Planning Your Escape to the Central Italian Countryside Written by Benjamin Tomkins Benjamin Tomkins is a violinist, composer, writer, and educator with over 30 years of experience. He serves as Content Manager and Senior Writer for Em Dash Content Studio and as...
Orvieto is one of the most beautiful hill towns you’ll find anywhere in Italy. This Renaissance gem is full of history and intrigue, and its ancient walls have been a refuge for popes and home to artisans and aristocrats for centuries. Like the Etruscan catacombs...
15 years ago, Diane and James Charney arrived at a small farmhouse at the end of a strada bianca—a simple dirt road—near the village of Castel Giorgio about 20 minutes outside of Orvieto in the Umbrian hills. “It was a ruin”, according to James, with a wall that was...
Orvieto’s ancient 12th century city walls are still the crown of the Umbrian landscape, and since the beginning the story of her people has been a marriage of tradition and innovation. From the Renaissance to the installation of the very first internet router, the...
Rome is a glorious monument to Western civilization, and rightly so. It’s packed with epic history, delicious food, vibrant culture… and a million ravenous tourists scrambling over its streets and statuary from dawn to well after sundown. Rome 2023 was a banner year...
