Pescara and Montesilvano by train from Termoli: beach towns on Italy's Adriatic coast, where we stayed, and what we found heading north in 2018.

Rome by train from La Spezia in under four hours: Premiere class tickets, where we stayed near the center, and the meals and sights of summer 2018.

Nice to the Cinque Terre by train: booking straight through to Italy, village by village along the coast, and where we ate on the Italian Riviera.

Alitalia to Rome with a connection to Marseille: how we routed to the Cote d'Azur in 2018, plus the towns, beaches, and tables that filled the trip.

Rome to Brindisi in about an hour by air: our 2018 route into Puglia, the towns we based in, and the food that keeps this region on our list.