Elizabeth Heath
Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance
Tour operator in Umbria helping guests experience real Italian village life. Travel writer & Italy expert with bylines in T+L, NatGeo, WaPo and a bunch more.
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4 weeks ago |
wetheitalians.com | Elizabeth Heath
BY: Elizabeth HeathOn just about any list of must-see places in Italy, Trieste isn't usually in the top 10. But one visit to this elegant city, with its broad, palace-lined piazzas, impressive literary chops, and fascinating history, and you'll soon see what the rest of the world is missing out on. Facing the northernmost Adriatic Sea, Trieste is in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, set on a sliver of land just a few kilometers wide and surrounded on two sides by Slovenia.
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1 month ago |
travelandleisure.com | Elizabeth Heath
Piazza Unita d’Italia in Trieste, Italy. Credit: bluejayphoto/Getty Images Top 5 Can’t MissTake an evening stroll on Piazza Unita d’Italia, the “living room” of Trieste and the largest seafront square in Europe. Enjoy fin de siècle glamour and views of the Gulf of Trieste from a balcony suite at Savoia Excelsior Palace, one of the city’s grand dame hotels.
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1 month ago |
independent.co.uk | Elizabeth Heath
The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission. These affordable hotels in Rome will save you money, without sacrificing on service, location or comfortsAffordable is a relative term, especially when it comes to things like houses, cars… and hotel rooms. What’s affordable for one traveller’s budget may be luxury priced for another, and what’s affordable in a big city may be exorbitant in a small town.
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1 month ago |
travelandleisure.com | Elizabeth Heath
A couple overlooking a small village in Tuscany. Credit: Ascent/PKS Media Inc. via Getty Images In most big cities and heavily touristed areas in Italy, hotel and restaurant staff, shopkeepers, and museum attendants will almost certainly speak at least some English. But venture to smaller towns and out-of-the-way places, and you’re less likely to be understood when you ask a question in English.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Elizabeth Heath
18 hours agoBrit buys Italian house for one euro - and has people queuing to rent itA British man who bought his first home for just ‘one euro’ in Italy says he now has hundreds of people queuing to wanting to rent it out - and is now planning on buying another one. George Laing, 32, bought his derelict, three-storey home for 85p in Mussomeli, Italy, in December 2022, under a council scheme to encourage people to renovate abandoned homes.
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For @TravelLeisure, a few of my favorite places in Italy that aren't Umbria: I've Lived in Italy for 15 Years — and These Are My Favorite Lesser-known Destinations https://t.co/dFfybOqzoC
Yes! @VillaggioTours was included in the Forbes 2024 list of Ideas for Responsible Travel. #travel #sustainability #sustainabletravel #responsibletourism #slowtravel #italytravel #umbria https://t.co/wY81ep9B5L
Yay! So glad that my first item for @NatGeoTravel meant writing about my own backyard.
I always say that what's great about this job is that every day i learn something new about the world, and today is no exception. Who knew about this cool Italian hill town? via @natgeotravel https://t.co/Sb3w95fTu2
