Florence is yours, with me!
4 June 2021
Enjoy Florence with my private guided tours no more stress just relax and enjoy your stay in Firenze, in Tuscany , Italy 🇮🇹 it will be a real experience! … More Florence is yours, with me!
Category: Travelling
Sardinia island is white zone: so, no more curfew starting from Monday June 1st!
28 May 2021
Sardinia is white zone : no more curfew starting from June 1st : Italian summer 2021 is safe! … More Sardinia island is white zone: so, no more curfew starting from Monday June 1st!
American and fully vaccinated? Nonessential travels allowed to European Union over the summer 2021!
28 April 2021
Fully vaccinated people, tourists from America, United States, could visit and travel Italy, Europe, Tuscany in summer time ! Freedom in an healthy way, let’s toast to this good news … More American and fully vaccinated? Nonessential travels allowed to European Union over the summer 2021!
Italy is safe : curfew doesn’t mean we have terrorism
23 April 2021
Italy is not a dangerous place where you can’t travel or visit or stay : having curfew it’s just a precaution to avoid normal people stay outside at night chatting as we were used to do in Italy , for social distance , not because we have terrorism , at least not more than in other part of the world! … More Italy is safe : curfew doesn’t mean we have terrorism
Missing London in Christmas time
8 December 2016
Yes, I miss London as a friend who lives far from me but who stays in my heart everyday, every moment of my life. London has a special place in my mind : live its big streets, its multicolour windows, its shops & its smells around different world’s cultures & kitchens ! Miss the curry … More Missing London in Christmas time
A small Tuscany in Czech Republic
1 July 2016
Amazing views, great wines, beautiful plants & trees from Tuscany – from my Pistoia, called city of green , beacause of its greenhouses – provided by Moreno Menci who exports his plants since more than twenty years in Czech Republic www.vivaimenci.com , a traditional Tuscan architecture for the farmhouse that is a 4 star hotel where … More A small Tuscany in Czech Republic
Eating in Rome as Romans do since 1923 …
29 March 2016
This time in Rome I wanted to visit the old ghetto near Campo dè Fiori & just close to the nice Isola Tiberina . I had in my memory the deep yellow/orange colour of the Jewish quarter I saw in a beautiful film of some years ago titled : “La finestra di fronte ” by … More Eating in Rome as Romans do since 1923 …
Roma : Campo dè Fiori & its colours
21 March 2016
I was missing this place! Finally I was back last week & enjoyed every corner of it, every stall, every colour! So crowed in the morning & so many different kind od fruits & vegetables & the puntarelle to be shipped in vacum too! It made me think to Florence the nice & pittoresque San … More Roma : Campo dè Fiori & its colours
London to me : missing a city as a person,is it possible ?
9 October 2015
I would like to ask you if you miss, sometime or very often ☺️, a city as much as I miss London. To me it is a kind of nostalghia or , as I learned in Portugal , the “saudade” a strange , deep feeling inside your stomac, in your heart growing every day a … More London to me : missing a city as a person,is it possible ?
Pistoia : a travel consultant & a wedding planner who fullfills your dreams!
4 June 2015
http://www.isolalamente.com What can I say about this wonderful woman who is able to fullfill your wish of getaways , both in Italy & worldwide, with more than 30 years of experience in the travel industry as travel agent & certified tour operator , honeymoon planner & of course a fantastic wedding planner? Just show … More Pistoia : a travel consultant & a wedding planner who fullfills your dreams!
My Lisbon : doors ,windows & the Fado murales
15 May 2015
Can’t imagine how many times I think about this city :it was a real beautiful discover & want to go back soon again. Our guide showed this quarter where the Fado = faith , music started : a quarter in which each wall tells … More My Lisbon : doors ,windows & the Fado murales
My Lisbon : José Saramago & the MUDE (Museu Design Moda )
12 May 2015
During my tasting tour in Lisbon our guide finished the tour in front of this palace that I really loved 💓💓💓 The Josè Saramago Foundation, the Portoguise writer & poet born in 1922 and the most translated portoguise writer of all. This reminded me one if his book titled : Cecità = blindness,cecity. Very interesting … More My Lisbon : José Saramago & the MUDE (Museu Design Moda )
Made in Tuscany : 200 years of Toscano cigar celebrated with ‘Toscanello’
6 May 2015
The Tuscan compositor Giacomo Puccini born in Lucca in 1858 , was used to smoke Toscano cigar during his relaxing time & even when creating his operas such as la Bohème or La Tosca 😉and with a Toscano cigar you could see it in his statue in front of his birthhouse-museum in the heart of … More Made in Tuscany : 200 years of Toscano cigar celebrated with ‘Toscanello’
My Lisbon : A Brasileira ~ Historical Café since 1905 ~ Fernando Pessoa & me
28 April 2015
Loved the Chiado quarter, so lively, so glam so cool!!! A mix of Paris , London & Rome : a lovely district where to walk, shopping , listen to street music & stop in a cafè sitting close to ……Pessoa! Born as a drugstore was the first cafè in Lisbon that importing Brasilian coffee , … More My Lisbon : A Brasileira ~ Historical Café since 1905 ~ Fernando Pessoa & me
My Lisbon : an historical Restaurant with typical delicious dishes
28 April 2015
If you visit Lisbon din’t miss this ! suggested by our local tour guide it’s just close to the Chiado quarter & plaza de Rossio in a stunning building dated 1640 great lunch : fresh grilled fish & octopus with rice , really impressive the exotic flavour of this typical dish👍👍 the Pata negra ham … More My Lisbon : an historical Restaurant with typical delicious dishes
Pistoia ,a hidden gem in Tuscany: John Ruskin loved (& wrote )about this Church
26 April 2015
The English writer , John Ruskin ( art critic ,poet ,peinter ) , born in my beloved London in 1918, visited Pistoia in 1845 . He was really impressed by the Church of San Giovanni fuorcivitas ( this Latin word means outside of the city but at the present it is considered THE city heart … More Pistoia ,a hidden gem in Tuscany: John Ruskin loved (& wrote )about this Church
#dadoveblogghi : eccomi qui , io sono di PISTOIA, una AUTENTICA città toscana!
21 April 2015
È vero, cara Lucia , che ci dimentichiamo spesso di dire da dove …’blogghiamo’! in effetti io scrivo spesso su Pistoia, la mia piccola città che io amo chiamare ‘una gemma nascosta’ sì, perchè è nel mezzo a due città ( Firenze e Pisa ) più conosciute di lei che da secoli ormai la … More #dadoveblogghi : eccomi qui , io sono di PISTOIA, una AUTENTICA città toscana!
My Lisbon : a guided tasting tour
21 April 2015
my first dinner in Lisbon was a tasting tour for me & my husband only and our guide of course , Silvia. First stop by Casa do Alentejo not at the restaurant that is not very good, but on the ground floor in a small courtyard full of locals 😉😉 we had a kind of … More My Lisbon : a guided tasting tour
My Lisbon : visit with me Casa do Alentejo !
20 April 2015
Loved this palace : it was a real surprise😍😍😍😱😱😱for me ! my friend from Italy told me not to miss it and so I did the first evening I was in Lisbon went there👍 it’s a restaurant but more than this it is a true institution representing the Alentejo region just close to Lisbon You … More My Lisbon : visit with me Casa do Alentejo !
My Lisbon : since 1829 an historical charming cafè with a view
19 April 2015
You know …..I love old historical cafes ! I am always writing about them beacause I like them for their atmosphere & location ( usually in the city center) , their products ( usually top quality ones) & sometimes for the views too. this just in a very lively square called Praça da Figueira www.cofeitarianacional.com has … More My Lisbon : since 1829 an historical charming cafè with a view
My Lisbon :a design hotel with a view
14 April 2015
What do You ask to an hotel? For me it has to be : in The city’s heart ,❤️❤️ close to The pulsant life but not noisy At night😛 Clean Historical building but renovated Big shower & bathrobe Not too soft bed not too soft pillow Many complimentary bath accessories Smiling & helpful people … More My Lisbon :a design hotel with a view
My Lisbon : a Food tasting tour remembering Sardinian flavours
9 April 2015
tasting & walking tour to immerse myself in The real Lisbon ‘s atmosphere with its colours, smells & goodies! Mountains of codefish, ( They call it The sea pork as They eat everything of it : toungue & chick too)sardines & pata negra ham so expensive & so lightly tasty as no one else …extra … More My Lisbon : a Food tasting tour remembering Sardinian flavours
My Lisbon : graffiti street art style
9 April 2015
If You walk in Lisbon You can see graffiti everywhere ! Not just on walls but even on tram , bus & funicular : so…not just azulejos 😉😉here , something new too. To celebrate The famous FADO there are graffiti on The Alfama quarter walls Where The first Who started singing this was a prostitute … More My Lisbon : graffiti street art style
My Lisbon : in Belem an old patisserie since 1837
8 April 2015
So many different kind of cakes, pastries, sweet bread with canded fruits typical 4 Easter time & Lovely old cafè that , as You know ,I love! Lisbon is a real Heaven 4 people like me Who can’t resist to taste everything that looks so attractive to eyes…😍😍😍 I travelled until Belem just to visit … More My Lisbon : in Belem an old patisserie since 1837
My Lisbon ‘s coloured façades
6 April 2015
My very first time in Lisbon was last week , just before Easter & I am missing it already…. its colours, its fresh & light air ,its smells , its sweets bakery shops’ windows , its old cafès ,its azulejos All over façades, its mosaic Street’s pavements, its multi colour trams & funicular , The … More My Lisbon ‘s coloured façades
London to me : Covent Garden a small Beautiful world
21 March 2015
Please don’t ️️miss ️it ️when in London : everything you can desire is Here ! Fashion shops,beauty shops, food, parfums ,drink, Theatre, cafes , restaurants,market,street artists ,live music, happenings , champagne, chocolate, teashop & …..people of any kind & colour , children That can run as in a small town’s Church square without cars In … More London to me : Covent Garden a small Beautiful world
London to me : Spitalfields market
26 February 2015
London to me : London Tea Exchange tasting
26 February 2015
Ciao sweetie! I was featured in a guidebook
26 February 2015
So glad to share this with you ! Have a ️Look to some picts about this guidebook about Interesting tips on ️how is simple to rent a farmhouse or a villa in Tuscany, ️️how to avoid common mistakes, how to Travel in Italy & which are The treasures of this area and one of these … More Ciao sweetie! I was featured in a guidebook
#Boroughmarket #London :Ten reasons to visit
16 February 2015
Love this food Paradise ️sooo much & I Want to share it with you😍👍 I am Sure you Will like it too. Here are ️my reasons : 1.The location ( Just near The Shard, few steps from The tube station) 2. The colours ( so ️many, so different , so ….wow!)from vegetables to fruits 3. … More #Boroughmarket #London :Ten reasons to visit
London to me
12 February 2015
You know I love this city as I could love a friend or a man or a mother who gives you life Love it because it is a shining gem Inside myself It knocks every day at ️my heart’s door and I answer Yes, here I am Here you are Nothing changes if nothing changes … More London to me
Pisa & The tower ~ Lucca & The Anphiteater
11 February 2015
Pisa & its Symbol : The tower ! Pisa & its tourists ,Pisa & The souvenirs’ stalls Lucca smaller & closed sound its old walls , Lucca with a Roman Anphiteater & its small shops … Enjoy !br />
5 Terre villages in Liguria
11 February 2015
️Many clients asked me about 5 Terre : Ligurian costal small villages overlooking The clean sea . Here are ️some picts I took during ️my tours , ️Hope you like them !
The Quin Hotel in New York, N.Y.
30 January 2015
http://www.thequinhotel.com The Quin Hotel in New York means the Quintessence not the Queen… but , anyway, it is close to be a real queen in the huge choice of New York hotels. Stayed there for 4 nights last July for my birthday and I loved it: staregiacal position just few steps from Central Park and … More The Quin Hotel in New York, N.Y.
Portofino & Rapallo by boat !
10 November 2014
Such a Wonderful weather we had ! end October as spring time in Liguria a visit to the pittoresque Harbour Of Portofino & then….a boat to fly over the Sea direction ……Rapallo ! To visit the best delicatessen drug store in town http://www.parlacomemangi.com where even Catherine Zeta Jones & Micheal Douglas stopped too😉😉👍👍 A Special … More Portofino & Rapallo by boat !
#Sardinia : Portobello = Beautiful Harbour a secret gem in North Sardegna
14 August 2014
Sunset with dinner in an exclusive part of The island : hidden villas in The green, a small elegant village facing The Mediterranean Sea & a wonderful landscape . A Special setting for a romantic dinner outside on The Hsrbour with fresh wind typical Of This area & a delicious tasty seafood. Paradise on earth … More #Sardinia : Portobello = Beautiful Harbour a secret gem in North Sardegna
#Sardinia : Santa Teresa di Gallura as San Francisco up & down streets & multicolour houses
6 August 2014
Love this small town facing the deep blue clean Mediterranean sea with its houses & narrow streets , flowers & capers tree in the garden! Enjoy😍😍😍
A dinner in #Sardinia : #agriturismo di mare = #seafood agriturismo with delicious #Vermentino wine😉😉
4 August 2014
Surrounded by bougainvillae had fab dinner last night : agriturismo di mare! Never been before but for Sure to be repeated 👍👍 Very tasty seafood starting with lardo & bottarga on pane carasau ( delicious!) , Venere rice with octopus, ravioli with cernia fish & fregola with crab ( really excellent!) The location is near … More A dinner in #Sardinia : #agriturismo di mare = #seafood agriturismo with delicious #Vermentino wine😉😉
#Sardinia : flowers and nature all over!
3 August 2014
#Sardinia island : a Paradise on earth in #Italy
31 July 2014
Here I am again 😍😍😍since now on hope you Will enjoy My pills Of Heaven from This fab place I love so much & Where I am used to spend My summer holidays since I was a child. Salted kisses from Santa Teresa di Gallura ~ north Sardinia facing Corsica island .
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