Pasquetta, the day Italy spends grilling steaks, eating outdoors and enjoying the first real sun of the season.
Author: Francesca Bezzone
Easter traditional food
An Italian Easter table is always ready to fill your eyes with beauty and your stomach with goodness
A short walk through Florence
Even if you’re in Florence for a day, you can discover so much of the stunning Renaissance city. See what the NY Times shows us! Florence, the heart of the Italian Renaissance. A lifetime wouldn’t be enough to learn all about the secrets and beauties of the tuscan town, but […]
History of Women’s emancipation in Italy
A short overview of how women obtained emancipation in Italy and what can still be done to truly make il Belpaese a gender equal country.
Seven things about Carnevale you may not know
Carnevale in Italy: Seven (almost) secret things about Italy’s most colourful occasion of the year
Italian New Year’s Eve
How we celebrate New Year in Italy, and some recipes of what you can find on our tables on New Year’s Eve dinner.
New secrets about Venice unveiled
The latest findings of a team of archaeologists.
The Appian Way: Mibact endorses project for its valorization
The Appian Way, the regina viarum (queen of all roads), as Statius once wrote, is one of the most ancient and strategically important Roman roads. It was created in the years of the Republic to connect the Eternal City with Brindisi, in Puglia, and the Adriatic Sea. Named after the […]
Venetian masks tradition: the real beauty of Carnevale
The Coronavirus might have hit the city of bridges and canals, but it didn’t hit its spirit. Carnival 2021 is a go, even in this pandemic uncertainty. It might come as a surprise, but Venice isn’t giving up on its colorful celebrations. It’s just doing it differently. Venetian Carnival & […]
Buying Real Estate in Rural Areas
Thinking of buying a property in Italy? Read this first.