Franciacorta: Italy’s Answer to Champagne

Just an hour outside Milan, where the gentle hills of the Alps begin to rise, lies Franciacorta - an enchanting, yet curiously under-the-radar wine region. It’s here, in Lombardy, that some of Italy’s most elegant bubbles are crafted, often compared to Champagne, but with a distinctly Italian soul and a fraction of the global spotlight. And …

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The Italian Dolomites: Hut-to-Hut Ski Safari

The Dolomites - These UNESCO World Heritage mountains may be the most beautiful in Europe! Located in Northeastern Italy at the Austrian border where "guten morgen" works as well as "buongiorno," the gorgeous limestone peaks of the Dolomites wind through four ski resorts, seven centuries-old villages, and four mountain passes! As is typical with European skiing, …

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