Freya's Florence

I LOVE PROSECCO!  I truly am in love with prosecco and I know that many others share this love! Its charms claim many victims here. I was ...

Arriving at Portovenere by boat Venere is Venus in Italian and so the name of this exquisite little village is Venus’ port, aptly name...

The Italians are passionate about many things and gelato (literally in English ‘frozen’) is seriously high up on that passion list of their...

A wonderful American professor, who brings students to Florence every year, will be tickled pink when she hears of another old tall monumen...

The bell tower in the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) is often overshadowed by the real protagonist, the house of God (the Duomo = domu...

Santa Maria Novella pharmacy is a beautiful place to visit. It mixes the old with the new and it smells divine. As soon as you open the doo...

Piadina Rimini style I am hopelessly in love with the piadina , the large flat round bread (25cm circa in diameter) of the Romagna re...