Travel

Below you can find articles on travel, places to eat and traditions in Japan and Italy, divided by region:

Tuscany:

• How to Eat and Travel more Sustainably in Florence
• 11 Best Panini to try in Florence that aren’t *that* panino
• San Miniato Dining Guide (always updated)
• Castello di Fighine in San Cascino dei Bagni
• My Insider’s Guide to Florence for Newsweek (May 2019)
• Pardini’s Hermitage: Paradise on Giglio Island
• Florence mini-guide for The Design Files (March 2018)
• 50+ Secret things to do in Italy for Conde Nast Traveler (March 2018)
• A Road Trip through Tuscany that’s all about the Food for Conde Nast Traveler (March 2018)
• The Art of Eating in Florence for Life & Thyme (30 May 2017)
• Secret Tuscany for Gourmet Traveller — Eating on Monte Argentario (May 2017)
• Four Ways to Fall in Love with Florence
• Florence’s Lovely bits (favourite local areas of Florence and their restaurants)
• Trattoria Burde in Florence
• Brunch at Teatro del Sale in Florence
• Panini and wine bars (Florence)
• Gelato and gelaterie in Florence
• A Taste of Florence (where to eat like a Florentine)
• Discovering Settignano (a suburb in the hills of Florence, and my home)
• The Perfect Tuscan Coast Getaway 2017
• Summer Highlights on the Tuscan Coast (Elba Island, Castiglioncello, Bolgheri)
• Street Food of the Tuscan Coast
• Top 25 Tuscan Food Finds
• The Val d’Orcia (Tuscany off the beaten track, places to stay and visit)
• San Gimignano in winter (addresses for eats and things to do)
• Fattoria Poggio Alloro – Recipes from a Tuscan farm (San Gimignano)
• Harvesting saffron in San Gimignano
• Livorno for Foodies
• Il Baciarino B&B in the Maremma
• Bagno Vignoni: Adler’s beautiful Tuscan spa resort
• 24 Hours on Giglio Island in the Maremma
• Guide to Porto Ercole in the Maremma
• Cheese making in Pienza (Podere Il Casale)

Veneto:

• Venice Post-Lockdown is still about the Cicchetti
• Sustainably visiting Venice (Gourmet Traveller)
• One wonderful street in Venice (from my Substack Newsletter)
• Cicchetti in Venice
• Venice with a Little One
• The Venice List (a short favourites list, plus photographs of Venice in autumn)
• In Venice with Valeria Necchio, Author of ‘Veneto’

Lazio:

• Testaccio: A Taste of Rome
• Rome
• La Latteria Studio cooking classes in Rome

Liguria:

• A Cinque Terre getaway 2020

Lombardy:

• A guide to eating through charming Bergamo

Puglia:

• A Puglia guide to summer in Taranto (plus beaches, Oria, Manduria, Cisternino, Martina Franca, 2022)
• Grottaglie, a ceramic lover’s dream (addresses and shopping tips)
• The Puglia Encounter at Masseria Potenti, Manduria (Taranto)
• Eating in Puglia (Andria)
• Fornelli Pronti in Cisternino
• Eating at A Casa Tu Martinu (Salento)

Sicily:

• Southern Sicily: Adler Spa Resort Sicilia (2023)
• The Sicily List Part I: Noto Valley and Ragusa
• The Sicily List Part II: Mount Etna & Ortigia

South Tyrol:

• Adler, the original Dolomites Resort Spa
• Adler Ritten, Farm to Table at this stunning resort

Piemonte:

• The Turin List (2015)
• A winter weekend in Turin (2023)

Trentino-Alto Adige:

• Trento Food and Wine Mini Guide

Japan:

• A restorative stay at Yamaura in the mountains of Nagano
• All my Japan travel tips (Dec 2024)
• Favourite Tokyo Addresses (2022)