Passion For Italy Travel Podcast

David You have been working in Italy for half the year in Italy for a large part of your life. What drew you to Italy in the first place? You always return to La Serenissima. What is it about Venice that you love the most? Is Venice your favourite place in Italy to paint and why? What do you call your style of art? You also do portraits – Is there certain features of a person or the pose that make...

Welcome to the Passion for Italy Podcast. Gemma from Passion for Italy Travel is interviewing Stephen Copeland and Meredith Brice – both amazing Australian artists, who have renovated and restored a beautiful apartment La Bella Casa in Conzano, situated in the wine region of Monferato, in the region Piemonte in Italy. They also off Heritage Collage Workshops and have created a Migration Art Musuem...

 Our podcast is information about Italy based on my experiences on travelling to Italy for over 30 years. I am passionate about Italy and wish to share it with all. Did you know that this year 2025 is the Jubilee year for the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican in Rome. I know Rome very well, having visited every year for over 30 years. We only book hotels in the center where you can walk to all...

The idea for this novel came about when I happened across two papyri found at the end of the Nineteenth century in the Oasis of Fayyum, in Egypt. These were two letters written by a sailor named Apion, who enrolled in the second century AD in the Roman Imperial Fleet stationed at Misenum in Campi Flegrei.  The novel also bring together Apion’s personal story with the wider history of the period an...

This is the third part of the recent Joe and Lori trip to Italy. Naples Train Station An adventure with a private transfer An abbreviated Pompeii trip Positano: Buca di Bacco, L'Incanto, Le Tre Sorrelle, La Pergola, Cafe Positano, the beach, the stairs, plenty of food, wine, shopping, and gelato. Capri: the day trip there was worth the trip! The best experience with a private transfer we have ever...

In this episode of Passion for Italy, Joe and Lori visit beautiful Firenze. Follow along as we leave Roma and travel via train from Roma Termini Station to Santa Maria Novella station in Firenze. We walk the streets and visit  Accademia and see the statue of David. Joe walks to the top of the Duomo. In the show we discuss: Palazzo Vecchio  and Piazza della Signoria.  Crossing the Ponte Vecchio to...

Joe Mulinaro joins the Passion for Italy Travel crew. He will be having a number of guests join him to discuss their trips to Italy. In this episode of the Podcast, Joe invites his wife, Lori, to discuss her recent trip to Italy where they visited Rome, Florence, Positano, and Capri.  In this first show, they discuss the Rome portion of the vacation. They start with their planning and flight.  The...

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As we start to wrap up a year that has seen such significant change and heartbreak, we are reminded of how fortunate we are to be healthy and safe and we hope all of you are as well. While we have been unable to travel abroad this year, nothing can take away our ability to dream about where our next travel destination will be. This holiday season, I have been reminiscing about a trip my family too...

Hi and welcome to the Passion for Italy Travel Podcast. This is Lindsay, from the Tampa, Florida office. Have you ever noticed the power of flavor and aroma to transport you to places far from home, but close to your heart? One night this week it was storming in Tampa. Our usual evening walk was not possible. So, instead, my husband reached for one of our special bottles of wine and we went out on...

Today we’re talking about the Italian language. Its beauty, its history, and how we can use this time when many of us cannot travel to Italy, to be able to assimilate once we land in Il Bel Paese. This is a hard time we’re facing, for many reasons. Illness, job loss, fear of both, exciting plans cancelled, trips to Italy cancelled, couldn’t we all use something good to focus on? A way to not only...

The 15th day of August is a national holiday to celebrate Ferragosto or Assumption Day. In 18 BC, Emperor Augustus declared August 1st a day of festival to thank his workers and give them time off to recharge by the sea. Often the festivals were marked by celebratory games such as horse races, like the famous Palio in Siena. Later, the date was moved to the 15th of August to coincide with the Cath...

Ciao, this is Allison Spiegel with Passion for Italy Travel in the New York office. This summer’s unique challenges have prompted a return to the summers of our youth. Simple, lazy days filled with nature, family time and lots of creativity and imagination. And as wonderful as these days may be, many of us are yearning to travel the world again. As a mom, I understand how the prospect of internati...

We turned on the news one evening this week. I sighed my nightly sigh. Here we go again. More fear. More anger. More uncertainty. More isolation. But then, my husband picked up his guitar and began to play the first few notes of Spunta la Luna Dal Monte, a song we adore by Andrea Parodi and Pierangelo Bertoli. It’s sung in a mix of Italian and Sardinian. As he played, we looked at each other and i...

Over the past few weeks, you have heard stories from our suppliers about their lives during COVID, how they’ve gotten by and made the most of a difficult time. You’ve also heard from Gemma and Allison about their love stories with Italy. Today, I’m sharing mine. This is a personal story, but I hope it inspires you to make the most of the time you have with the people you love, to live every moment...

Discover the charms of Ischia with PFI Travel designer, Allison Spiegel. Produced by Gemma Green Close, Passion For Italy Travel.  pfitravel.com.  info@pfitravel.com

An introduction to my story and how I came to discover my Passion for Italy beginning thirty years ago, by the director of Passion for Italy Travel, Gemma Green Close Produced by Gemma Green Close, Passion For Italy Travel.  pfitravel.com.  info@pfitravel.com

As summer inches closer many of us have had to cancel travel plans to Italy, myself included to Positano on the iconic Amalfi Coast. As travel designers, we know how much time and care goes into planning every moment of a trip to Italy, so we understand that the disappointment cuts and it cuts deep. I thought I would share a bit about one of my favorite summer destinations in Italy in the hope tha...

This week, we’re visiting Rome through the words of Carlotta, founder of our Rome Elegant Residence 217 near the Spanish Steps that all our clients and each of us personally adore. I love her letter, because her joyful personality and the same friendliness we find in the guesthouse come through in her story. The rooms themselves are decorated in the family’s own antiques, and art work, and the sty...

Over the past few weeks, we have been sharing messages with you from our suppliers in Italy. Today, we’re back to Rome, my favorite city in the world. Every city has a personality, and to me, it’s hard to find one more vibrant and alive than Rome. The effortless mingling of ancient history and modern life never ceases to amaze me. Every visit leaves me more spellbound than the last. Today, we meet...

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Travel designer Allison Spiegel on how she came to work with Passion For Italy Travel and how to nurture our passion for travel to Italy at a time when no one can travel. Produced by Gemma Green Close, Passion For Italy Travel.  pfitravel.com.  info@pfitravel.com

During these difficult days with COVID-19 crippling tourism, we are keeping in touch with our suppliers and introducing them to you one episode at a time. Today we get to know Anna, a sommelier who leads are clients on fabulous wine tours in Tuscany. We will have a few laughs in this episode, and also understand her knowledge and passion. Then, we hear from Anna, what she is doing to survive and w...