Italy

Bologna is very much a shopping city. A multitude of shops and boutiques can be found mostly under the wonderful medieval arches for which the city is world-renowned. In fact, there are some 600 arches (3,796 meters [Read More]

I have fond memories of my visit to Pompeii, Italy. As a child Pompeii was something I’d always wanted to see. And we all know the tragic story of an ancient Roman city wiped out [Read More]

Although not a museum per se, Cimitero Acattolico should definitely constitute as one. This cemetery, located just metres away from the Pyramid of Cestius in Testaccio, Rome houses the highest concentration of the graves of [Read More]

Escape into the unknown at the Criminology Museum in Rome, Italy. Situated at number 29 Via del Gonfalone, this museum is what I call the epitome of ‘hidden Rome’, so to speak. The Criminology Museum [Read More]

The Keats Shelly House in Rome is the perfect locale for literature lovers and creatives. This tiny, quaint museum is situated right at the bottom of the Spanish Steps in the heart of the bustling [Read More]

Situated just a few minutes on foot from Garbatella metro, Centrale Montemartini brings together an interesting and unforgettable contrast of old and new. Definitely one of the more unusual museums in Rome, Montemartini offers a [Read More]

Lucca, Italy, is a town that brought me much peace of mind. As a writer, I’ve never before felt such calmness and clarity as I did in Lucca. I spent a full day wondering around [Read More]

As a child I yearned for a garden just like the one belonging to Mary’s uncle from the novel The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Over the years I have watched the film many [Read More]