ITALY

Useful Information italia What to see and do in Italy Itineraries France and Italy (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Kristen's Italy Adventures (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Guides/Travel Agents/Tour Companies ICBellagio.com Andrea Grisdale was our special planner for Italy. Julie O'Donnell, who works for her was our person who was available at any time of any day for any question we had. (2012 - Jo Cleary) Cooking Schools   Rhode School of Cuisine    A wonderful week in Tuscany (2006 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Travel Tales France and Italy  (2012 - Jo Cleary) A Taste of Tuscany (2006 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Assisi Useful Information  visit-assisi What to see and do in Assisi Restaurants  Hotel Silva (2006 -- Mimi Santini-Ritt) Bologna Useful Information  lonelyplanet What to see and do in Bologna Accommodations Hotel Orologia (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Florence Useful Information  introducingflorence What to see and do in Florence Accommodations  Hotel del Moro, Florence (2012 - Jo Cleary) Guides/Travel Agents/Tour Companies Jennifer Cowden of Antico Sole Highly recommended tour guide for Florence - an American who's married to an Italian and has been living in Italy for 10 years or so; very professional and very personable (2012 - Jo Cleary) Inside Tips Museums and Galleries Ferragamo Shoe Museum (2012 - Jo Cleary) Museo del Opera del Duomo Here you will find the original Gates of Paradise, along with Donatello's Penitent Magdalene, Michelangelo's Unfinished Pieta and so much more (2007-Mimi Santini-Ritt) Travel Tales Rome and Florence (2003 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) La Foce Useful Information  lafoce What to see and do in La Foce Travel Tales La Foce (2011 - Pam Ilg) Levanto (Cinqueterre)                                 Useful Information  cinqueterre What to see and do in Cinqueterre Accommodations Villa Margherita by the Sea (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Restaurants Osteria Tumelin (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Lucca Useful Information  discovertuscany What to see and do in Lucca Restaurants Buca di San Antonio (2006 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Marche Region Useful Information  turismo.marche What to see and do in the Marche Accommodations Terrazza Marconi, Senigallia (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Restaurants Taja Mare, Senigallia (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Uliassi Restaurant, Senigallia 3 star Michelin; 9 course lunch (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Inside Tips Sites Chiesa di San Francesco, Ascoli Piceno "Sarcastic lions" guardians (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Frasassi Caves (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Milan Useful Information  introducingmilan What to see and do in Milan Accommodations Hotel dei Cavalieri (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Padua Useful Information  italyheaven What to see and do in Padua Accommodations Hotel Donatello (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Rome Useful Information  rome What to see and do in Rome Accommodations Hotel Barocco   Great location - The Bernini Plaza (2012 - Jo Cleary)  Restaurants Restaurant alla Rampa In the Piazza Mignonelli near the Spanish Steps (2007 -- Mimi Santini-Ritt) Inside Tips Sites Palazzo Doria Pamphily (2012 -- Sue Dadd) Domus Aurea Nero's Golden Palace (2007 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Travel Tales Palazzo Doria Pamphily (2012 - Sue Dadd) Rome and Florence (2003 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)
Sicily Useful Information  visitsicily What to see and do in Sicily Accommodations  Hotel Ariston, Taormina (2007 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Travel Tales Sicily (2008 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Tuscany Useful Information  visittuscany What to see and do in Tuscany Restaurants Trattoria il Pozzo, Montalcino Delicious wild boar stew (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Castello di Sorci, Anghiari Delicious daisy-shaped hard salami (2019 - Kristin Wainwright) Inside Tips Wineries Poggio Antico, Montalcino (2019 - Kristin Wainwright) Spas Terme Antica Querciolaia, Siena (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Umbria Useful Information  umbriatourism What to see and do in Umbria Accommodations Azienda Agricola Montemelino. Tuoro sul Trasimeno (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Palazzo Seneca, Norcia Beautifully designed Chateau & Relais (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Restaurants La Puntabella, Tuoro sul Trasimeno Delicious carpaccio, pomegranate cosmos and negronis (2019 - Kristin Wainwright) May Fair Bar & Cafe, Passagnano sur Trasimeno Vespasia Restaurant, Palazzo Seneca, Norcia Michelin 1-star. Delicious (2019 - Kristen Wainwright) Venice Useful Information  visitvenezia What to see and do in Venice  Museums and Galleries -  TraditionalArt - All with wonderful Titians and Tintorettos - (2011 - Mimi Santint-Ritt) Ca'd Oro Accademia Santa Maria, Gloriosroccoa Basilica del Frari Scoula Grande di San Rocco - Houses the supposedly finest Tintoretto Contemporary Art - Peggy Gugenheim Collection  Modern Art - Ca Pesaro   Travel Tales Venice- (2011 - Mimi Santini-Ritt) Vicenza Useful Information  vicenzae.org What to see and do in Vicenza Accommodations Antico Hotel Vicenza (2019 - Mimi Santini-Ritt)