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This Summer We Suggest You Head Underneath the Ancient City of Naples

by kristinmelia | Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:44

In the sweltering month of August, Italians from Torino to Messina flock to the beach. Temperatures sore to well above 35 degrees centigrade and everything…

Culture

Friday Night at the Vatican and Special Michelangelo Show

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 07/24/2018 - 03:00

If you’re in Rome this summer, consider visiting the Vatican Museums on a Friday night. The special opening not only allows visitors to access the outstanding…

Travel

Europe’s Most Spectacular Bike Path Has Just Opened on Italy’s Lake Garda

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:00

The first stretch of Garda by Bike, the bicycle track positioned 50 meters above Lake Garda in northern Italy, has just opened. The track has attracted much…

Lifestyle

‘20th-century Industrial City’ Ivrea Gets Unesco Status

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 07/11/2018 - 00:00

The northern Italian city of Ivrea is Italy’s 54thUnesco World Heritage site. The announcement came July 1 during the 42nd meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage…

Lifestyle

In Rimini, in the Footsteps of Film Director Federico Fellini

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 07/04/2018 - 03:00

Twenty-five years after his death, the city of Rimini celebrates Federico Fellini, one of the greatest Italian directors of all times, who in this seaside…

Culture

Digital Technology To Show Este Properties in Emilia-Romagna As They Once Were

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 07/03/2018 - 03:00

[Rocca di Vignola. Photo credit: Sogno o son deste.] In the past, when the powerful Este dynasty ruled the duchies of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio in Emilia-…

Culture

15 Photos of Catania's Food, People and Streets

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 06/18/2018 - 13:37

Photos & text by Noemi Scavo Photographer Living in another country has made me feel closer to my own. I was born in Sicily and even if I had always…

Culture

In Venice, A Museum Dedicated to Casanova, History’s Most Famous Libertine

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/31/2018 - 03:00

Want to experience life as Casanova, history’s most famous libertine? Then head to the newly opened ‘Casanova Museum and Experience’ in Venice, birthplace of…

Culture

San Francesco del Deserto: How to Escape the Crowds in Venice

by Myra Robinson | Tue, 05/22/2018 - 02:42

Like many seasoned travellers to Venice, we were frustrated. Keen to escape the Disneyland that Venice has become, we consulted a map showing islands not…

Travel

Touring Italy with the Giro d'Italia 2018 (Part Two)

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/15/2018 - 06:13

We continue our Giro-inspired tour of Italy by visiting five more towns touched by the legendary cycling race. For Part One, click here. Osimo-Imola, km 213…