Meet Giulia Scarpaleggia, also known as Juls’ Kitchen. A victim of the economic crisis, or a person who is taking advantage of it to pursue her dreams? She writes “From January 1, 2012, in fact, …
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Life in Florence as an import. It’s not all pizza and mandolino but it’s not bad.
A renaissance art historian’s guide to Florence through its history, monuments, and people.
“Fuori Porta” literally means outside the city gates. Anywhere outside Florence!
An art historian’s approach to the monuments of the eternal city.
Art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.
In this guest post, Steve Brenner suggests a slow approach to travel: even if you have only a weekend in Rome, or a few days, there are some things he thinks you should not miss to experience Rome like a local (or as close as possible to one)… and of these five things, only one is a museum!
Colisseum viewed from Colle Oppio Park
I’m a big advocate of the Slow Travel and Slow Food movement. If you’re not familiar with it, the basic idea is that the modern world is attracted, and addicted, to things in fast forward, and one has to make a conscious effort to go against that tendency and slow down – not because doing things slowly is necessarily better, but because some things require more time to do them properly. When you speed it up, you ruin it. For example, to make a good zuppa di fagioli (bean soup), you need at least a few hours, and you should have soaked the beans the night before. If you speed that up, you’re going to be eating some nasty, crunchy beans. Read the full story »
The Italian youth magazine Focus Junior and the MIBAC (ministry for the arts) have come up with an interesting collaboration to promote twelve lesser-known museums in Italy, amonst them the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence for …
Krista and Sharon set out in 2008 to make a film about the impact of mass tourism on the Cinque Terre and the area’s preservation efforts – a careful balancing act between economic progress and …
I feel like my first “major” article of the year on this blog should be arts related, and know that I’ve been somewhat remiss both about posting, and in writing about the arts. The fact …
A man stopped me on the street today to ask me, in Italian, if we had a piece of clothing called “flo”. After getting over my misunderstanding that this was a theoretical question proposed to …
It’s freezing, kids (and adults) have the flu and it’s a real pity as there are so many things to do and see around Florence… and it’s also a great time to take a …
These days talk revolves around food (even more than usual) as everyone is planning their menu for the vigiglia di Natale (Christmas Eve). While a normal meal, especially in the South, is often object of …
At Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, Gianlorenzo Bernini created a jewel of the Baroque; a keyhole through which to peer into the mind of mid-seventeenth century Rome. Architectural historian Agnes Crawford contributes this learned guest …
Sing it: On the eigth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eight live trouts, seven hares a jumpin, six rock crystal glasses, five barrels of olives, four eagles for hunting, three antidotes …
Here’s the second post from ArtTrav’s colomnist who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of …
Many of you will know that, since May 2011, five of us have been writing a monthly post on a given topic and we call it the Italy Blogging Roundtable. Each month we decide the …
Living in Florence has its appeal, but Tommaso and I have always had a thing for Maremma, an area of Tuscany that remains “off the beaten track” due to its apparent lack of much to …
Meet ArtTrav’s new colomnist, who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of ToscanaIN and is …
The Italian youth magazine Focus Junior and the MIBAC (ministry for the arts) have come up with an interesting collaboration to promote twelve lesser-known museums in Italy, amonst them the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence for …
Here’s the second post from ArtTrav’s colomnist who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of …
