Published on Sunday, January 12, 2014 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I have a video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. Rome is the place to be these days! With the popularity of Pope Francis soaring, the number of visitors to the Italian capital increased 5% last year and visits to the Vatican increased ...

Published on Thursday, December 12, 2013 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I have a video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. In this video, I'd love to share my tips for planning a family vacation in Italy. This is a popular travel dream that many folks have and with a little advance planning you can make it a...

Published on Saturday, October 19, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Exploring Orvieto: Rick Steves say this town in Umbria is everything an Italian hill town should be!  (Travel Agent) Italian is World's Oldest Man: 111-year-old Arturo Licata from Enna, Sic...

Published on Sunday, September 15, 2013 by Kathy McCabe 10 Things We Love About Italy from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo....

Published on Sunday, September 8, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The Academia Barilla in Parma is the first international center dedicated to the development and promotion of Italian gastronomic culture. So the folks there know a thing or two about Italian food and how it should be prepared and eaten. The center recently published  10 Italian cooking commandments according to Academia Barilla. Here they are: 1. You shall not s...

Published on Friday, August 23, 2013 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I have a video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. In this video, I'd love to share my tips for renting a villa in Italy. This is a popular travel dream that many folks have and with a little advance planning you can make it a reality. A...

Published on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I'm have a video called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. This week I'm talking about driving in Italy! You've probably heard that it can practically be a contact sport but really it is a terrific way to tour the great country of Italy. There are...

Published on Monday, May 20, 2013 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I'm thrilled to have started a new video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. This week I'm talking about the great Italian tradition of drinking coffee or espresso at an Italian coffee bar. Now it isn't as easy as you might think - there...

Published on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by Kathy McCabe When visiting Italy and staying in a hotel, depending on which city you're visiting, you will be paying a "city tax" or "tourist tax" for each night of accommodations. Usually this tax must be paid directly to the hotel (no matter who you booked through) at the end of your stay. Here is a handy table of current taxes in Italian cities: CITY TAX 3 STAR ...

Published on Monday, February 18, 2013 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I'm thrilled to have started a new video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. This week I'm going to tell you all more about value added tax or VAT in Italy. Its an extra tax that you should know about before you travel to Italy...and kno...