by Jane Keightley - Mrs K | Jan 1, 2017 | Italia Magazine, Italy, Travel Stories
I had always wanted to visit San Gimignano in Tuscany. Known as “Medieval Manhattan” and “The City of the Beautiful Towers”, it had been on my list of places to visit for a long time. Now finally I was heading through the Tuscan countryside waiting with bated breath...
by Jane Keightley - Mrs K | Apr 27, 2016 | Italy, The Daily Mail, Travel Stories
In search for the saint: On the spectacular trail of St Francis in his home city of Assisi (basilicas and pregnant statuettes included) Saints are meant to be, well, saintly. So when I heard about Saint Francis throwing himself into the rose bushes to quell his...
by Jane Keightley - Mrs K | Aug 4, 2014 | Italia Magazine, Italy, Travel Stories
Described by Honoré de Balzac as “a pearl, enclosed by the green treasure chest of the Piemontese hills”, Orta is one of the smallest of the Italian lakes, and the only one to lie entirely in Piedmont. The main attractions, apart from the beautiful scenery, are the...
by Jane Keightley - Mrs K | Jul 1, 2013 | Italia Magazine, Italy, Travel Stories
In the words of a Sicilian proverb “He who goes to Palermo without seeing Monreale leaves a donkey and comes back an ass”. As I wandered around the cathedral there I had to agree. It was built by William II to try and outdo the efforts of his grandfather Roger II – he...
