October City Breaks – Florence

Fri Sep 2014 October is a perfect month for a relaxing and pleasant city break in Florence. In autumn you can visit the city’s attractions with lesser crowds, so we bet that you would enjoy your stay even more! Forget the often unbearable heat of Italian summer and enjoy long and uplifting strolls in Florence!

October City Breaks – Verona

Fri Sep 2014 Verona is one of the world’s top romantic destinations, being the setting of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Juliet’s house in via Capello, with the famous balcony, is the favourite destination of tourists visiting Verona in summer or around Valentine’s Day. Also during the summer, the famous music festival at the Verona

verona-opera

Inghams Italy Cookbook – Tuscan sausage and rosemary ragu

Tue Dec 2014 Tuscan sausage and rosemary ragù This is an anglicized version of a Tuscan pasta recipe I learnt on a recent trip to Tuscany. It is quite different to the sausage and rosemary pasta I ate near Colle di Val d’Esta. There, extra virgin olive oil was warmed and infused with fresh rosemary,

Spritz & Cicchetti In Venice

  Let’s face it, everybody knows that a glass of wine ordered at one of the cafés on San Marco square can be a little bit pricey and on occasion, perhaps dare we say it, a little bit of a rip-off. Venice, much like London, Barcelona and the like, is famed to be an expensive

National Pasta Day

Today we want to share with you this recipe for a new twist on your pasta dishes. Tasty and crispy pancetta, combined with fresh and crunchy tenderstem broccoli. A perfect combination! Different versions of this recipe are typical of many areas of southern Italy. This simple sauce is perfect with penne or orecchiette, but today

A Hidden Gem – An Inghams Insight

Nestled in the heart of the Umbrian countryside, overlooking the sparkling shores of Lake Trasimeno and hidden away from the eyes of the conventional tourist, you will find the lively lakefront resort of Passignano Sul Trasimeno. A maze of cobbled streets and quirky, mismatched apartments, its charming character and friendly locals make this quintessential Italian

Inghams Italy Cookbook – Strucolo de Pomi – Apple Strudel

The Apple Strudel is a traditional Austrian dessert (apfelstrudel), but it’s also popular in many European countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Variations of the original recipe can be found also in Italy, mainly in Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. My family from my mother’s side is from Trieste, the capital city

Top 10 things to do in Sorrento

1. Duomo dei San Filippo e Giacomo Duomo di Sorrento, the cathedral dedicated to Saint Philip and Saint James, is situated on Via Santa Maria della Pietà. Visitors will be struck by the beautifully designed architecture. In 1929 the current façade was added, however the doors are antique, dating back to Constantinople in the eleventh century. The three story