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Italy’s historic carnivals and ideas for a Valentine’s day to remember: for February 2010 ItalyTraveller showcases not one but two Top of the Month experiences. Other “experiences” include a trip to Collio, where Friuli’s superb white wines are produced, and dinner at Locanda Don Serafino, award winning restaurant in Sicily’s baroque city of Ragusa Ibla. Aspiring chefs will want to enroll for cooking classes at Puglia’s Anice Verde, an innovative culinary center where the lessons are taught by celebrity chefs.

February is a great time to visit Naples, even more so this year when visitors have the opportunity to see the city’s long-awaited “Back to Baroque” exhibition. Walkers will love the scenic footpath through the Val di Cembra, the corner of Trentino Alto Adige immortalized in the watercolors of the great Albrecht Dürer. Tuscany’s legendary hot springs make a winter spa escape in the region a particularly enticing option, especially when taken at Val d’Orcia’s Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort.

The first month of the year is going to be an exciting one in Italy, if the new Experiences chosen by ItalyTraveller are anything to go by. The baroque masterpieces in Rome’s Spada Gallery, Abruzzo’s delectable peasant cuisine, and the D.O.C. Lison Pramaggiore wine road: these are just some of  the not-to-be-missed experiences showcased this January.

If winter sports fans are going to love snowshoeing across the white slopes of the Val di Non this January, wellness devotees will no doubt be booking a stay at the Alpenpalace Deluxe Hotel & Spa, ideal place for some serious winter pampering – all this after (and not before!) having paid a visit to Perugia’s School of Chocolate.

The Adler Balance Health Resort, Achille Maramotti’s collection of contemporary art, the giant trees in Calabria’s Sila National Park, Hotel Orso Grigio’s delicious South Tyrolean cuisine, Carmela Caputo’s Neapolitan cooking school, the wine cellars of Conero, and Italy’s stunning living nativity scenes: for December 2009 ItalyTraveller has selected another 7, unforgettable experiences for lovers of all things Italian.

A whirlwind tour of Italy’s historic coffee houses tops the list of Italy Traveller’s November Experiences. After a last “tazzulella di café” in Naples, we travel to Rome to admire the paintings of two “accursed” artists, Caravaggio and Francis Bacon, in the Galleria Borghese, and to learn the secrets of Valeria Vocaturo’s home cooking. In Venice we discover the hidden gardens of the lagoon city. In Marsala we enjoy a glass (or two) of the city’s most famous wine in the historic Cantine Florio. In Milan we indulge in moments of luxurious relaxation at the Bulgari Hotel’s urban spa. Last, but not least, we take a trip to Florence to taste the innovative Tuscan cuisine served at the Ristorante Onice.

ItalyTraveller’s October 2009 Experiences might easily have been tailor made for the arrival of Autumn with tastings of the legendary grappas of Bassano, Italian home cooking courses in Chianti, contemporary haute cuisine in Piedmont, art and spa in Montecatini, walking holidays in the lands of tuff, and open air art museums amidst the vineyards of Franciacorta.

Tales of wine and friendship, “slow itineraries” traveling along the minor railways of Tuscany and Sardinia, an exhibition inspired by the playful idleness of the ancient Romans, a guide to the typical dishes of Ostuni, a journey traversing the salt flats of Cervia, the holistic treatments available at the Alla Posta dei Donini Resort and the flavors of Sicily in the hotel which provided the setting for Rome’s Dolce Vita: the Experiences of ItalyTraveller guaranteed to make a holiday in Italy this September a truly memorable one.

From the delicious home cooking of Italy’s Mediterranean islands to the gastronomic philosophy of Casa Artusi, from the health inducing waters of Tuscany’s Tombolo Thalasso Resort to the  art filled monasteries of Umbria: this August, the Experience of Italy Traveller, once again, provide inspirational ideas for your next Italian adventure.

The Experience of ItalyTraveller: homecooking on the Amalfi Coast, the Wine Roads of Alto Adige and the cuisine you can expect to eat in Italy’s finest Luxury Hotels, but also contemporary art installations and unseen works by the great masters of the Renaissance.