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Rome quotes - Famous words on the eternal city

Rome Quotes – Famous Words on the Eternal City

There’s more to Rome quotes than the proverbial ‘When-Rome-falls-All-roads-lead-to-Rome-was-not-built-in-a-day’ trivia.

Umbria – The Green Heart of Italy

Try to google “Green heart of Italy” and you will have more than a million results pointing at Umbria.

Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Alex Ramsay

Gardens of Venice

A new book on the gardens of Venice and Veneto captures the diversity, magic and fascination of cultivated nature in and around the lagoon city.

Comacchio in the Po delta

The ups and downs of Comacchio in the Po delta

There is a special feel to Comacchio in the Po delta – a small Venice of bridges, canals and oscillating history surrounded by a vast marshy wetland.

Books set in Italy - Italian Notes

Favourite Books Set in Italy

My list of the best classic books on Italy