Category Archives: Italy

Ferry from Barcelona to Rome / Civitavecchia: how and why to take a boat across the mediterranean

                 Whether you’re tired of trains, can’t afford the planes or just simply need to get to Italy from Spain and the French rail workers went on strike…again…taking a ferry across the Mediterranean is an option worth considering.  One of the more popular, casual and convenient ferry routes to include in your itinerary is from ...

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Civitavecchia To Rome: how to get there

           So you’ve booked your ticket via cruise ship or ferry to or from Rome but you notice something odd. Your ticket says you arrive in or depart from Civitavecchia.  Now you’re faced with a couple problems. First how are you going to get from Civitavecchia to your destination and second how are you ever ...

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Officina Profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella:Florence Italy,Come On In The Rose-Waters fine:

    Often not found in guidebooks, Florence has a fragrant little treasure tucked away through a non-assuming door way near the main train station.  Take a minute out of your day and stop by one of the oldest pharmacies in the world. You probably arrived in Florence by train or bus so finding the main train station ...

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Eating Like A Local In Florence: do you know what trippa is?

  It's lunch time.  Florentine bricklayers, lawyers or working men in general make there way along cobble stone streets to grab a bite to eat.  Gathering around a small unassuming window or stainless steel food service cart they discuss the warm weather, yesterday's soccer match or current politics and order pane di trippa.  The tripe sandwich ...

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