Chill by Lake Como, Italy
The beautiful town of Bellagio is prettier and more peaceful than the main town of Como, and makes a great base to explore the area
By Andreina Cordani
Categories Cultural, Europe, Italy
Audrey Hepburn’s Rome
Rebecca Sparrow retraces Audrey’s steps in the classic film Roman Holiday.
By Rebecca Sparrow
Categories Italy, Rome
Milan’s Villa Necchi Campiglio
Donna Wheeler is fascinated by one of Milan’s most seductive villas, the sisters who once lived there, and their vintage closets…
By Donna Wheeler
Categories Cultural, Europe, Italy, Milan, Weekend breaks
Goddess Gold – Elba Island, Italy
Take Four Friends… Take up to four friends to your own private cabin on Elba Island. Organic food and wine. Private beach access. White cliffs. …
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Goddess Gold, Italy
Rome Off-Season
There’s something strangely intimate about time spent losing oneself in a European city off season; life is quieter and feels more ‘real’ – as if the shallow but enticing layers of bright glitter, crowds, chatter and noise have been stripped away to reveal something more real, weighty and lasting. A young Italian filmmaker I met compared Rome’s contrasting seasons to the difference between falling unexpectedly in love with a serious contender as opposed to a light-hearted fun, summer fling. A metaphor only an Italian (or French) man could come up with.
By Alex Billington
Categories Italy, Rome
Miracle in Milan: Pane e Acqua
Donna Wheeler loves the food and Rossana Orlandi’s signature style at a hidden Milan restaurant.
By Donna Wheeler
Categories Italy, Milan
Flirting With Rome
Clare Press explores Italy’s favourite national pastime on a Roman Holiday. The last time a bloke wolf-whistled at me in Sydney I told him in …
By Clare Press
Categories Italy, Rome
When in Venice, Eat Out.
Guest Goddess Elenora Baldwin finds eating fish is a mystical experience in Venice – and two drinks are quite enough. Ok. Venice. First thing: GET …
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Italy
A Travel Writer’s Secrets
Globetrotting journalist Rachael Oakes-Ash shares everything she’s ever discovered about upgrades (ha!) jet lag, giving back to the locals – and hanging onto receipts… The …
By Rachael Oakes-Ash
Categories Rome, Travel Tips and Secrets, Western Australia
Fango – The Italian Spa Experience
Julie Moline happily submits to volcanic muck – and a massage by a sturdy grandma in sensible shoes. When the wake-up call came it was …
By Holiday Goddess Editors
Categories Italy
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