Mary Hamilton-Smith of Australian Womens Travel writes: On my last tour in Italy as a request from my travellers (who loved gardens), we visited Villa d’Este at Tivoli . It was such an amazing place that I have added it to my La Dolce Vita Tour of Italy in 2016. The Villa d'Este was owned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, he was the son of Lucrezia Borgia, anyone who has watched the TV show ‘the Borgias’ ( starring Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo … [Read more...]
Freedom Tour: Italy + Paris + London + Marrakech – what more could a girl want!
Mary Hamilton-Smith is a passionate traveler and has worked out a way to include travel as a regular part of her life. She set up Australian Womens Travel. Here is an account of her last Freedom Tour - you can join the next one in 2 May 2014, or one of her other tours HERE My small group of woman for this year’s tour came from all walks of life and varied parts of Australia. I had met the traveller from Adelaide before, as this was her second … [Read more...]