Travel Tips

Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/12/2018 - 04:00
Culatello, one of the most prized salumi (cured meats) of Italy, produced in the flatlands north of Parma, near the Po River in Emilia-Romagna, is the subject…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 04/10/2018 - 06:18
Considered one of the most cruel tyrants in history, the figure of Nero continues to fascinate, even 1950 years after his death. New openings on the Palatine…
Travel
by csabino | Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:22
Liguria’s coastal resorts are holiday meccas in summer but in spring and fall (or any time) the borghi of the region’s hilly and mountainous surroundings make…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 03/30/2018 - 00:13
Finding meaning as you travel can be seemingly ubiquitous, but in my experience, it really is anything but. The excitement of planning can soon turn into a…
Food & Drink
by csabino | Mon, 03/19/2018 - 10:21
These five restaurants serve up the past with delicious menus and evocative settings. LA CAMPANA Rome’s oldest restaurant, La Campana, is celebrating its…
Travel
by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 02/27/2018 - 00:28
When it comes to traveling in Italy, there really is no better way to see the country than by train.  It's sounds rather cliche but for many of us who…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/22/2018 - 02:00
[Pictured above: the Farnese Bull, the largest single sculpture recovered from antiquity, part of the museum's Farnese Collection.] Italy’s most fascinating…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/20/2018 - 02:00
Visitors to the monumental Baths of Caracalla in Rome can now see them as they appeared when they were inaugurated in the third century AD, at the time the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/14/2018 - 03:00
More than just a ‘bathroom’, Cosimo de’ Medici’s so-called Comodo, located inside Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, has been restored, as part of the ‘Florence I…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/13/2018 - 02:00
In the heart of Abruzzo in central Italy lies L’Aquila, a historic university town that, nine years after a 6.3 earthquake killed 309 people, wounded 1600…