Events

Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/05/2014 - 04:29
La Notte della Taranta, one of Europe’s most important folk music festivals, begins today in the Salento area of Apulia, continuing until August 23. Now in its…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/04/2014 - 05:28
On August 10 every year, on the night of San Lorenzo, wine lovers across Italy enjoy one of summer’s most popular event: Calici di Stelle. Many cellars around…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/01/2014 - 02:30
Google Glass technology was used for the first time during a live opera performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Sardinia,…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 08:26
Throughout summer, visitors to Padua will have the chance to learn more about historical figures hailing from the area, as part of the annual “Notturni d’Arte…
Lifestyle
by Katia Amore | Mon, 07/28/2014 - 09:51
Every 25th of July, the city of Pistoia celebrates its local saint, Saint Jacopo, by holding its traditional "Giostra  dell'Orso" (The Bear Joust) when the…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Mon, 07/28/2014 - 07:05
'Meno Miss. Più Muretto!' (Literally: 'Less Miss. More Muretto!) this is the latest tweet by the organizers of Miss Muretto beauty pageant in Alassio, Liguria…
Culture
by Katia Amore | Sun, 07/27/2014 - 04:06
Around one hundred masterpieces by Paolo Caliari , known as Il Veronese,  coming from major national and international museums and art galleries  are back in…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Sat, 07/26/2014 - 02:30
Miracles, music and movies combine to make August a month to remember in Italy, as John Bensalhia finds out... The last sweltering month of summer brings some…
Lifestyle
by Barry Lillie | Fri, 07/25/2014 - 02:30
For over 150 years on the last Sunday in July, the sea around the Adriatic coastal town of Pescara is awash with action as a flotilla of fishing boats and…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/24/2014 - 02:00
Oops. The test drive on a €150,000 Ferrari California ended with a crash – and with several expletives yelled by the test drive supervisor. At Maranello,…