Lake Bolsena Beckons

At any time of year, the town of Bolsena and Lake Bolsena beckon – but especially in the summertime. We often spend many a weekend on the Lake at the family-run Hotel Eden. What serenity lakeside under those palm trees…. ….and after (or before swims), enjoy lakeside feasting: On a recent Hotel Eden outing with…

Spello and Castelluccio di Norcia: Umbria’s Floral Splendor

For the Feast of Corpus Domini – sixty days after Easter – floral splendor carpets the medieval alleyways of hilltown gem, Spello, for their stunning festival, le Infiorate. Depending on the year’s climactic conditions, la fioritura (“the flowerings”) of Castelluccio di Norcia explodes near the lentil fields on the Great Plain (at over 1300 m) at the end of…