Shopping experiences.

Made in Umbria

Couture cashmere, in the province of Perugia.

What has chocolate got to do with Umbria's world famous cashmere factories? Apparently nothing, but, there is a connection. In 1907, Luisa...

Fashion passion

Splashing out in Milan's supercool concept stores

Home to an incredible number of fashion stores and top end boutiques, Milan is a well-established hunting ground for collectors of couture...

Christmas shopping

There's festive fun for everyone, in Italy's Christmas markets.

Christmas is a coming, the goose is getting fat and, from the 1st of December, Italians and visitors from throughout Europe will be spending...

Shopaholics' Tuscany

Big names with small prices in the region's best designer factory outlets.

Not only is Tuscany packed with artistic, architectural and natural masterpieces; in recent years the region has established itself as one of...

Neapolitan cribs

A festive shopping spree in the Italian city where it's Christmas 365 days a year!

There's a place in Naples where Christmas is more Christmassy than anywhere else: Via San Gregorio Armeno, the street where the city's master...

Arezzo: art in art

Each month, Arezzo hosts Italy's oldest antique fair.

Art in art: this is how Arezzo's Antique Fair might be described. Ever since the first fair was held, back in 1968, the event has been a major...

Edible Souvenirs

Sweet-toothed Sicily: delicious treats to take home and eat.

When in Sicily, only calorie conscious fools would miss the opportunity of indulging in a feast of sweet sticky Italian stuff, and of...

Florentine red

On the traces of Tuscan terracotta

Whilst historians and football fans will tell you that the color of Florence is purple, seen from the heights of the panoramic Piazzale...

Shopping and art in Milan

Architectural masterpieces and spellbinding window displays, all within a few square meters.

The hub of the old city of Milan is the cathedral, the third biggest in the world, which dominates and dwarfs everything around it. The...


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Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

A legendary train and the art of the Italian Renaissance.

Art

The art of love

A romantic escape to Verona - where else?

Green

Who let the dogs out?

Hanging out with the canis lupus italicus.

Gourmet

A plateful of Langhe

Scouting out the true taste of Piedmont.

Wellness

When in Rome...

Relaxation in the heart of the Eternal city.