A journey to five of Italy’s most beautiful fortresses, from the Fosdinovo castle in Sarzana to the Castel dell’Ovo in Naples, discovering the myths, legends and unsolved mysteries hidden within their ancient walls.

The furious battle of oranges in Ivrea, the elegant 18th century costumes of Venice, the masked balls of Madonna di Campiglio and the procession of incredible allegorical floats along Viareggio’s seafront promenade: the history, traditions, and curiosities of the Italian Carnival.

A selection of unforgettable experiences for this coming Valentine’s Day: a romantic weekend in Verona, a balloon ride over the skies of Aosta, a famous lover’s fancy dress competition, and a limousine ride through the streets of Rome.

The nativity scenes recreated in the towns of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the caves of Custonaci, in Sicily, and the castles of Umbria: in Italy the magic of Christmas is brought to life in any number of the country’s historic piazzas and tiny medieval villages.

A tour of Italy’s historic coffee houses, from the 18th century botteghe del caffè overlooking St. Mark’s Square in Venice to the elegant Caffè of Milan, where Italian patriots and the great names of Classical Music all regularly stopped for a cup of  “boiling black water“.

A journey across a fascinating landscape, walking along the ancient roads cut out of the porous rock of Pitigliano, exploring Tuscany’s ancient Etruscan burial grounds and visiting the tuff cities which still cling, miraculously, to the gradually eroding cliffs of Tuscia viterbese

Not late, just wonderfully slow. Vintage steam engines, classic “one hundred door” carriages, and the charm of traveling slowly by train across some of Italy’s most beautiful countryside. Quite unforgettable train journeys through Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia, and Sardinia’s Ogliastra, Gallura, Barbagia, Gennargentu .

A journey discovering the sweeter side of Sicily and Sardinia, islands famous for their sun and sea but also for their delicious marzipan fruits, their puff pastries brimming with creamed ricotta, the crunchy honey torrone of Barbagia, and the biscuits and amarettes of Bitti, in which to savor a divine mix of sweet and bitter almonds.

From the crystal clear sea of Liguria’s Cinque Terre to the shimmering waters caressing the Amalfi Coast, the Island of Capri and Trieste’s Bay of Duino: the sea is our constant companion on these four, spectacularly panoramic, coastal walks.