http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com Property and lifestyle writer Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:38:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/three-of-the-best-monastery-and-sanctuary-guest-houses/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/three-of-the-best-monastery-and-sanctuary-guest-houses/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:01:47 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriter.com/?p=135 ]]> Fancy characterful accommodation at astoundingly low prices? Then try an Italian monastery. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

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]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/discover-italian-amari/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/rome%e2%80%99s-keats-shelley-house-needs-vital-funds/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/rome%e2%80%99s-keats-shelley-house-needs-vital-funds/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:14:42 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriter.com/?p=125 ]]> The Keats Shelley museum, which commemorates the English Romantics life in the Italian capital, celebrates its centenary this year but requires money to secure its long-term future. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/rome%e2%80%99s-keats-shelley-house-needs-vital-funds/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/three-of-the-best-small-historic-towns-in-italy/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/three-of-the-best-small-historic-towns-in-italy/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:12:16 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriter.com/?p=123 ]]> Italy’s turbulent history has given it many historic towns of great architectural interest. We discover three small but perfectly formed ones: Gradisca d’Isonzo, Anghiari and Cefalù. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/three-of-the-best-small-historic-towns-in-italy/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/italy%e2%80%99s-five-best-carnival-celebrations/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/italy%e2%80%99s-five-best-carnival-celebrations/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:59:08 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriter.com/?p=41 ]]> The Carnival revels take many forms in Italy, from Venice’s elegant masks to Viareggio’s gigantic floats. To help you make the most of the merrymaking season, we have picked the best five festivals you absolutely should not miss. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/italy%e2%80%99s-five-best-carnival-celebrations/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/three-of-the-best-cafes-in-turin/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/three-of-the-best-cafes-in-turin/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:10:42 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/?p=25 ]]> Turin has plenty of historic cafés serving potent espressos, thick drinking chocolate and a silky concoction of coffee, chocolate and cream called bicerin. It is definitely worth going on a coffee house crawl there, but if time is scarce, make sure you visit at least three of them—Caffé Mulassano, Caffé Bagatti & Milano and Caffé Al Bicerin. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/three-of-the-best-cafes-in-turin/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/cloister-garden-of-the-santa-chiara-monastery/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/cloister-garden-of-the-santa-chiara-monastery/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:05:00 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/?p=21 ]]> Bold scenes of boar hunting, bowling, dancing, even a Carnival revel come alive in a riot of colours on the tiled panels that decorate the cloister garden of the Santa Chiara Monastery in Naples. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.

]]> http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/cloister-garden-of-the-santa-chiara-monastery/feed/ 0 Carla Passino http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/the-three-best-places-to-view-mosaic-art-in-ravenna/ http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/the-three-best-places-to-view-mosaic-art-in-ravenna/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:31:02 +0000 Carla http://carlapassinowriting.wordpress.com/?p=14 ]]> The austere façade of many of Ravenna’s early Christian buildings hide the golden richness of exquisite mosaics. Three in particular—the Galla Placidia Mausoleum, the Arian Baptistery and the Church of San Vitale—house jaw-dropping artwork from the three greatest periods in the history of Ravenna: the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoth reign, and the Byzantine Exarchate. Read more about this on Italymag.co.uk.

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