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 […]
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Treviso
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 […]
Ferrara & the River Po Valley
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 […]
A Day in Bologna
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 […]
Modena
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
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 […]
Piacenza and Fontanellato
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
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 […]
Turin
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 […]
Susa
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 […]
