A Visual Journey Through Art & Exploration

Piazza Navona Piazza Navona fountain After getting off the train from Florence, we dumped our bags at the hotel and decamped to Piazza Navona to soak up the Rome atmosphere and grab lunch. Your list of tourist sites not to be missed in Rome will include this Piazza, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Vatican. These are all crowded with tourists but still maintain their charm. Lunch was great, as usual. We relaxed for a bit

Our Airbnb was a stone farmhouse in Bucine How to get here? You can fly into Florence or Pisa. Florence would be a great way to start a Tuscan vacation but we flew into Venice. Since we were traveling with friends who had never been to Italy, we made sure to see both Venice and Rome which was pretty easy to accomplish. Venice was a great start. Where to stay in Tuscany? Figure out which towns you want to focus on and decide if you are getting a rental car. Tuscany is one of t

Grand Canal, Venice Morning in Venice A few years ago we did a family vacation including Venice, Tuscany and Rome. This is a great first Italy trip as it is easy to fly into Venice and out of Rome or vice versa. Venice is incredible. There is a reason it is packed with tourists. Don't let this keep you away. Many of the hordes are day trippers and never stray far from Piazza San Marco. If you just wander aimlessly away from this huge central square you cannot help but be char