Italians on holiday: 2017 trends and choices We all love going on holiday, but economic difficulties, along with lack of time, makes it sometimes hard to choose the right place. Most Italians, as everyone else in the world, plan their Summer holidays well in advance to avail of special offers; others […]
Author: Francesca Bezzone
Italian Cooking Holidays
I must admit I never thought of following a cooking course: in part, because I was lucky enough to have amazing teachers in the figures of my grandmothers (and my own dad, too), in part because, well… it never really occured to me to do it. A few years ago, however, […]
The ghost of Bianca Maria di Malaspina
There are legends stronger than history. Legends tied to a place more powerfully than the factual events that happened there throughout the centuries. This is the story of one of such legends, the story of a girl forgotten by history, but dearly remembered by the people of her village, Fosdinovo, […]
The Mysterious Casina delle Civette
Rome is truly a city full of surprises. When you think you know all about its beauties, something magnificent and enchanting, something you ignored the existence of crosses your path. Really, there’s no end to the charmes of Rome: I remember how a close friend, who at the time had been […]
Reliabitaly: a new way to recognize authentic “Made in Italy”
Food and wine are among Italy’s most relevant sources of income. Internationally renowned, the excellence attached to the “made in Italy” tag is immense; just as big, it goes without saying, is the quality of true “made in Italy” products. We’ve learnt how to decipher Italian wine labels and recognise Italian food […]
Is any place better than Eataly?
How much of a difference can ten years make: even though the idea was bound to be successful, not even the most positive among its creators may have fathomed how immensely popular Eataly was to become all over the world. Eataly brings the excellence of authentic made in Italy around […]
Memories of the Italian Holocaust
The tragedy of the Holocaust in Italy had smaller proportions than in other countries in Europe, as we discussed in our article dedicated to the Italian Jewish community during the Fascist era. However, it touched the lives of thousands of people and changed the history of the Jewish community in the country: […]
The Italian Jewish Community during the Second World War
In occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 27th of January, anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, we decided to dedicate an article to the history of the Italian Jewish community during the “Ventennio,” before and after the promulgation, in 1938, of the Leggi Razziali, Mussolini’s racial laws against the Italian Jews. […]
Five things you may not know about the Sistine Chapel
Symbol of Rome, of the Vatican and of the Renaissance, the Sistine Chapel is without a doubt one of our capital’s most beautiful treasures. Known for being one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces and for hosting in secrecy and mystery papal elections – it’s called “conclave,” for those not into Vatican news! – […]
Christmas in Valle d’Aosta
Trentino Alto-Adige is not the only region in Italy to embody the ideal Winter wonderland. Westward, enclosed within Piedmont, Switzerland and France, lays Valle d’Aosta, Italy’s smallest region. An entirely Alpine region, Valle d’Aosta has a long and amazing history dating back to Roman times, of which its capital, Aosta, […]