A Day Trip to Pavia and the Certosa di Pavia
The train ride from Milan to Pavia takes less than 30 minutes but seems to span centuries. Italy’s most modern city and the ancient university…
Verona: Architecture of the Striped City
At the foot of the Italian Alps, the Adige River sweeps back and forth in an S-shape. Verona’s strategic – and picture-perfect – location has…
Guarino Guarini’s Astonishing Baroque Architecture in Turin
What does a tunnel to heaven look like? The answer floats – against all laws of physics – within a chapel which should be too…
A Guide to Milan’s Diverse Architecture, Organized by Neighborhood
All roads do not in fact lead to Rome, as Milan and its buildings have been demonstrating for two millenia. Milan has been a model…
Easy Day Trips From Bari by Train
There’s no denying the seductive power of Puglia’s coastline, where white stone architecture and craggy coves set off an astonishingly-vivid sea. As Puglia’s biggest transportation…
Lake Como’s Three Most Extraordinary Gardens
Over the centuries, Como’s nobility invested considerable effort into creating gardens which could hold their own against a backdrop of lush mountains and jewel-like waters….
A Guide to Ferries in Lake Como
On Lake Como, when a ferry pulls into shore, not everyone wants to get off. The boats’ gentle pace encourages passengers to relinquish their when-will-we-get-there…
Palladio's Iconic Buildings in Vicenza
Palladio may be the godfather of NeoClassical architecture, but his own buildings are far more intriguing than the legions of cookie-cutter institutions copying him. Seeing…
The Best Places to See Islamic Architecture in Spain
It’s hard to beat Spain for epic architecture. The Great Mosque of Córdoba is every bit as otherworldly as the work of Antoni Gaudí, while…