At the Villa La Pescigola in the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany, the daffodils are in full bloom. The 2008 Daffodil Festival has begun at the Villa just outside of Fivizzano, and with the festival in the height of its season, the flowers in the gardens are amazingly beautiful and the bright blooms are definitely worthy of a side trip. Read the rest »
At the Villa La Pescigola in the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany, the daffodils are in full bloom. The 2008 Daffodil Festival has begun at the Villa just outside of Fivizzano, and with the festival in the height of its season, the flowers in the gardens are amazingly beautiful and the bright blooms are definitely worthy of a side trip. Read the rest »
Italy has an abundance of ancient artifacts, but many visitors fail to realize that the caves on the northwest coast of Sicily offer history much older than fallen temples and ruins of the mainland. 
Just twenty miles outside of Rome you’ll find the beautiful ruins of Ostia. The city was established in the fourth century BC as a military outpost to guard the mouth of the Tiber river, but with the commercial trade of the river, Ostia quickly became a major port and trade center. 
For thousands of years the Tiber River was the main portal of goods into Rome. The river brought almost all of the food and materials necessary for the million residents in the days of old. 
Emperor Trajan’s Market, or more casually the World’s First Shopping Mall, has been converted into Rome’s newest museum. The Imperial Forums Museum opened in the fall of 2007 following two years of extensive renovations. 
