ITALY’S IDYLLIC LAKE GARDA
The moat and drawbridge of the medieval fortress guards the entrance into Sirmione. Photo, Alamy
There aren’t many places in Europe more beautiful than Italy’s Lago…
VENICE DURING THE BIENNALE
Categories: Italy, Venice and Veneto
Venice is always magical whether it’s a Biennale year or not.
We revisited Venice a few weeks ago for the first time since COVID shut down the world for travellers. Venice ha…
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA—AT THE ROMAN ARENA, VERONA
‘Aida’ at the Arena
This year was the 96th season of opera to be held in the spectacular Roman Arena at Verona. A little older than Rome’s Coliseum, it was built around 30A…
SIRMIONE, LAKE GARDA—HOME TO A MOATED CASTLE AND AN ENORMOUS ROMAN VILLA
Scaglieri Castle, the entrance into Sirmione.
‘The pearl of islands!’ wrote the Roman poet Catullus in the 1st century BCE, describing the town of Sirmione, on the southern…
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