Travel Stories

1 min read • Aug 3, 2012

If you're short on time but big on an appetite for travel, you want to get straight to the highlights of a country and know exactly how to get to them. So…

6 min read • Jul 3, 2012

The Italian Lakes: the name evokes romantic images of twisty roads and James Bond car chases, palatial lakeside villas owned by movie stars, a daring…

5 min read • Jun 20, 2012

Milan, 1957. It's only a little over a decade since WWII's end, and the city has not just been rebuilt, but transformed. Tunnels are being sunk for the…

2 min read • Jun 20, 2012

Italy does not let anything get in the way of a good time - the perfect example is the fact that it wouldn't even let WWII interrupt the famous Venice…

2 min read • Jun 20, 2012

More than six million people have read Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert's account of her year-long trip through Italy, India and Bali. But seriously, how…

2 min read • Jun 17, 2012

Our insider tips on accommodation, free wi-fi, ordering coffee, and museum and transports passes, for the perfect Roman holiday:

3 min read • Jun 17, 2012

While Italians are famous for their laid-back take on life, the pace of the country's capital is anything but. In fact, it's full-blown chaos. So how can…

2 min read • Jun 12, 2012

Hot, dry, wracked by earthquake and eruption, Sicily marks the point where Europe is no longer entirely Europe. Find out more about the myths and mystery…

4 min read • Jun 10, 2012

Italy's super-charged capital boasts one of the world's most inspiring cityscapes. Take the landscape as your cue: Rome is the ideal place to realise your…

2 min read • Jun 10, 2012

It's a well-known fact that Rome is on the top of every stomach's must-visit list. Afraid of filling up on bucatini alla amatriciana or carciofi alla…

4 min read • Jun 10, 2012

Head to the heel of Italy's boot and discover a region with reasons to celebrate local food all year round. Gourmet heaven, thy name is Puglia!

3 min read • Jun 10, 2012

Take a guide, take an ice axe and take the exhilarating challenge of skiing the legendary Haute Route.

5 min read • May 24, 2012

Sicily, the Mediterranean’s largest island, has a culture entirely of its own and harbours a sinister history. Lift the lid on Italy’s volcanic island…

5 min read • Apr 18, 2012

Hiding right in the elegant shadows of Venice's Grand Canal palaces and must-see monuments are Venetians' most beloved hangouts. But from the major…

5 min read • Apr 17, 2012

The search for common ground between food lovers and weight-watchers, bargain-seekers and luxury-lovers ends in the most unlikely place: Italy. The…

3 min read • Apr 12, 2012

Unlike Rome and its never-ending history lesson, Milan is the birthplace of the now and the next, from cutting-edge international design and the latest…

3 min read • Apr 12, 2012

I think my partner and I had both given up on getting married by the time we met. Our siblings and friends had all done it and were well on their way to…

3 min read • Apr 12, 2012

Italy famously teems with World Heritage sites, but it’s less well known that those sites sit in Europe’s most volcanically active region. In fact, Italy…

4 min read • Apr 10, 2012

Italy hosts such a rich variety of historical art pieces it is almost overwhelming to the novice art-appreciator.

3 min read • Mar 13, 2012

Italy is a dazzling, mesmerising feast of a country. Here are the country’s must-see highlights – if you don’t make it to them all on one trip, it’s the…

4 min read • Jan 31, 2012

So you're ready to go. You've booked your flight, arranged your accommodation and organised a hire car. Awaiting is a week of motoring through Italy's…

2 min read • Jan 14, 2012

Blessed with hills, mountains, lakes and more than 8000km of coastline, Italy offers much more than Roman ruins and Renaissance art. Adrenaline addicts…