Looking for off the beaten path ideas for your Italian travels? Madeline Jhawar owns the travel planning company www.italybeyondtheobvious.com Madeline can organize a trip for the first time italian traveler to the italophile who has been more times than they can count! A recent guest on my weekly radio show La Bella Vita – we talked about planning your next italian escape around some of Italy best know festivals. To listen a podcast of the show click here http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/la-bella-vita/id443165445 or go to the La Bella Vita radio show web page www.toginet.com/shows/labellavita
Here are the links to some of the great festivals we spoke about!
Venice Carnival
http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?lang=en
Acireale Carnival
http://www.carnevaleacireale.com/en/
Siena Palio
http://www.ilpalio.org/palioenglish.htm
Asciano Palio (donkey palio) I was able to find a link that tell the date and where it is held!
http://www.san-bernardino.it/altri_eventi-ENG.html
Here is a list of all the palios in Italy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio
The Verona opera
http://www.arena.it/en-US/HOMEen.html
The Rome – Venice Orient express …we never got a chance to talk about this on the show but I had to share this information with you! It is my dream vacation!
http://www.orient-express.com/web/vsoe/journeys/4_121978.jsp
Arriverderchi!
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