To Celebrate the Holidays:
A GIVEAWAY!
100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go, 2nd Edition
Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures and Advice
&
AN ONLINE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE AWARD WINNING NEWSLETTER
DREAM OF ITALY, PLUS A BONUS OF FRESH OLIVE OIL FROM PUGLIA
Will be given away to commenters selected in a RANDOM DRAWING
It’s NOT a CONTEST, anyone who comments can win!
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ONE of My Favorite Places in Italy is ________________________
Write the first thing that comes to your mind. It can be a city, village, museum, restaurant, monument, shop, caffe, garden… For example…
The Sistine Chapel in Rome OR
Trattoria Sostanza in Florence OR
Villa Cimbrone in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast
OR
I’ve never actually been to Italy, but I dream of riding a gondola along the Grand Canal in Venice…
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DEADLINE: SATURDAY, MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 14
One of These Can Be Yours…
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100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go, 2nd Edition
OR
Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures, and Advice
OR
A One Year Online Subscription to the Award Winning Dream of Italy Newsletter
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DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14
The THREE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15
One of my favorite places in Italy is Gelateria Grom in Florence! Yum!
ONE of My Favorite Places in Italy is Florence.
One of my favorite places in Italy is the city of Trani in Puglia
ONE of My Favorite Places in Italy is Palmi, R.C.
One of my favourite places in Italy is Sala comacina on Lake Como.
One of my favorite places in Italy is Poliziano in Montepulciano.
One of my favorite places in Italy is Calcata!
One of my favourite places in Italy is my apartment in Bagni di Lucca.
One of my favourite places in Italy is Siena
One of my favorite places in Italy is the Dolomites!
ONE of My Favorite Places in Italy is Lucca, with its magnificent high wall completely surrounding the historic center of the city. The wall is so enormous that it holds meadows and forested parks on top. Yet it is intimate and quiet because only pedestrians and bicyclers have access to use it.
One of my favorite places in Italy is the town of Ispra along the shores of Lago Maggiore where my parents grew up, fell in love and got married!
One of my favorite places in Italy is Orta San Giulio
One of my favorite places to visit in Italy is Venezia. I love just walking around especially at night and just ending up wherever the streets take me. It is a mysterious and captivating city.
My favorite place in Italy is the Val d’Orcia.
One of my favorite Italian places is sitting on the terrace of Pensione Bencista, Fiesole, watching the sun set over Bella Firenze and drinking a glass of Proseco!
One of my favorite places in Italy is the outdoor balcony of Basilica San Marco overlooking piazza San Marco in Venice.
All of the places in Italy are my favorite, but if I have to narrow it down ONE of my
favorite places is Bellagio.
One of my favorite places in Italy is Florence, where we go to celebrate Thanksgiving each year with our friends at their hotel. Always fun!
Susan
I am SO inspired by all your favorites! Places I want to return to, places I haven’t been yet–thank you all so much for sharing.
ONE of my favorite places in Italy is my cousins’ dining room in their inn in a small village near Bobbio, Piacenza, in northern Italy..
ONE of My Favorite Places in Italy is Residenza Paradiso in Trevi, Umbria. We spent 10 blissful days there taking the walking track to Trevi most days through the olive groves, relaxing by the swimming pool, watching the world out of the little viewing tower in casa del contadino and exploring neighbouring towns of Montefalco, Spello, Spoleto… and of course trying to communicate with my 20 words of Italian and her 10 words of English with the wonderful owner Emiliana!
Just one of my many favourite places in Italy is Palazzo Rinaldi in Noepoli, an artist residency in the small hilltop village.
Napoli – to wonder through the beautiful little streets where old and new meet, enjoying the picture postcard landscape of Vesuvius watching over the Bay of Naples, breathtakingly beautiful views – pure magic!
One of my favourite places in Italy is sitting in Campo San Barnaba in Venice sipping a Spritz in the early evening summer sun. It’s the most relaxing place on Earth, watching the fruttivendolo selling from his boat while local kids play football in the square. Bliss!
One of my favorite places in Italy is Rome for sure. There is so much history and it is so beautiful. Although there are many beautiful cities in Italy, I cannot stay away from my ROMA!!
I’ll be in Rome in July and I can’t wait to visit the Vatican Museums.
One of my favorite places in Italy is the lakes region. But really anywhere…I ❤️ Italy!
The restaurant my friend and I ate at 3 out of 8 days when we stayed in Rome on Via Veneto. The mushroom fettuccine is still something I dream about.
My favorite place so far in Italy is Umbria – whether it’s driving through the countryside to Orvieto, living in an old farmhouse near Perugia or enjoying a fabulous meal in a local Agriturismo. I plan on spending some of my retirement there!
I will visit Italy for the first time in 2014 and I cannot wait to visit ancient Greek temples in Sicily.
One of my favorite places in Italy is my local bar. Here I can check in withthe barmen and regular patrons, share the latest news and indulge in the best cappuccino on the planet. From the steamy, deep aroma of freshly ground espresso to the sweet, yeasty vapor that wafts from the heated breakfast cornetti case, I delight in the ritual of chat and sustenance that keeps me deeply rooted to my adopted community in Martina Franca, Puglia.