For Lovers of Italy’s Craftsmanship, Nature, Food, Culture & People

At The Best of Italia, we suggest people to meet, food to savor, places to explore, festivals to experience, places to stay and dine, and guides to help enrich and enliven your experiences. We will point you to places that are well-known and many more that are uncommon to travelers.

You will connect with Italian artisans in their studios, vintners in the orchards, baristas in the bars, historians and entrepreneurs in the streets of these magnificent cities, “borghi and “paese.”  We have organized our content by location (check out the tab called Regions). We ONLY suggest experiences and places we have traveled to and adore in this magnificent country. Our hope is that you will become immersed in the culture and be yearning for more Italian-style experiences. Perhaps your life too will be defined and forever changed as ours have as…. life before Italy and life after Italy.

Italy is after all home to mind-boggling treasures. There’s always something wonderful to discover in every corner of the country, more so in small villages relatively untouched by tourism. It is not hard to imagine since there is more art in Italy than any other country on Earth. The culinary treasures are endless. The landscape is at times rich with plains of wheat, misty rolling hills of vineyards, beaches that beckon, rugged peaks and lush rice fields. Villages dot the hillsides and plains or are impossibly perched on cliffs. Rich soil bursts with flavorful herbs and vegetables. Beneath, treasures dating back to the Ancient Italian tribes and conquering neighbors are unearthed with regularity.

Check out our publication of a series of Walking Tours in Italy, available on Amazon, written by the founder under her pen name, A. Accili, (in honor of her paternal grandfather.)

Antonia’s Italy – Walking Tours of Florence

Dedicated to my beloved great grandmother, Filomena Notti Amicarella and my other three great grandparents from Acciano in the region of Abruzzo Italy.

Artwork by Madelyn Rose Newcomb. Edited by Anne-Marie and Randy Montellato. Typeset by Randy Montellato. Dedicated to Dottoressa Mercedes Carrara.

Artwork by Madelyn Rose Newcomb. Edited by Anne-Marie and Randy Montellato. Typeset by Randy Montellato. Dedicated to Wendy Walsh.

Going on a trip? If you don’t find what you are looking for on the site, contact us for suggestions for places to visit, people to meet, food to enjoy. We would also like to hear from you. What are some of your most memorable experiences in Bella Italia?

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