mammoth gourmet marketplace that started in Turin) opens in Rome on the city’s birthday, April 21. Eataly Rome will take up 12,000 square feet in the former Air Terminal Ostiense, and boast 11 restaurants.
• The must-not-miss musem exhibition in Rome this year is Lux in Arcana: The Vatican Secret Archives Revealed. A hundred documents from the Vatican’s Secret Archives go in display at the Capitoline Museums starting March 1, 2012.

Learn more about what to do in Rome at Dream of Italy and get our Rome travel app for just .99!

Photo by alainlm, flickr.com

Dream of Italy® – Italy Travel News Blog

The trip of a lifetime…
Week-long photo workshops with the bestselling authors of Serenissima: Venice in Winter. Explore Umbria by chartered van and stay in a gorgeous fully restored farm villa in the shadow of Assisi. Guided excursions, personal instruction, many meals—a molto simpatico photo vacation. Maximum enrollment for each workshop is six students. May 5-12, 2012 and October 13-20, 2012

Info: http://www.experienceumbria.com/

(This is an ad.)

Dream of Italy® – Italy Travel News Blog

The Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012  issue of Dream of Italy is hot off the presses. If you’re NOT a subscriber, become one this week and get TWO BONUS Italy travel documentaries on DVD ( value), you will also receive access to this issue, online access to more than 85 back issues and subscriber-only discounts! Our paid subscribers (who can log-in here) are reading the following articles this month:

Muggia Carnevale Unmasked
While you hear so much about Italian Carnevale in Venice, did you know that one of Italy’s great Carnevale celebrations is in the city of Muggia in Friuli? Find out all you need to know to take part.

Rome Food Tour in Testaccio
The working class neighborhood Testaccio is home to some of Rome’s great culinary treasures — both food and the characters behind the food. This food tour’s passionate guide will lead you through nine tastings and a unique experience. Also: The New Testaccio Market, Kenny Dunn’s Favorite Rome Restaurants

A Magical Maremma Hideaway
The renovated castle in one of Tuscany’s most authentic areas offers an upscale escape complete with Tuscan cooking lessons with the proprietor who is a cookbook author.

Dream of Italy® – Italy Travel News Blog