"Hey Pompei, You look great. That whole ancient Roman thing is really working for you."

My roommate has never seen a film in a foreign language or set foot off of this island. Chinese food? Don't ask.

Sardinia is among the most isolated Mediterranean islands, a fact that has contributed to its peculiar development.

A street market chocked with regional delights greeted us in Piazza XX Settembre.

The city of the Doges now caters to non-Venetians, so go in winter to dodge mob rule.

The kaleidoscopic brilliance of the Amalfi Coast is not just a summertime phenomenon.

Lower Bergamo is a modern city with tree-lined boulevards.

The next day we went into the town of Iseo, which as part of the Venetian Republic beginning in 1427.

Michelangelo Merisi, otherwise known as Caravaggio, died on Monte Argentario, the rocky promontory north of Rome.

Verona's Arena was built of pink marble with a façade of pink and white limestone from nearby Valpolicella.