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This month I am pleased to welcome Jackie Cittone-Magid, the author of Inviato, as our Guest Author. Jackie created her inspirational blog out of her love for travel and was inspired to develop her website as a vehicle to share unbiased reviews of wonderful places and tips with people who are equally excited about the …

With a history of Roman, Byzantium, Lombard, French and Spanish domination one particular region of Italy is often overlooked when travellers arrange their itineries. Piedmont, or Piemonte as it is known locally, is the second largest Italian region and over forty percent of its total area is Alpine. This both leads and shapes its economy …

Camillo met us at the door and led us down the steps into the lobby where we stole a glance at the beautiful garden beyond the terrace where the pomegranate trees encircle the old well. After the formalities we were led, via cool corridors of polished stone, to our room with exposed beams, antique furnishings …

I dialled ‘9’ and within minutes the lacquered launch appeared across the Canale di San Marco, caressing the waves of this busy nautical thoroughfare. On reaching our side, the young, uniformed launch master politely assisted us aboard, the silver arrows of his Persol glinting in the morning sun. We set off from the mooring adjacent …