The Curious Traveler

Culture

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Tue, 05/16/2017 - 05:43

In many areas of Italy, tradition is as important as superstition and Italians are deeply devoted to their local rituals and habits. Some of these are linked…

Food & Drink

Traditional Food of Friuli and Where to Taste It

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Thu, 05/11/2017 - 08:40

Friuli Venezia Giulia is mostly famous for its outstanding wines – especially the whites. But the red and “orange” wines obtained with a prolonged maceration…

Culture

Craft Traditions of the Italian Alps

by Laura Morelli | Tue, 05/09/2017 - 04:53

Few of us would mistake Milan for Munich, but some southern Italians jokingly call their northern countrymen tedeschi, a nod to the cultural ties that the…

Culture

The Italy Most People Never Visit: Trivento, Molise

by Anna Lebedeva | Thu, 04/27/2017 - 03:27

Main photo credit: Turismo.it. The town of Trivento sits on a rocky hill, above the valleys of Molise. It is one of those places where locals pause their…

Travel

Mystical Tuscany: Four Abbeys to Visit

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/26/2017 - 09:43

When you travel through Tuscany, you will notice a number of ancient abbeys, clusters of buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns, some still in use…

Travel

The Hidden Florence Most Visitors Never See

by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 04/25/2017 - 06:52

In a city as wonderfully well known in Florence, knowing “what can we do” goes so far beyond the top 10 list on Tripadvisor. As someone who has based here for…

Food & Drink

Inside What Might be the Oldest Confectionery Shop in Italy

by SarahDowling | Mon, 04/17/2017 - 12:40

Many candy stores claim to be the oldest in Italy and yet I haven’t found one place that beats Pietro Romanengo, a 200-year-old confectionery shop located in…

Culture

Head to Sulmona to Celebrate 2,000th Anniversary of Ovid’s Death

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/12/2017 - 03:45

We take no pleasure in permitted joys. But what’s forbidden is more keenly sought. (Ovid, Amores, II, xix, 30) 2017 marks the 2000th anniversary of the death…

Travel

Italian Gardens in Bloom: Where to Go this Spring

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/31/2017 - 00:00

Italy boasts a large number of fabulous gardens filled with flowers and plants that, comes spring, explode into a myriad of colors and scents. It is the best…

Travel

Learn How to Row Like A Pro In Venice: Voga alla Veneta

by rebeccawinke | Thu, 03/23/2017 - 07:30

There is nothing more iconic in Venice than the sleek black gondola, steered by the standing gondoliere decked out in his (or, since 2010, her) black and white…