Moving to Italy: Forms and Important Items Forms are available through the nearest Italian Consulate or the Italian Embassy. Also recently forms have been available online at the Italian Embassy web site Firearms and Restricted Items: At the present time there is a ban on the importation of firearms into […]
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Shopping in Trastevere
Finding just the right gift to take home for someone can be as much fun for the giver as for the recipient. These Trastevere shops, located across the Tiber from the city center, all provide unique (but not weird) and useful (but not boring) gift ideas. You won’t find […]
Tour Rome with a Bicycle
Ride as the Romans Do – With Caution Imagine a whirlwind tour of the Eternal City – the Forum, Coliseum, Castel Sant’Angelo, Vatican, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps as today’s Romans do; from atop a bicicletta. The best time to peddle through this gorgeous city is from May […]
La Piccola Lirica
The Shortened Opera (La Piccola Lirica) is an original formula of reduction, which without mutilating the opera of their arias and essential music, offers an agile and innovative reading of the most celebrated masterpieces of lyrical repertory. The shortened opera The accurate adaptations which add historical suggestions and citations where […]
Visiting Rome with Your Kids
Rome Childrens Guide See also Italy with Kids This is a short guide to activities specifically designed for children. A treat to offer them to alternate traditional sightseeing of the Roman Forum or St. Peter’s with something that’s more child-oriented but can be fun for grown ups too. There are […]
Sailing Camp
Sailing Camp – Lago di Santa Croce – Palestra di Vela “One Should Learn to Sail in all Winds” – Italian Proverb I was dashing in a hurry on my way to Venice through the first long tunnel when coming out I just did not believe my eyes! The lake […]
Activities
In this section would like to present a list of activities that can be done while vacationing in Italy Below: surfers on Lake Garda
The Sleepless White Night of Rome
Famous Festival All Through the Night fireworks at the white night The ever amazing Roman sunset light was spreading gold powder on tall pine trees and huge marble balconies. Warm, orange sunlight shone on the microphones of the big stage on the terrace in Gianicolo, where the Maori Manala company […]
Holy Places in the Castelli Romani
While exploring the many beautiful things to see in Castelli Romani, here’s another category that you shouldn’t miss. Check out some of the most important churches of Castelli Romani, Italy. Churches of Castelli Romani Grottaferrata Abbey – S. Nilo The most internationally known is the Grottaferrata Abbey – Exarchic Abbey […]
FURTHER…IN THE CASTELLI ROMANI
Besides the articles, I wrote on the local wines and pork meat, or ‘porchetta’ of Castelli Romani, I would not absolutely miss the local king of the forests: the mushrooms of Castelli Romani! You’ll also find within this post an Italian mushroom sauce recipe with Tagliatelle pasta to make at […]
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