Aquileia and Grado
The Roman winter camps of Aquileia went on to become the ninth most important town in the whole of the Empire, and a splendid metropolis based on trading across the […]
The Roman winter camps of Aquileia went on to become the ninth most important town in the whole of the Empire, and a splendid metropolis based on trading across the […]
Treviso, rumoured to have been founded by refugees from the Trojan War and which became the ancient Roman town of Tarvisium, is now known as ‘Little Venice’ for its collection […]
The great river Po flows eastward across northern Italy from a spring in the Alps, to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It is the longest river in Italy and extends […]
Bologna’s history reads like a blueprint for the major Italian cities; founded by the Etruscans, overrun by the Gauls, conquered by the Romans and then ravaged by the Barbarians. From […]
Wanting to get to Modena early we sailed down the slip road onto the motorway just after 8am and straight into a police convoy escorting two small noisy vintage racing […]
Parma is a place for the senses, you see, hear, feel and taste it… A genteel town that still thrives on ‘la dolce vita’ it is rumoured to be packed […]
Planning our route to Bologna we were careful not to cross the path of the Mille Miglia, a 1,000 mile race of vintage sports cars, heading along the same route. […]
Asti, the self-styled capital of the sparkling spumante-producing region is a bumpy ride along a lumpy tarmacked road through vineyards. Parked up in its bustling central car park lined with […]
Elegant Turin, lined with old-fashioned and white columned shopping arcades, dotted with large, airy squares busy with cafés, and bounded by the wide green waters of the River Po, surprised […]
Full of Roman and medieval majesty, Susa has occupied a strategic position for two millennia as the junction at which invading or retreating armies, pious or otherwise pilgrims and caravans […]