The Tuscan Travelista
To share and use my personal traveling experiences and knowledge of Italy, to plan the perfect authentic Italy vacation for you experiencing La Dolce Vita!
27/04/2024
Special Announcement! 📣I just wanted to thank everyone who has contacted me to plan their trips to Bella Italia and to Greece, Portugal and Spain ! 🇮🇹 The last 7 months have been a whirlwind of joy and dedication planning each and everyone of your beautiful trips to my beloved Italy and Europe! I’m super excited to expand my planning to Greece, Portugal, Spain and France! As much as I would love to take on more clients this year.. I simply cannot because I have reached my maximum caseload of 20 trips planned already for 2024! The desire to visit Italy and Europe this year has been unprecedented outperforming last year! 🇮🇹 I am so EXCITED for all of you to experience the beauty and the charm of Italy and Europe! You will be experiencing the genuine, authentic experiences by my passionate partners who will be embracing you with their customs as you meet local producers, local guides who represent and love their homeland! Thank you all so much for your trust in planning! I will be taking on new clients for the 2025 season beginning in October of 2024!
12/02/2024
Embrace Monday As The Architect Of Your Success! Build a Masterpiece! ✨Pictured here is my daughter then age 7 standing in front of the enormous and gorgeous Duomo di Orvieto! Orvieto’s Duomo is known as the “Golden Lily” of Cathedrals for its golden mosaics that illuminate the splendid facade! ✨ Our clients will be visiting this beautiful region this May!
04/02/2024
So excited for Carnival time in Venice! It began yesterday Saturday February 3rd and ends on February 13th 🎭 This year the Carnival’s theme is To The Orient “Marco Polo’s Amazing Journey” On the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death, he is back to his Venice lagoon as a protagonist of the Venetian carnival tradition! The Rio di Cannaregio will become an impressive water show with their floating structures celebrating travel, discovery, and encounters with previously only imagined worlds! 🎭 Experience the enchantment!! Photo credit 🙌🙌🙌
From the archives! 🍋🍋 Love this reel my client shared to me from her trip I planned for her family to the Amalfi Coast and Rome last summer! Wow! Italy never disappoints! So talented
08/03/2023
Happy Festa Della Donna! 🌼🌿🌼 Celebrating International Woman’s Day today! Honoring women’s achievements from political to social, economic and cultural. I’d like to wish a very happy day to all the women who empower one another, support one another and to dream big! This post is for you! 🙌✨🙌 There is no limit what you can achieve! Just have passion, vision, resiliency and all your dreams will become your reality! Photo by 🌼🌼🌼
Sound on please!!! 💃🏻🎶 Do you know that Viareggio has an amazing Carnevale? Every year on Mardi Gras the Carnevale cheers with its spectacular floats, local parties, masked balls and fabulous parades!! For a great trip in February you can pair this with visiting Venice for their Carnevale and Verona celebrating Valentine’s Day! Photo
24/02/2023
Special Announcement! 📣I just wanted to thank everyone who has contacted me to plan their trips to Bella Italia and to Greece! 🇮🇹🇬🇷The last 5 months have been a whirlwind of joy and dedication planning each and everyone of your beautiful trips to my beloved Italy! I’m super excited to also branch out to Greece this year for my honeymoon couples! As much as I would love to take on more clients this year.. I simply cannot because I have reached my maximum caseload already for 2023! The desire to visit Italy and Greece this year has been unprecedented! 🇮🇹🇬🇷 I am so EXCITED for all of you to experience the beauty and the charm of Italy and Greece! You will be experiencing the genuine, authentic experiences by my passionate partners who will be embracing you with their customs as you meet local producers, local guides who represent and love their homeland! Thank you all so much for your trust in planning! I will be taking on new clients for the 2024 season beginning in October of 2023!
17/02/2023
🇮🇹 We all made it through the week to Friday! It has been a whirlwind the last 2 months planning all of your fabulous trips to Italy! I am super thankful for your trust in my planning and I cannot wait for everyone to experience the beauty the magic the allure of Italy! Salute from the gorgeous terrace of taken by my client who visited there last fall! Who’s ready to go?
Buona Domenica from Palermo! My family was from Cerda about an hour drive from Palermo. My Dad always reminisced about his extended family who lived in Palermo and this region. He said his uncles who were fishermen stayed in Palermo and lived to 102 years old! It’s in the genes and the clean food! Happy Sunday everyone!
10/02/2023
The mesmerizing charm of Venetian masks and historical artisan costumes of the Carnevale of Venice, Italy! 🎭
Merry Christmas!! 🎄May the season of giving, hope and light stay with you today and all through the year! 🎄
Wishing you all love, joy, happiness and peace.🎄🌟
21/11/2022
Starting this Holiday week with powerful words to enrich your life. 🌻 Smile often. Think positive. Give thanks. Laugh loudly. Love others. Dream Big! And lastly show kindness to all! 🌻🌿
07/11/2022
Buongiorno Everyone! Happy, Happy Monday to you all! Greetings from Taormina, Sicily from the gorgeous terrace of ☕️🇮🇹 I mean look at that gorgeous view of Mount Etna! Can you imagine sipping a delicious brewed coffee and soaking in that view? Beautiful mornings, beautiful lunches and beautiful evenings are found here! Thank you to our dear clients for sharing this beautiful moment of your trip in October. 🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹
22/08/2022
Yesterday we explored the Central Lake on a water cruiser. We visited the quaint lakeside village of Varenna, saw the serene waterfalls of Nesso, a family of swans and then a guided tour of Villa Balbiano’s palace with its picturesque gardens! What a beautiful day discovering the gems of Lake Como!
20/08/2022
Today we lived a dream that I have been planning for over two years. We visited the majestic where profoundly nature meets the lake. What the photos do not capture is the sweet smell of rose petals and hyacinth floating through the air and the sounds of the birds chirping in harmony. Serenity embraces you the moment you step on this beautiful property! A dream place for all who visit!
Lakes, Lombardy and Liguria! 💙We are so excited to be returning to Italy soon where the relaxing waters of luxury and nature meet! 💙🌿
During this trip we will first visit Lake Como then head to the coast to the Italian Riviera to Portofino for its people watching, Santa Margherita with its Liberty style villas and discover the charms and culinary temptations of Cinque Terre and then to the countryside in Tuscany! 💙 We have a few surprise locations as well that we plan to visit! 🤫On this trip we will be visiting gorgeous villas, scenic boat tours, cooking classes, visit historical towns, wineries and a family owned pecorino cheese farm and so much more! The most important thing I can’t wait to do is meeting up with dear friends and some new friends too! 💙
I am so excited to share with everyone our daily travels to all of these beautiful towns, villages and cities hoping to inspire you our clients and friends to travel to these beautiful locations! Get ready to be enchanted as we experience the passion of la dolce vita when we return to Bella Italia! I hope you enjoy following along on our travels! 💙
Buon Ferragosto! Hope you are celebrating today just like the Italians do! This reel was taken on our last trip to Sardinia! A magnificent place to rest and recharge our soul and appreciate life and all its beauty and all its blessings! 💙 This is a national public holiday celebrating the official summer vacation in Italy which also coincides with the religious holiday of the Assumption of Mary! 💙Auguri to all who celebrate!💙 myitaliansummer
13/08/2022
“Thank you, for helping make dreams come true.” 🌿✨ A beautiful surprise yesterday from my clients who recently were married and honeymooned in Italy. So honored to have worked with the newlyweds and their extended family members to experience what they had envisioned their wedding, honeymoon and their family’s travel would be. 💫
Heading here soon! So many amazing places to eat! Have you visited here? What’s your favorite restaurant? ⬇️
02/08/2022
“Love is patient” “Love is kind “ Corinthians 13:4-8 A little over a year ago I was contacted by this beautiful couple to help plan their wedding and honeymoon in Italy. The bride and groom envisioned a simple ceremony and celebration. Waking up the morning of her wedding having breakfast on the patio or veranda of a villa with her immediate family at which they all were staying. Then getting ready for the ceremony to be held at the same location. Last week they celebrated their dream wedding! 💕🥂🍾 I knew immediately what wedding planner to contact and use to make this couple’s dream a beautiful memory to celebrate each and every year. It is this trust that I have with my team of wedding specialists in Italy that will make your dreams become a reality! Congratulations Steven and Emma! Sending love and blessings always! ❤️🥂🍾 Please contact me to start planning your dream wedding in Bella Italia!
28/07/2022
“Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.” Walt Disney 🇮🇹Florence- Siena - Certaldo- Cortona- Orvieto- Perugia - Assisi and Rome. Super honored to have planned our repeat clients latest trip as they enjoyed Tuscany, Umbria and Rome inspired by the latest episode of 🇮🇹 Here are some photos of their last two days in Cortona, Orvieto and Rome. No matter how many times you visit Italy and the Eternal City you can see why Rome wasn’t built in one day! 🇮🇹❤️
28/07/2022
Our beautiful family from Cali had a wonderful week in Praiano staying in a private villa!🍋💙They lived the Italian dream of visiting all the hot beach clubs in Praiano and Amalfi, took a day trip to Capri by boat, visited Amalfi and Positano and enjoyed the beautiful coast of Amalfi swimming,shopping and visiting these beautiful cities creating memories to last a lifetime! Their Italian summer they will never forget! ❤️
28/07/2022
She said “It was an all around top 10 day!” Francesco was so informative, nice and genuine as they had a guided tour of the stunning town of Siena, enjoyed a visit to a family owned winery nestled in the Tuscan countryside and enjoyed a relaxing walk in the medieval village of San Gimignano!
19/07/2022
A perfect authentic cooking experience in Florence! First shopping for fresh ingredients at a local market. Then using those ingredients for a cooking class taught at the home of a local chef’s home in Florence. Then evening dining Al fresco near the Duomo! ✨🇮🇹
This post is dedicated to my brother Joe who talks about his last visit to the Treville Beach Club pretty much on every phone call we have and how he can’t wait to visit there again this summer! How fitting the shuttle boat is called “The Joey” This one is for you Joe ❤️
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The Joey is back on the water, our free shuttle boat providing complimentary ride from the main dock of Positano to Treville Laurito beach 💙 🇮🇹|📷
To all my Italian Friends and Family - Happy Italian National Republic Day! So proud to be Italian American 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
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Special Announcement 📣Happy Dance Time! 💃🏻Italy has announced that all entry restrictions will be dropped June 1st. Per the changes, travelers will no longer be required to present proof of vaccination, a negative Covid-19 test result or proof of recent recovery from the virus in order to enter the country. Details and updates can be found on www.salute.gov.it This is such wonderful news for my travel clients ! Who is going to Italy this year? ⬇️
Just love summer festivals especially when they take place in Puglia!! 🎺🎼Thank you to my friend ❤️ who hosts fabulous food tours in Puglia!
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Celebrations in honor of SS. Cosma and Damiano, also known as the SS. Medici😇, or Medici without silver, honored in the city at the church of San Domenico, one of the jewels of the Baroque present in the Monopolitan old town🇮🇹
22/05/2022
The wait is finally over! 🇮🇹✈️I had the honor to plan this beautiful couple’s honeymoon in 2020 and due to Covid-19 we had to postpone their trip. Patience is truly a virtue and I am overjoyed that they are finally in Venice, Italy enjoying the first destination of their honeymoon trip. Florence and Tuscany are next! Super happy for them for what special experiences we have planned coming up next!
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