I was on my fourth visit to Stia in the Casentino, southeastern Tuscany, when Michelle Logue published her blog on our Slow Travel Tours website (https://slowtraveltours.com/blog/an-italian-pilgrimage/). It set me thinking afresh about the question: why travel? I needed to tie up … Continue reading →
As a tour designer and guide I don’t get many opportunities to experience what it’s like for you to travel to a place you’ve never been to before. The only chance I have is when I research a new tour … Continue reading →
Quite rightly travellers to foreign countries worry about illness ruining their holiday. Drinking water is at the centre of many of their fears. Let me reassure you that tap water in Italy is safe to drink. Standards are set by … Continue reading →
