Existing Member?

Destination: Italy

There are [1796] stories and [22564] photos from Italy

Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random

Latest stories from Italy

Discovery in a Roman Market: My First Blood Orange

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By rachel_webb | Views [1933]

I remember the first time I ever saw a blood orange.  Several years ago, I visited Rome with a good friend and we spent a delightful few days wandering through cobbled streets, searching out storied landmarks, losing ourselves in serpentine ... Read more >

Tags: blood oranges, italy, markets, rome

August - Il Palio, Italy

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [1077] | Video

Location: Il Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy Dates: 2 July and 16 August Level of Participation: 3 – lay a bet and smell the nervous sweat Description: The Italians’ factional tendencies can be ... Read more >

Tags: il palio, italy, world festivals

My Italian adventure

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 | By ruthygirl | Views [701] | Comments [1]

My Italian adventure this year included Florence, Venice and Rome! We flew from Raleigh, NC to Florence Italy via Newark and Germany. What an adventure. While in Florence which was our first stop we toured the museum, climbed 465 steps up through an incredible ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, italy, rome, shopping

The Big Black Cloud

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [694]

And Pele, the Goddess of Fire was angry. And she spewed forth her wrath in fire and ash and the big silver birds refused to fly. The Northmen were afraid, for this surely was a bad omen. They gathered together in their large caves called Aero-portos ... Read more >

Rome

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 | By lmc303 | Views [603]

Hi All, Well Mum and I had a lovely time in Rome. The weather was fantatic, the food great and as Mum put it the sights were amazing. After a long day getting there we got to our B&B with a lovely Italian lady with a little girl making our stay ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Venizia/Venice 14-16 Oct

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 | By romina | Views [508]

Despite the 7hr train ride from Dijon France to Venice Italy, I couldn’t contain my excitement about Venice.  We stayed in Venice Mestre (located in the mainland) and just took the local train to the ‘island’ (Venice Santa Maria)…only took us 10 minutes.... Read more >

From Napoli to Sorrento on the Circumvesuviana

Wed, 20 May 2015 | By | Views [286] | Scholarship Entry

The train is a rickety metal contraption, perhaps from the 1970s. On it is an assortment of characters: tourists with cameras slung prominently around their necks; sun-browned locals on their daily commute into the next town; dusty workers lugging carts ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Vital Rum

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry

I watched as a fresh rain drop came down all its way and created a ripple in the small pond of water annihilating itself for the love of a tide. I was in the tomb of human sanity, a place where once we used to shed our social masks and went back to violent ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Gallery: Venice

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 | By simon_castles | Photo Gallery


See all 14 photos >>

Gallery: Lago di Como

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Photo Gallery

Our beautiful day at the lake lacked only one thing-a George Clooney sighting!
See all 22 photos >>

Sicilian Summer

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By sicilia | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Hi there my name is Jack Sciacca, I am 22 years old and am half Italian, half Kiwi. I grew up in New zealand and currently reside in London. I fell in love with traveling the first time I went to Italy when I was 13. I left Home at 18 to travel more ... Read more >
See all 5 photos >>

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

Photos: Italy

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery


See all 38 photos >>

Photos: Florence and Fiesole Italy

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 | By l-lcasini | Photo Gallery

Exploring the most beautiful city in the world.
See all 20 photos >>

Photos: Me

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 | By hermeslife | Photo Gallery


See all 1 photos >>

Photos: Oltrepo Pavese - Milan wine region

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 | By italyexpat | Photo Gallery

The unknown wine region of Milan, not unlike Tuscany
See all 5 photos >>


 

Choose a destination

Top writers about Italy

Popular destinations

Random Photo

by cedric_c, Views[298]

by cedric_c | Views [298]

Random Photo

by justin, Views[357]

by justin | Views [357]


RSS feeds from Italy:
Latest stories >
Interesting stories >