About Us: The Travel Italy Grapevine

We are a new website that has been created for you, the Italian traveler, as a platform for giving your opinion on travel spots, Italian restaurants you have enjoyed, and to submit your favourite Italian food recipes. It is also a place to learn about the Italian culture, the Italian language, the Italian people and untraveled parts of Italy that are not always obvious to the traveler, but are gems, nevertheless.

Why We Created this Website?

I fell in love with Italy after reading Frances Mayes' "Under the Tuscan Sun". After that the bug bit. I just had to go. I also had to find Frances Mayes house. And I didn't just want to go to Italy per se, I wanted to rent a villa in Cortona - where else?!

Well, we did, for 2 weeks, but we also spent 6 weeks traversing Italy from north to south and spent 6 glorious weeks there, knowing that this was where we wanted to retire to one day.

9 years later, and many forays back to Italy, we finally purchased a small farm in Tuscany. You can read all about our woes and frustrations of our purchase on my other websites: Countryfarm Lifestyles and All Homemade.

Despite the drama of dealing with Italian builders, it hasn't dampened our spirits or our dreams. We love all things Italian, well almost all things, certainly not the Italian bureaucracy!, and really wanted to share with you the places we have visited and loved.

Our Mission Statement

To provide you with quality information about Italy and to encourage the exchange of opinions and recommendations from people who have traveled to Italy and who know it and love it. It is for positive feedback only.

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" The Creator made Italy from designs by Michaelangelo."                                                  ~ Mark Twain

Regions of Italy

Click on any of the pictures below to take you to the three main regions of Italy.

Here you will be able to see travel information for each region as well as travel reviews. Don't forget to add your own reviews!

Dolomites, ItalyNorthern Italy

Tuscany, ItalyCentral Italy

Paestum, ItalySouthern Italy


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