Gillian Knows Best
by Gillian Longworth McGuireGillian Knows Best
About the Substack
Weekly guides & maps for terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Monthly public posts
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Subscriber-only posts and full archive + downloadable PDF's of my guides
- Post comments and a monthly Q&A where you can ask me anything
- Monthly annotated Google maps and lists of my favorite places in Rome & Venice (+ Florence & Naples & Capri & Paris)
Paid Subscription Plans
- $50 a year
- $5 a month
About Gillian Longworth McGuire
I live in Venice. My superpower is finding terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations. Sometimes I write about them
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