The Roman winter camps of Aquileia went on to become the ninth most important town […]
Category: Italy
Treviso
Treviso, rumoured to have been founded by refugees from the Trojan War and which became […]
Ferrara & the River Po Valley
The great river Po flows eastward across northern Italy from a spring in the Alps, […]
A Day in Bologna
Bologna’s history reads like a blueprint for the major Italian cities; founded by the Etruscans, […]
Modena
Wanting to get to Modena early we sailed down the slip road onto the motorway […]
Parma
Parma is a place for the senses, you see, hear, feel and taste it… A […]
Piacenza and Fontanellato
Planning our route to Bologna we were careful not to cross the path of the […]
Asti
Asti, the self-styled capital of the sparkling spumante-producing region is a bumpy ride along a […]
Turin
Elegant Turin, lined with old-fashioned and white columned shopping arcades, dotted with large, airy squares […]
Susa
Full of Roman and medieval majesty, Susa has occupied a strategic position for two millennia […]