Italy
The Delicious Food of Turin
16/03/2017 .
Best Italian Carnivals for 2017
25/01/2017 .
As carnival season approaches it is always good to reflect on where the best carnivals can be found. Yes we can always go to Brazil or Panama or perhaps Tenerife, considered to be the biggest carnival outside Brazil. But Italy has many excellent carnivals, including the great Venice masked carnivel. So here is the TripReporter guide to the best italian carnivals for 2017.
Read the full story hereWalking the Way of St Francis. Discover An alternative Pilgrim trail to the Camino
26/10/2016 .
Pilgrim routes are popular these days and many people walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain, but few have heard of walking the Way of St Francis. Rupert Parker walks the route from Le Marche to Umbria.
Read the full story herePerugia. Precious Pearl of Umbria.
25/10/2016 .
Perugia is the capital of Umbria and one of the best preserved of the region’s hill towns.
Read the full story hereWalking the Salt Route in Liguria. Discover dramatic Italian landscapes perfect for hikers.
24/08/2016 .
The medieval Salty Way takes you through an unspoiled part of Italy and offers delicious hearty food along the way. Join Rupert Parker as he tries walking the Salt Route in Liguria.
Read the full story hereFoligno. Still undiscovered in Umbria
26/02/2016 .
Early evening and the ancient Palazzo Candiotti in Foligno has a big smile on her face. It’s just like old times. A proper baroque banquet. The Festa d’Oro e di Vento no less, with 250 guests commemorating the 70th anniversary of the modern Quintana joust. I can almost feel this grand old dame sighing in contentment in her Sunday best. If I didn’t know better, I would think I’d been teleported back to the 17th century.
Read the full story hereWalking the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites
24/12/2015 .
The immense cathedral-like spires of the Northern Dolomites are the perfect venue for tackling one of Europe’s classic long distance treks. Forget about luxury hotels, the only accommodation is in mountain huts, known as Rifugios and I’ll have to carry everything on my back. Walking the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites runs for around 140 km and my eight day walk will involve daily distances of between 9 and 16.5 km, with ascents of up to 900 m and descents of up to 1,300 m. Will I be tough enough?
Read the full story hereVal Gardena. Summer in The Dolomites.
19/10/2015 .
Anna is teaching me the highly skilled art of Tyrolean cooking at the chalet Luech de Curijel in Selva and she’s not looking best pleased. It seems my Apfelstrudel and spinach crafuncins, two of the simplest of local dishes here in Val Gardena, are not up to standard. Now when your teacher possesses hands with the power to knead dough as if it were mash potato, generating hostility is not a healthy option.
Read the full story hereInspector Montalbano Sicily
12/07/2015 .
Andy Mossack travels to the home of Inspector Montalbano Sicily to see the locations for the series.
Read the full story hereWalking Holiday in Le Marche
16/06/2015 .
Our first evening briefing in the lounge of Hotel Leone was preceded by wine and nibbles, so naturally, on the pretext of looking to store much needed energy for the next day’s trek, the majority of my nibbles were gratefully received . After all, you don’t go on a walking holiday in Le Marche trekking the mighty Sibillini national park with hunger pains, that would be foolish wouldn’t it?
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