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About.com Italy Travel Get the latest headlines from the About.com Italy Travel GuideSite. Carnival Season in Venice, Italy 7 Feb 2010 at 12:15pm 2010 Carnival, or carnevale, season is underway in Venice with festivities through February 16, Shrove Tuesday, when carnival celebrations take place in many parts of the world. If you're in Italy in February, Venice Carnevale, the biggest carnival celebration in Europe, is an event not to be missed. In Venice, each sestiere or neighborhood hosts carnevale events with public carnival events ranging from small neighborhood parties in a piazza to boat parades along the Grand Canal and masked parades in Saint Mark's Square. There are also extravagant masked balls and dinners, often held in luxury hotels. Just walking around Venice during Carnevale, seeing all the people in masks and costumes, and soaking up the carnival atmosphere is entertainment in itself. This year the city of Rome is pairing itself with Venice for carnival in Rome. If you can't make it to Venice or Rome, there are many fascinating and unusual Carnevale festivals throughout Italy including parades with elaborate floats, horse races and equestrian events, and an orange throwing battle in the Piedmont town of Ivrea. Italy Carnival Photos: Ivrea Carnival photos Venice Carnevale Costumes Carnival Masks in Venice Carnevale Photos and RecipesMan in Mask at Venice Carnevale © 2009 Betsy Malloy Photography. Used by Permission Carnival Season in Venice, Italy originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 12:15:10. Permalink | Comment | Email this Top Museums in Naples, Italy 4 Feb 2010 at 12:03pm No visit to Naples would be complete without a stop in one of its excellent museums. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples has one of the world's best collections of Greek and Roman artifacts, many of them from the nearby sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Naples has art museums, interesting religious museums that also have small archeological collections, and underground excavations of the old Greek and Roman city that can be toured. Most of the museums are housed in buildings that are interesting themselves as well. If you're planning to travel to Naples, consider visiting these Top Naples Museums. Naples also has a fascinating historic center and is a good base for day trips to the seaside towns in the Bay of Naples, the charming island of Capri, Mount Vesuvius Volcano, and the many nearby archeological sites. Top Museums in Naples, Italy originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 12:03:49. Permalink | Comment | Email this Cornetto Delivery - Italy Travel Photo of the Week 3 Feb 2010 at 8:05pm This tiny van delivers cornetto pastries in Gallipoli, a seaside town in southern Italy's Puglia region. 2010 Italy Travel Photos of the Week 2009 Italy Travel Photos of the WeekGallipoli Photo © Martha Bakerjian Cornetto Delivery - Italy Travel Photo of the Week originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 20:05:07. Permalink | Comment | Email this Romantic Travel in Italy and Beyond 3 Feb 2010 at 12:45am With Valentine's Day coming up, romantic travel comes to mind. You'll find ideas for where to celebrate Valentine's Day and for romantic travel any time of the year in Susan Breslow Sardone's Love Makes the World Go 'Round, a look at romantic destinations from About.com Travel sites. According to a recent survey, 22% of travelers said that their romantic destination of choice would be Italy (see Where do You Travel for Romance?). Plan your romantic Italian vacation with our guide to Top Romantic Destinations in Italy. Lake Como Sunset Photo © 2009 by Martha Bakerjian Romantic Travel in Italy and Beyond originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 00:45:57. Permalink | Comment | Email this Lake Maggiore in Italy's Lakes Region 31 Jan 2010 at 2:03pm Lake Maggiore, in northern Italy's lakes region, is one of Italy's largest and most popular lakes. The long, narrow lake was formed from a glacier and stretches clear into Switzerland. Surrounded by hills in the south and mountains in the north, the lakeside towns maintain a fairly moderate temperature making it possible to visit the lake almost any time of year. Visiting Lake Maggiore: Lake Maggiore Travel Guide Where to Stay on Lake Maggiore Top Italian LakesLake Maggiore photo © 2009 by James Martin, Europe Travel Lake Maggiore in Italy's Lakes Region originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 14:03:50. Permalink | Comment | Email this Rome Carnival in 2010 30 Jan 2010 at 5:31pm Although carnival, or carnevale, is celebrated in many parts of Italy, it has not been commonly celebrated in Rome for the past few centuries. In 2010 Rome will hold carnival festivals, pairing itself with Venice, according to Italy Magazine. Venice is the top place to go for carnevale in Italy and one of the world's top carnival venues. Carnevale events start February 6 in both cities and culminate February 16, 2010. Lisa Finerty of Secret Gardens Italy told me there's also a good carnevale in Ronciglione near Rome where they have the famous horse race through town but without jockeys. She says, "It is a lot of fun and there are mattresses buffering all the corners in town. They use female horses since they're better behaved. The horses fly, but they must run uphill so it isn't as dangerous as it could potentially be." Sounds like fun. Carnevale: Top Places to Celebrate Carnevale | Venice Carnevale | Photos of Carnival Costumes in Venice Rome Carnival in 2010 originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 17:31:31. Permalink | Comment | Email this Cinque Terre Hiking Paths Closed 29 Jan 2010 at 12:47pm The popular hiking paths between the Cinque Terre, five picturesque villages along the coast of Liguria in northern Italy, are closed due to the recent bad weather and landslides, according to Il Secolo XIX. If plans to repair the trails go well, they should be open by Easter. The trails, or sentieri, are shown in blue on this Cinque Terre Hiking Trails Map and parts of the red trail may also be closed. I think that the short Via dell'Amore portion between Riomaggiore and Manarola is still open. If you plan to travel by train to the villages this might be a good time to go as there will probably be fewer tourists than usual. Photo of Vernazza © 2009 by Photos of Old America, used by permission Cinque Terre Hiking Paths Closed originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 12:47:14. Permalink | Comment | Email this Italy Book Talks in California 28 Jan 2010 at 11:41am When I'm not in Italy I always enjoy reading books about Italy and planning where to go next. Those of you in California might enjoy these upcoming book talks: Susan Van Allen, author of 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go (compare prices), presents her talk Why Women Love Italy in the Los Angeles area January 29 and February 5 and in the San Francisco area February 7 and 9. Events include book sales and signing, wine, and chocolate. Schedule Dianne Hales, author of La Bella Lingua (compare prices), presents The Tastes and Sounds of Romance, Italian Style at the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco March 14 at 2:30 with Italian romantic treats from AG Ferrari.You'll find more about both of these excellent books in my Recommended Italy Gift Books - a good place to find a gift for your Valentine who loves Italy. Italy Book Talks in California originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 11:41:45. Permalink | Comment | Email this Specials on Driving Vacations in Sicily and Italy 27 Jan 2010 at 9:15pm You can often save on car rentals or Italy vacation packages by booking ahead. Here are a couple of current specials: Book and pre-pay for a car rental through Auto Europe by January 31 and take advantage of a free upgrade, free GPS rental, 5% discount offer, or a 15% discount on a Mercedes Benz rental. If you need a car for at least 17 days check out their Peugeot Open Europe Buy Back Program. Romantica Tours is offering a special on their Sicily Fly Drive Tour in May for those booking by February 15. This tour includes car rental, lodging, flight to Sicily from Chicago, and itinerary so you have the freedom of independent travel without having to make any of the arrangements.Specials on Driving Vacations in Sicily and Italy originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 21:15:32. Permalink | Comment | Email this Naples Santa Chiara Monastery - Italy Travel Photo of the Week 27 Jan 2010 at 1:10pm The cloister of Santa Chiara Monastery in Naples is decorated with stunning Majolica tiled benches and columns. It's a peaceful getaway in the heart of the hectic historic center of Naples. 2010 Italy Travel Photos of the Week 2009 Italy Travel Photos of the WeekSanta Chiara Monastery Photo © Martha Bakerjian Naples Santa Chiara Monastery - Italy Travel Photo of the Week originally appeared on About.com Italy Travel on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 13:10:14. Permalink | Comment | Email this Newsfeed display by CaRP Travel Blogs from Europe , Italy Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy italianliving2. Dzis rozowa strzala aka rozowa pantera aka inspektor Clouseau mknela przez poranny Turyn do szkoly. Mkniecie zajelo jej razem z kupieniem znaczka skarbowego za 14.62 Euro ktory potrzebny jest do zapisania sie oficjalnego do szkoly ponad godzine... Ale udalo sie jeszcze zjesc croissanta z czekolada i wypic kawe w szkole przed zajeciami. Na kampusie jest bowiem bar kluczowa instytucja we Wlosz italianliving. Moj kwadrat Borgo Dora czesc wiekszej dzielnicy Aurora. Sredniowieczna polozona wzdluz dzis przykrytego kanalu rzeki Dora gdzie miescily sie garbarnie mlyny wytwornie oliwy dwie fabryki jedwabiu uwazane za pierwszy przemysl krolestwa sabaudzkiego. Quartiere popolare co oznacza mniej wiecej tyle ze nie ma tu palacow i fontann. W 1832 Borgo Dora mialo 20.000 mieszkancow robotnikow Pompei Friday 5.2.210 day 114Pompei We went to Pompei today not know we accidently walked in the exit but as we were looking for the ticket office we walked out another exit and payed if we had have know we could have see it for free. It was worth the euro11 each to get in. It was good to go in winter when there was almost no one there. We got to see the whole site in about 3 hours some of the houses t Day 18Day 19Day 20Day 21 The past couple of days have been a sort of fiasco.In Siena the internet at the hotel was very flakey. So flakey that I thought it couldn't be the internet so I readjusted my network and somehow completely butchered everything on my computer with regards to the internet while simultaneously my phone unbeknownst to me decided to stop working. Lovely. Of course this was little itty bitty Sie Hugging the Amalfi Coast We are here and happy to report that all is well Now that is cleared up I can give a short report about our recent adventures. I say we as I was met by mom at the bus station in Rome on an unfortunately rainy day but we still made the most of it running between the Colleseum the Forum and later the fountain of Trevi taking many great photos.The next morning we were off to the coast We too Day 8 Christmas Day in Rome 2512 Christmas Day. Was a touch miserable for the day after having stayed up so late the previous night but not able to speak to my four children left at home I was told by some of the people on our tour not to worry about it as the kids were probably having fun anyway ... gee that makes me feel better NOTAnyway an early day. We slept in unfortunately so breakfast was kind of skipped. I race Day 7 The roads lead to Rome 2412 It was sad to leave Venice. I could have easily spent more time there but I was excited to head off to Rome for Christmas day. One aside was we were told just before getting to Venice that on Christmas day we would do a mystery present swop so if everyone could purchase a gift to the value of 3 euro and wrap it up to put in the box and at lunch we would all take a lucky dip. I think everyone b Day 6 Venice 2312 I never knew Venice flooded I mean its kind of obvious now thinking about it but I really never expected it to be flooded when we went thereWe were blessed enough to enter Venice the morning of its highest tide of 1.4m Luckily high tide was at 4am so by 9am it wasn't so bad That being said I was totally freaked out I mean hearing about all these tides we had to walk across this fairly Cooking Class So perhaps the coolest part about ECCo is that we get cooking lessons from this ridiculously amazing woman. If i had enough money i would take lessons from her for the rest of the semester. 2 weeks ago we had our cooking presentation with her. Which basically means that we assumed meant she might show us how to make cookies and that would be the end of it. however silly us it meant that she w In fair Verona where we lay our scene Today a few of us decided to take the train up to Verona which is about an hour and a half from Bologna in Veneto instead of EmiliaRomagna. Verona is where Romeo and Juliet took place and it is absolutely beautiful. It's a very small and manageable city and with the purchase of a map we were able to navigate the city easily. upon arriving there at the train station it is necessary to take a bus Day 14Day 15Day 16 I have seen unspeakable beauty.I'm here. I'm finally in Firenze.Before we go into that let me recap my last couple of days.Nothing noteworthy or of particular interest happened in the last couple of days aside from today. This morning we had to take our language finals. The school allotted over an hour for the exam but I finished in 9 minutes like most other students. Following the finals Jacq FlashMob So I don't know how many of you have heard of the Flashmob phenomena. Basically it's a group of people who gather in public places and do this spontaneous coordinated dances. We saw one today.Except in Bologna it cannot be called anything synonomous to spontaneous. Walking through the market Greg called us to tell us that there was a flash mob happening a few blocks down. We quickly head over t Day 11Day12Day 13 So the wireless router in the hotel is down and I'm only writing this because there is one available computer in the hotel. It's as inconvenient trying to explain to these electronically challenged Italians as it is not being able to get on the Internet. We Americans are just sightly dependant on the Internet...O Facebook...Nothing exciting has happened in the past couple of days but I'm still g Ravenna Today we took our first trip outside of Bologna. We went to the city of Ravenna a small city about an hour and a half away by train. The city was absolutely adorable and had it not been 10 degrees I probably would have greatly enjoyed it also had i not had to get up at 730 on a saturday it would have been a better start to the day. There is a beautiful church San Vitale thats was made in th make money while traveling Hi my name is James I am a 25 year old Israeli that decided to travel around the world. Due my army service I was working in the kitchen and after I finished my service I decided visit the well know kosher cooking school Tadmor to become a chef.A few weeks ago I was informed about a website that connects between cooks with kosher cooking background and I found a season job in a winter resort in Newsfeed display by CaRP |