Places

Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 11/17/2021 - 02:56
The annual ranking that determines the Italian cities with best quality of life has just been published and reveals some unexpected results this year.  The…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/12/2021 - 01:52
At the foot of the Alps, not far from lakes Garda and Iseo, the vibrant city of Brescia is the perfect destination for a city break away from the main tourist…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 11/04/2021 - 04:33
November in Italy begins with the religious festivities dedicated to Saints and the Dead; the days get shorter, the temperatures colder and the fog often…
Travel
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 10/21/2021 - 00:08
If you think that the Veneto extends for miles along a featureless plain, think again. The town of Asolo is perfectly situated among the cypresses in the…
Food & Drink
by Luciana.Squadrilli | Wed, 09/22/2021 - 18:30
Imagine a place with enchanting mansions and their own private piers, luxury hotels, and panoramic campsites, romantic lakeside promenades, or bike trails…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 09/22/2021 - 05:38
Fall in Italy is synonymous with vendemmia (grape harvest), so this makes it a perfect time to visit small towns and villages immersed among rolling hills and…
Food & Drink
by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 09/16/2021 - 06:14
On the night of 29 October 2018, winds travelling at 200 km per hour (124 miles an hour) hit northern Italy. Codenamed Storm Vaia, it was the largest single…
Culture
by Laura Morelli | Tue, 08/10/2021 - 10:01
2020 marked the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Raffaello Sanzio, an Italian Renaissance artist whose influence on later generations can hardly be…
Food & Drink
by Luciana.Squadrilli | Thu, 07/01/2021 - 02:50
Named Italian Culture Capital for 2022, the small island of Procida is somehow a thing apart from the larger and more famous Flegrean Islands off the coast of…
Travel
by Anna Lebedeva | Mon, 05/31/2021 - 06:44
Italy is filled with abandoned towns and villages. It is estimated that there are over 2,000 of them in the country, gradually crumbling and being swallowed by…