Posted in Amalfi Coast, Assisi, Capri, Europe, Featured Traveler, Florence, food, General Travel, Hidden Gems, Italy, Lake Como, Rome, San Gimignano, Sorrento, Travel Stories, Tuscany, Venice on Sep 2nd, 2011
Traveling someplace for the first time can be a bit like going to the beach: some people will dip their toes in the water before gingerly wading in, while others will dive headlong into the waves. Go Ahead Tour Consultant Jillian Clancy belongs to the second group. She had never been to Italy before this [...]
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We’re excited to add Puglia & Southern Italy to our portfolio of Italy tours. Puglia’s a destination most Americans haven’t heard of, and for us, that’s something of a double-edged sword: we get to introduce our travelers to a new place, but we also need to convince you that Puglia’s worth visiting! Narrowing down the [...]
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Written by Go Ahead’s copywriter, Dan, while on tour in Italy. Getting lost isn’t always a bad thing, particularly when you’re getting lost someplace as beautiful as Venice. Today, on our tour of Venice, Florence & Rome we visited the Doge’s Palace, the center of civic power in Renaissance Venice. Our local guide showed us [...]
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If the closest you’ve come to an authentic Italian meal is spaghetti and meatballs with a glass of red wine, the following tips will help you order like a native in Italy. Where to eat: There are many different types of eating establishments in Italy to choose from. A few of the most typical are: [...]
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Posted in General Travel, History, Italy, Recipes on Jan 28th, 2011
This is the first in a new series of posts dedicated to authentic recipes from our favorite destinations around the world. Our first dish comes to us from the small town of Amatrice in the mountains northeast of Rome. Urban legends hold that a number of papal chefs hailed from Amatrice, but the town is [...]
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