I am not sure when I will make it back to Venice but I am reminded of my trip each time I walk through my living room. Of all the photos that [...]

frecciarossa vs eurostar Originally uploaded by Ciccio Pizzettaro Fans of train travel show know that travel to Italy just got even better (as if you can improve on a country with gelato). [...]

The official social media outpost for Tuscany, All Things Tuscany, emailed me information about their new entry into the popular category of augmented reality iPhone apps – Tuscany+. If you are not [...]

The picture for this month’s wallpaper is from Italy from the town of Bellagio on the shores of Lake Como. Regular width (1600 x 1200) / without calendar Widescreen (1920 × 1200) [...]

Today’s photo “Pantheon in a Glass” was taken by Sherry Ott and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. Sherry says: Rome can be a challenging place to take pictures, [...]

Continuing on with the theme of romance this week… where do the Italians go on vacation? For many years the answer to that question has been Lake Como in Northern Italy. This [...]

As long as we are talking hearts, flowers and romance this week, what could be more romantic than a gondola ride in Venice? One of the things I love most about Venice [...]

In my continuing series of pictures of doors that I have taken on my travels is this one form the lovely Tuscan hill town of Montalcino in Italy. Montalcino is the home [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about two lesser visited cities in Italy – Turin and Bologna. Turin has the reputation as the Detroit of Italy because of its long association [...]

If you don’t recognize this photo as the top of St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice then perhaps you need a longer zoom lens on your camera. The whole story of Venice deciding [...]