Tours of Puglia: No Sound Like the Sea WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor Even the ocean sounds different here. It has a sweeter, almost melodious song. You are looking at the Adriatic Sea, and it unfurls itself along the coast of Puglia with such elegance and refined beauty...
Vintage Joy: Tuscany Wine Tours WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor Experience the restorative power of Tuscany on a tour of Italy’s premier wine region It is no surprise that people in Tuscany and neighbouring Umbria live longer than anywhere else in Italy. The air is crisp and...
THE GRAND TOUR WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor This may surprise you, but most of the beautiful things in life can be traced back to Italy in the last 700 years. You may have heard of a little thing called the renaissance? It is the rebirth of culture, arts and humanism...
Milan: A timeless city WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor An Evening in Milan If on a clear spring evening you look out from your hotel balcony across to Porta Nuova, you could be forgiven for forgetting Milan’s rich history. Porta Nuova is home to some of the most spectacular...
The Enchanted Isles of Le Sirenuse WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor Welcome to the home of the mythological sirens, the women whose alluring song would tempt sailors from the safety of their ships. According to writers in the Middle Ages, such was the beauty of these...
The Sublime North Italy: Why You’re Missing Out WRITTEN BY Tim Surgenor The Romantic writers and painters of the early 19th century were fascinated by the notion of ‘the sublime’; the awe and wonder you might feel at the sight of soaring mountains, or lakes that...
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