coronavirus

Food & Drink
by elizabeth.t.jones | Thu, 05/07/2020 - 04:26
Food and drink tour operator Livio Colapinto, co-founder of food travel company Zest of Italy, has devoted 20 years of his career researching, traveling to…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/05/2020 - 05:54
On Monday, May 4, Italy began ‘Phase Two’ of the coronavirus lockdown, with restrictions eased and four million Italians back at work, while schools and some…
Lifestyle
by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 05/05/2020 - 05:30
Great Estate is an International real estate agency network based in Italy specialized in the sale and purchase of farmhouses, villas, farms, hamlets and…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 05/01/2020 - 00:00
In Venice, the lagoon, like the rest of the city, is resting. There are no giant cruise ships damaging its fragile ecosystem; there’s very little boat traffic…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/30/2020 - 09:56
We’ve shown you videos of deserted Rome and Florence as Italy is in a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic; now’s the turn of Venice, which,…
Lifestyle
by Francesca Maggi | Tue, 04/28/2020 - 04:07
I fill my tall shaker with cubes of ice for my morning caffè shakerato – A heady jolt of caffeine, melted ice and luscious foam. Now inhabiting my great-aunt’s…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 04/27/2020 - 04:51
On Sunday night, Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced during a press conference the latest containment measures that will be applied when the so-…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:59
I temporarily relocated to the northern region of Trentino from Bologna on March 1, a week before the lockdown was announced. I had no idea of course. I had…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/23/2020 - 04:05
From Valle d’Aosta, Italy’s smallest regions, comes an uplifting story.  On her birthday, Nonna Nina (Pierina Quagliatti) was cured of the virus. She turned…
Travel
by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 04/23/2020 - 02:48
Italy’s tourism industry is being badly affected by the coronavirus emergency and at this time, there is no inclination of when people will be able to return…