The Veronese have the sea in own their backyard. However, this sea is actually a lake, Lake Garda, the largest inland body of water in Italy. It has always seemed a great privilege to live so close to a place where so many million…

Verona is surrounded by mountains. If you go along Corso Porta Nuova to Piazza Bra on a beautiful, clear, winter's day, you can see the snowy peaks of the Carega Mountains sticking up in the distance. From the Lungadige Attiraglio…

A few kilometres south of Verona, Mantua has kept the rich heritage of the Gonzaga dynasty intact, with its magnificent buildings and "piazze" or squares as well as its important gastronomic traditions. This Italian cultural centr…