A history of travel matters most when you decide to pay close attention.

A 50th birthday calls for a special day (and celebration) in the Monte Grigna hills.

Lombardy's Corni di Canzo — three Lombardy peaks — are steeped in rocky legend.

Hiking to Monte Tramezzo opens a portal into the Linea Cadorna and World War I.

Saying good-bye to Naples will mean putting aside non-transferable new habits.

In Val Camonica, ancient engravers known as the Camuni still have their way.

Never mind the car park, there's a medieval city ready for your inspection.

The tiny Venetian island of Burano, population 4,000, seems to exist outside time.

in the ongoing battle between the Camorra and the state, innocents don't exist.

A walk over a husband's ancestral ground in north Italy elicits wartime memories.

Under new Mayor Luigi de Magistris, Naples is beginning to show promise.