Island
by kristinmelia | Tue, 09/04/2018 - 03:33
Twelve thousand years ago a volcano violently exploded in the modern day suburbs of Napoli. Traces of the explosion have been discovered as widely as Siberia,…
by Myra Robinson | Wed, 08/22/2018 - 23:53
Even if you don’t know anyone who’s ever been to Elba, and you’re unsure exactly where it is on a map, you’re sure to know its most famous resident.
Napoleon…
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 08/09/2018 - 05:26
They say that the British have colonised Tuscany – going so far as to call it Chiantishire – but there’s one part of Tuscany which so far has resisted a 21st …
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 07/18/2017 - 06:00
In the last few years, Lampedusa has been more often associated with the migrant crisis than with its stunning natural beauty. And yet beautiful it is, with…
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/15/2016 - 10:00
33 residents, a handful of houses, a historic inn, unspoilt nature: this is Palmaria, a two-square-kilometer island in the Gulf of La Spezia, located right in…
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 08/17/2016 - 04:45
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Risorgimento hero who led several military expeditions fighting for the unification of Italy, spent the last 26 years of his…
by Georgette Jupe | Mon, 04/18/2016 - 06:03
A former island off the coast of Tuscany, now connected to the mainland via three narrow sandbars, Monte Argentario is quite a special rugged spot for those…
by Barry Lillie | Fri, 02/06/2015 - 02:30
Continuing with our articles documenting the islands around Italy, we have previously featured the Aegadian and Aeolian Islands, and this feature will look at…
by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 02/02/2015 - 02:00
[Image: Stromboli erupting.]
Words by Andrew and Suzanne Edwards
In 1950, the film Stromboli was released. Directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Ingrid…
by Barry Lillie | Wed, 07/23/2014 - 03:00
South of Rome and northwest of Naples in the Gulf of Gaeta lie six islands known as Isole Ponziane, or Pontine Islands. This archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea…
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