OK, it’s time to hold my hands up; I was misled; I didn’t do enough research; I should have checked; I took it at face value. What am I talking about? Well, those of you who recently received our email newsletter on the many good reasons to visit the Azores this summer will have noticed that one was to 'drink the only tea grown in Europe'. Read the full post

The Catinaccio is the massive mountain massif that forms such a dramatic backdrop to the town of Bolzano deep within the heart of the Dolomites in northern Italy. This is the region of South Tyrol, Süd-Tirol or Alto Adige (depending on where you’re coming from) and these mountains are known in German as the Rosengarten – and therein lies a story worth telling… Read the full post

Inntravel’s Carla Lenzi, who lives in the beautiful Apennine Mountains of northern Italy and who helps to devise many of our routes, takes time out to share a few impressions of her home region…

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Spaghetti Bolognaise is a familiar and popular dish in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Everywhere it would seem – except in Italy. When it comes to this ‘traditional Italian dish’, we Brits are completely missing the point, according to our Italian 'fixer', Carla Lenzi. Read the full post

It’s the third and final instalment of “Italy Unpacked” this Friday (BBC 2, 9.00pm), entitled ‘Land of Many Treasures’, in which art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon and chef Giorgio Locatelli conclude their tour of northern Italy by exploring Piedmont. Read the full post