Hannah Fielding is the author of The Echoes of Love, a romantic novel set in Venice. Hannah knows Venice like the back of her hand and here she gives TripReporter her own recommendations on enjoying the Venice Carnival.
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The Venice Carnival: Ten Experiences Not to Be Missed
03/03/2014 .
Best Italian Carnivals
13/02/2014 .
It is Carnival season around the world. A time for fun and festivity from morning to night. There are many to choose from but why not try Italy. Italian carnivals are famous for masks and of course food. So here are our pick of the the best Italian carnivals.
Read the full story hereGolf in Italy. Emilia Romagna hits it down the middle.
07/10/2013 .
A Ferrari parked in the middle of the clubhouse entrance hall is not something you expect to find at a golf club, but seeing as the Modena Golf & Country Club is just a stone’s throw from Ferrari’s factory at Maranello, I think we can let sleeping dogs lie. This is after all golf in Italy.
Read the full story herePalazzo Manfredi, Rome
21/09/2013This entry was posted in Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged Boutique hotels in Rome on .
In an era when aristocrats rely on visitors to maintain their stately piles, it’s not surprising that an Italian count has turned his palatial offices into a boutique hotel.
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26/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged Best hotels in Rome, Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Luxury hotels in Rome on .
Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.
Read the full story hereLiguria Following in the footsteps of Shelley. A wonderful walk in dramatic Italian countryside.
24/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Liguria and tagged Guide to Liguria, Liguria on .
Lucy Daltroff Discovers Liguria Following in the footsteps of Shelley
Read the full story hereCortina d’Ampezzo. Discover summer sunshine in The Dolomites
22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, South Tyrol, Veneto and tagged Cortina, Dolomites, Guide to Cortina, hiking in the Dolomites, Italian summer holidays on .
Andy Mossack visits Cortina d’Ampezzo in summer and discovers a ski resort booming with summer trade.
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01/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Veneto and tagged Cortina, Dolomites, Italy, Open Air Museum, WW1 Trenches, wwi trenches of the dolomites on .
High up on the Lagazuoi slopes of The Dolomites, some 2,500 meters above Cortina d’Ampezzo, a fierce struggle took place in atrocious conditions from 1915 to 1917 between Italy and the forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Read the full story hereAbruzzo. Where northern Italy meets the south.
29/07/2013This entry was posted in Abruzzo, Europe and Middle East, Italy and tagged abruzzo. Italy holiday reviews, Guide to Abruzzo, Italy east coast on .
Andy Mossack visits Abruzzo one of the most underrated regions of |Italy.
Read the full story hereIl Salviatino. Florence.
10/07/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Florence, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Tuscany and tagged Best hotels in Tuscany, Florence luxury hotels, Luxury hotels in Florence, Luxury hotels in Tuscany on .
Standing on the terrace of Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you’ve died and gone to heaven.
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