When my human was planning a vacation in Tuscany, she casually asked if her hotel, the five-star Il Falconiere in Cortona, accepted four-legged guests. “Of course we do,” came the swift response. “We love dogs!” She needed no further incentive, and decided immediately that I would accompany her. I was…

What is more fun than a barrel of monkeys? A parade of elephants. And that is what you find at Green Hill Valley elephant camp, located near the Wet Pyu Ye forest reserve about 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Kalaw in Myanmar’s southern Shan state. You will be given loose-fitting…

Although you could complete the 31-mile Strada del Prosecco in Italy’s Veneto region in less than a day, it’s more pleasant to take your time and draw out the experience. …

You don’t have to be an oenophile to appreciate the Strada del Prosecco in Italy’s Veneto region. Italophiles of every potable persuasion will delight in the 31-mile road as it winds its narrow way amid soft hills sprouting from rich dark soil, medieval towns and churches, local artists, ancient architects…

In Italy, all roads may lead to Rome, but all wine roads began in the small town of Conegliano, about 40 miles north of Venice. This is the starting point of the country’s first wine road, originally called the Strada del Prosecco when it was created in 1966. At first…

The Land Rover has driven off without you, or you have become separated from the rest of your walking safari, or you just fell off your horse in the bush. All of a sudden you are alone, unarmed, and facing a snarling lion, trumpeting elephant, or snorting rhinoceros. …

My dog Giada has never seen a Broadway or West End play, but her twilight years are unfolding like an award-winning drama from 1978, Whose life is it anyway? The play, which became a 1981 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, examines the right of a quadriplegic to end his own life…

Italian museums offer much more than portraits of beatific Madonnas and maleficent Medicis hung along dusty corridors with dim lighting. Italy’s industrial history has created the backdrop for a special category of museum that appeals to visitors interested in food, health, design, society, fashion, transportation, even children’s toys. Would you…

A shell game always involves deception or fraud. You’ll find plenty of online videos to show you the tricks in a street game with shells and peas. But what about the game with bigger stakes — the health of a person . . . or a country? …