Italy by Car, a New Travel Guide

This post is about a new travel guide about touring Italy by car.  Many people who visit Italy will come by car, and to really discover all that Italy's exceptionally beautiful and varied landscapes have to offer, a car is just about essential.The Touring Club of Italy, better known as … [Read more...]

Guess Where in Italy? Part 1 – The Answer

Ok, so nobody even tried to hazard a guess as to the name of the lovely bay shown in the first Guess Where in Italy post.Never mind, it was probably too difficult!Read on for the answer, and for a map showing just where this bay can be found, just in case this post gives you an idea for a … [Read more...]

Bardonecchia

We're off the Italian alpine resort of Bardonecchia shortly!  I'm looking forward to this weekend in the mountains, and after seeing this brief You Tube video presentation of the area, I'm even more keen on being there!I know it is a little dated, but it's the video used to send up the place … [Read more...]

Roccaraso Ski Video

Off the skied piste resort Roccaraso is somewhere I've already written about, so I thought you might like to see the Roccaraso ski slopes in all their snowy glory, seeing as it is the time of the year when people are thinking about booking ski holidays.Hope you like the video! … [Read more...]

Kite Skiing

Snow Kites

I'm going to write more about this kite skiing thing  shortly and tell you where to learn to do it in Italy.For those young guns looking for something different, this YouTube video made by some French aficionados may whet appetites: … [Read more...]