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Experiencing Acqua Alta 'High Tide' In Venice

by Myra Robinson | Tue, 11/17/2015 - 02:34

It wasn’t until I was on the train to Venice that I remembered I ought to have checked about floods in La Serenissima, something which is likely in autumn.…

Travel

20 Spectacular Italian Villages Carved From Rock

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/16/2015 - 05:23

You would think rock doesn’t make for the ideal natural element where to build a town. Yet, the following Italian villages have been able to transform a…

Food & Drink

13 Photos To Inspire A Visit To Romantic Verona

by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 11/12/2015 - 05:41

Verona, UNESCO-rcognized for the architecture and urban structure, is often referred to Italy’s city of love. No doubt this has something to do with being the…

Travel

A One-of-a-Kind Collection: The Museum of Mummies in Ferentillo

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/30/2015 - 06:15

Call it a one-of-a-kind museum: the Museum of Mummies in the quaint little town of Ferentillo, in Umbria’s verdant Valnerina, does not display your usual…

Culture

A Mysterious Underground Journey in Narni

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/28/2015 - 04:10

“There’s a treasure behind that passage,” the old man said to the group of six young speleologists who had just climbed down a wall and had ended up into his…

Food & Drink

Traveling Around Italy's Olive Oil Farms

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Tue, 10/20/2015 - 02:19

Summer has finally come to an end, and the Italian countryside is ready to change its colors and shades. But fall won't be a quiet time in the country: from…

Culture

10 Street Artists In Italy To Watch Right Now

by John Bensalhia | Wed, 10/14/2015 - 16:11

John Bensalhia looks at the concept of street art in Italy and some of the most notable innovators in this field... Strolling down the street, it's amazing…

Culture

The Curse Of Lake Como

by Myra Robinson | Tue, 10/13/2015 - 01:59

Isola Comacina, Photo credit: isola-comacina.it/ As I look out from the terrace of a small house in Moltrasio on Lake Como I can hear the thwack of tennis…

Travel

Living in a Medieval Castle in the Italian Countryside

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/08/2015 - 09:07

"If you choose to live in a castle, it's not the castle that adapts to you; you must adapt to the castle." Gianfranco Gibelli, the loving owner of the 8th-…

Culture

Dante’s Guide To The Maremma

by elisascarton | Tue, 09/22/2015 - 05:48

By Elisa Scarton Detti. Photo credit: http://tasteoftuscany.org/ Dante Alighieri turned 750 at the start of summer and while Florence celebrated, other parts…