Pamela McCourt Francescone

Pamela McCourt Francescone was born in Dublin and educated in Ireland, Holland, Switzerland and London and then at Trinity College Dublin. She left her job as an aspiring director in Irish Television when she fell in love with Italy many years ago. She started working with the American newspapers in Rome, the Daily American and the International Courier and then moved into travel writing. She speaks fluent Italian, good French and fair Spanish. She is a translator (it's more a passion than a job) and have been a PR and Press Agent for Italian and international travel companies. She's a good amateur photographer and a passionate traveller. She writes, in Italian and English, for leading international magazines and papers. Her travel philosophy reflects that of my great fellow citizen and the "boy next door" (he was born at 1 Merrion Square, she at 68) Oscar Wilde who, famously, said: "To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect." For her the unexpected is the essence of travel: and in the 99 countries she has visited she has come across so much more than she ever hoped or dared expect. Specialties: Destinations, luxury travel, luxury hotels, air transport, MICE, art, culture, food, wellness.