The best tours in Rome are not the ones with the longest queues or the highest star ratings on a booking platform. They are the ones where you walk out of the Colosseum actually understanding what you just saw. Here’s the thing about Rome: the sites do not explain themselves. The information boards are sparse, […]
Choosing where to stay in Milan matters more than in most Italian cities. Milan is not built around a single historic center you can explore in an afternoon. It is a collection of distinct neighborhoods, each with its own rhythm, its own crowd, and its own reason to be there. Stay in the wrong place […]
Here’s the thing about the Colosseum. It is one of the most visited monuments on earth, it sits in the middle of Rome in full sunlight with very little shade, and it is not particularly well marked inside. There is precious little information for the visitor. For a structure that held 50,000 spectators 2,000 years […]
Listen to “319. The Ritual of the Bar: Coffee Culture in Italy [From the Vault]” on Spreaker. Summary In this episode, we replay one of our favorite episodes, sharing insights into what makes coffee in Italy so special as we talk to Michael Horne, founder of San Francisco-based Dü Coffee and lover of all things […]
There is a special kind of Roman morning you only get to experience if you stay near the Colosseum. You wake up before the tour groups arrive. The streets are still. And the morning light hits the stone in a way that turns the whole structure the color of warm honey. You walk over and […]
Experiences, Podcast episodes
Episode #318: Italy in Winter – Milan, the Olympics, and Getting Unstuck
Listen to “318. Italy in Winter: Milan, the Olympics and Getting Unstuck” on Spreaker. Summary In this episode, host Katy Clarke welcomes Alex Tyron – technologist, startup founder, and passionate traveler – to share her family’s adventure at the Milan Winter Olympics and an Alpine ski trip. Joining from New York City, Alex reflects on […]
Getting your Italy packing list right is genuinely one of the most useful things you can do before you go. Not because packing is especially complicated. Because it is easy to get wrong in very specific ways that Italy will make you regret within about 48 hours of landing. Our team has been traveling and […]
Many people are asking can you travel to Italy in 2026. In this article we outline the conditions for travel to Italy, protocols required on arrival and what to expect when you get there. We will continue to update this page as the situation changes. We do not speculate on the prospects for changes in […]
Train travel in Italy is one of the great pleasures of any Italian trip. The first time I zipped from Rome to Florence on a Frecciarossa, I barely had time to finish my espresso. Ninety minutes, door to door, right into the heart of the Tuscan capital. No queues. No car parks. No stress. And […]
Listen to “317. The Tuscany You Dreamed Of (and How to Find It)” on Spreaker. Summary Host Katy Clarke is, once again, joined by Olivia Windsor – Untold Italy Tour’s Chief Experience Officer, to explore Tuscany in spring, from golden fields and rolling vineyards to storybook hilltop towns made famous on film. They share personal […]