Florence is breathtaking and exploring Tuscany’s capital alone can easily fill several days. Yet, with so many fascinating day trips from Florence available, I highly recommend adding more time to your itinerary to explore them.
These are some of the most popular day trips, from exploring charming medieval towns to driving through Tuscan landscapes and visiting historical sites.
In ancient Rome, it was expected that an emperor would get weary of life in the capital city, and it was customary to build another sprawling estate (or a few estates) in places outside the city. Emperor Hadrian did just this between 121 and 137 AD, near a hillside town about 18 miles east of Rome.
Today, you can visit the ruins of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, and it makes for an easy and fascinating day trip.
Visiting the Eiffel Tower is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but when you started planning your trip to Paris, you probably didn’t expect to encounter such difficulty and frustration when buying tickets.
But it is difficult and you do need to have a plan.
I’m sharing the my best strategic tips for buying Eiffel Tower tickets so you can avoid disappointment.
As a certified Rome travel expert who specializes in designing custom itineraries for independent travelers, what I have found is that any visit to the Vatican requires a certain kind of preparation to really get the most out of it. Not complicated, but intentional. This is not a destination that is well suited for “winging it.” When travelers do that, they often wind up stressed, exhausted, and lost in lines and crowds.
The palace, breathtaking gardens, and surrounding grounds can offer so much to visitors of all ages and interests. Based on your needs, your fascinations, and time availability, I want to propose choosing the best way to visit Versailles for you.
Read on for 9 ways to get the most out of this extraordinary site.
Exploring Rome off the beaten path is a great way to elevate your travel journey, allowing you to escape the crowds and experience awe-inspiring sights, unique attractions, and history-rich places that tourists often miss. While most travel enthusiasts will recognize top attractions such as the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, or the Sistine Chapel, the…
While I typically spend my days crafting custom travel itineraries for travelers, this time I’ve planned a virtual museum tour itinerary for all of you. As usual, my recommendations are based on personal experience and plenty of research. These are what I consider to be 11 of the most well-done virtual tours for European museums available online today.
Europe’s architecture, with all of its history and culture, offers visitors a cornucopia of classical styles to behold.
Let’s take a look at some of the unique architecture worth traveling to see!