Things You Might Not Know About Italian Spa Culture

I will always remember the time I went to Montecatini, a spa town outside of Florence. I pulled up to this beautiful gate and saw...

Paris and the Palace of Versailles in One Day

My flight from Madrid to Paris would deliver me to Orly Airport, south of the city. What a delight to fly into. It is not...

New Adventures in Vieux Lyon

My confession is that I had never been to Lyon. Well, at least never inside the city proper. I had passed it in my rental...

Churros, Churches and the Best of Spain in Spring

It wasn’t that I had had enough of Madrid. I had spent my first night doing a tapas route while bumping into a bunch of...

With the Monsignor in Vatican City

I feel like I have spent an awful lot of time around the Vatican recently. There was Easter and there was the beatification two weeks...

A History of Fish and Chips in Great Britain

When I was a kid, I used to walk home from my swimming club and stop every Friday night at the fish and chips shop....

Could This Year’s Beautiful Acqua Alta in Venice Be the Last?

If you are lucky enough as a tourist to have been inundated with water in San Marco, you will have been the recipient of the...

A Food & Wine Lover’s Guide to Piedmont, Italy

So, what do you do when you need a break from Turin? The good news is that Piedmont is Italy’s new culinary region for cutting...

Everything You Need to Know About Visiting Turin, Italy

Our journey to Turin turned into a long day in the car. An adventure in the dead of winter involving a train and lots of...

The Real Difference Between Us and the Other Guys

No matter the time of year, things stay pretty busy at ACIS Educational Tours. Groups are getting ready to travel, others are planning future trips...