Top of the Month experiences.
Inspirational, unforgettable, unmistakably Italian experiences.
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
A legendary train and the art of the Italian Renaissance.
There is no other form of transport capable of conjuring up such a unique mixture of adventure, romance and Art Deco glamour than the...
Street food Italian style
Street food: a delicious way to experience the culture of a land.
From the times of ancient Rome, throughout the middle ages, and all the way up to modern times, Italy's lower classes have spent great part of...
Soul Beaches
Ravenna's "Spiagge Soul" is destined to taste as good as it sounds.
This summer, from 21st to 31st of July, the Riviera Romagnola will be vibrating to the sound of soul music. The third edition of "Spiagge...
Planet rock
The Grottoes of Castellana: Puglia's amazing karst complex
It's difficult to find the words to best prepare visitors for that which awaits them in Puglia's Grottoes of Castellana, a karst complex...
Venice: Monks and Roses
Venice's monastery island
"An Armenian Island in a foreign water". This was how the poet Hovhannes Shiraz described San Lazzaro degli Armeni. A precious...
Water rituals
Italy's spa towns: a mini guide to the country's historic thermal stations.
Blessed from North to South with sources of warm, mineral-rich spring waters, Italy is a land in which Salus Per Aquam has been a revered...
Return of the Grand Tour
Florence, Venice, Rome, Naples: Italy and the dream of the Grand Tour.
"There is certainly no place in the world where a man may travel with greater pleasure and advantage than in Italy....It is the great...
Legendary Castles
The intriguing tales of five of Italy's most beautiful castles.
The area of Lunigiana, between Tuscany and Liguria, is often referred to as the "land of a hundred castles". Arguably the most...
Costume dramas
Origins and evolutions of Italy's historic carnivals.
Carnival is a serious business in Italy, so serious in fact that in a number of cities it's by far the most important and anxiously awaited...
Four ideas for Valentine's day
Unique ways of celebrating your love, in Italy.
Go ballooning over Aosta From February 13th to 14th, the skies over the town of Aosta will be filled with the colorful hot air balloons...
Italian Theaters
Opera houses in Milan, Parma, Naples, Bari and Palermo
Elegant emblems of the great cities in which they are located, Italy's historic theaters are the perfect expression of the country's...
Italian Nativity Scenes
From Lombardy to Sicily: the towns and villages transformed by the magic of Christmas.
The centuries-old Italian tradition of recreating the nativity scene is the perfect theme for a country-wide itinerary seeking out those...
Caffè Italia
An itinerary tracing three hundred years of history, surrounded by the irresistible aroma of Italian coffee.
The Italians and their coffee. An undying love affair which began back in 1615, the year in which coffee, imported from the East by the...


