Our tours in May/June this year showed us some of Italy’s most splendid gardens, ranging from the Renaissance splendour of Villa Lante to...

The food in Italy this year was as good as ever. A simple plate of pasta topped with exactly the right local cheese was transformed into...

Readers of my previous blogs will recall that in 2017, a Connectitalia-NZ tour visited Aliano, a remote town in Basilicata, where Carlo...

When we visit Sirmione, we are walking in the footsteps of the great and the famous, including the Roman poet Catullus and the 20th...

In May 2019, Connectitalia-NZ is running an exclusive small group tour to the region of Lazio, where some of Italy’s most outstanding...

To end my long visit in Italy, I have decided to spend some time in Lake Como, a treasure trove of spectacular landscapes where centuries...

Situated in the south of Italy in the ‘instep’ of the boot, with the Ionian Sea to the south and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, the...

Visitors to Italy cannot fail to be impressed by the history and art all around them. The experience is sometimes so overwhelming that it...

Visitors to the tiny hilltop village of Aliano in Southern Italy are very unlikely to forget it. The surrounding countryside is as...

It all started with the arrival of a business card in the letterbox. I had visited Italy many times and had always been keen to learn...