As you twist and turn along the roads that head away from Rome, up and through the verdant hills that billow through Tuscany, castles begin to crown distant peaks like ornate figurines in a wedding ...

Tourists driving through the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy will find numerous storybook castles dotting the hillsides, especially when passing through the provinces of Piacenza and Parma.

Northern Italy is a region where history, culture and nature collide, offering travellers a captivating mix of medieval castles and outdoor adventures. From the towering peaks of the Dolomites to the ...

A medieval castle on 1,500 acres in Perugia in Umbria, Italy—with the privacy and freedom of a private home but with the top-quality service standards, amenities and safety of a luxury resort—is ...

Built on a rocky outcrop by the sea, Castel dell’Ovo overlooks the Gulf of Naples and is considered the oldest castle in ...

For almost a millennium, the Castle of Antognolla has punctured a skyline of seemingly endless rolling forested hills. Once the site of a Benedictine monastery, it has been a battlefield to bloody ...

It’s a truism in travel writing that the best places are the hardest to get to. But on a recent visit to Tuscia, in northern Lazio where it nuzzles up against Tuscany and Umbria, I realized that ...

Reasons to strike out on the open road and seek adventure are many. You can sip a sour and spicy lambic in Belgium’s Pajottenland. You can chase the origins of your favorite pizzas across Italy. You ...