Florence's San Niccolo Neighborhood and the Oltrarno
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips, What's Up at TIK Italy
There are many things we love about a trip to Florence, in particular our good friends and partners who are our representatives in Tuscany! And we've written before about some of the best things to see in Florence and also about the beautiful Galleria degli Uffizi. But one of our favorite places to visit in Florence is the San Niccolò neighborhood, a wonderfully winding, hilly part of town that is… Read
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Italy: Five Cities, Five Sites
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Italy
We’ll be talking about our favorite cities in Italy this week, and boy do we have a lot to choose from! Of course we love the countryside of Italy, from the rolling hills of Tuscany to the vineyards of Piedmont, from the mountains of Abruzzo to the seaside of Sardinia. But today it’s all about the cities, and we’ve chosen five of our favorite sites in five of our favorite… Read
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Travel Tips: Visiting St. Peter's Basilica
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Italy
If you're visiting the Eternal City, chances are you will schedule a trip to the Vatican to see Saint Peter's Basilica. Today we'll discuss some practical tips that might help make your visit a little easier. Note that we're talking only about St. Peter's today, since our first travel tip is do not try to see the basilica and the museums in one day. If you want tips on visiting… Read
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Travel Tips: Pisa Day Trip
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Italy
I talked about train travel in Italy in a previous blog, and want to expand on that theme today by talking about one of my favorite day-trips by train, to the amazing city of Pisa. Personally, I think Pisa is a lovely place to stay for a few days. It gets filled with visitors wanting to see the famed Leaning Tower, but the city itself is wonderfully Tuscan, and if… Read
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Travel Tips: Train Travel in Italy
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Italy
Although our trips don't include train travel as a rule, we often get asked about train travel in Italy. Many of our clients take trains from their arrival city to their destination, or during pre- and post- travel while in Italy. Others want to know how to take advantage of the rail system for day trips to various places of interest (more on that Wednesday!). But whatever your reason for… Read
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Black Truffle Risotto Recipe (Plus a Truffle Cooking Vacation in Italy)
Filed Under Destination Features, Recipes Italy
When one thinks of truffles and Italy, it's often Piedmont and Umbria that comes to mind. But they're not the only regions in Italy to play host to truffles. Black truffles can also be found out in the Lazio countryside outside Rome, hidden beneath the trees, ready to be dug up and discovered. A truffle hunt is a real treat, and it's just one part of our very special truffle… Read
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