Sicily has eight towns located on its southeast coast that were destroyed during an earthquake in 1693. Each of these towns were rebuilt in magnificent style that represents the high level of architectural and artistic achievement of what is known as Sicilian Baroque. These towns not only maintain the […]
Florence and its museums Florence: the cradle of Italian culture and language, the capital of the very essence of western civilisation. Who doesn’t know it? Just walking through its streets and alleys equals to visiting a beautiful open air museum, but hey… There are plenty of indoor ones in Florence, […]
Asolo is a small town and commune located in northern Italy in the Veneto region; it’s one of the most beautiful borghi d’Italia. The town is located in the province of Treviso and is known by several names like “The city of a Hundred Horizons” because of its beautiful location. Originally the […]
November 6th, 2016 It is utterly painful and sorrowful to write an introduction to this article, researched and written by one of our former writers about three years ago. Painful and sorrowful, because what the pictures below show is no more. Painful and sorrowful, because vestiges of a past […]
Rimini – 143,321 inhabitants. Every country has its party city, the place where nightclubs and restaurants become a lifestyle. Spain has Ibiza, Turkey has Bodrum, the U.S. has South Beach and Italy has Rimini. Indeed, since the 1960s this town has been one of the most popular places during the summer […]
National Parks are natural areas protected to preserve wild nature for posterity and to safeguard their ecosystem. In Italy there are 24 Natural Parks and they cover about 5% of the national territory. Parco Nazionale dell’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise Map of the National Park of Abruzzo The most famous national park […]
What did Romans do in their spare time? They all fled to Rome’s best-kept secret, a place called Ancient Stabiae . Located on a panoramic bluff overlooking the Bay of Naples, lies Ancient Stabiae, a little known jewel in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Here, powerful Romans built extraordinary villas, […]
Breathtaking Views in Umbria I’m listening to the car radio and on comes “Una Storia Importante” by Eros Ramazzotti. The first lines of the song “quante scuse ho inventato io” remind me of the many excuses I used to make for not having the time to get out there and […]
OK, so you have made the trip into Italy, the vacation of a lifetime. You are ready to enjoy the finer things this ancient part of the world has to offer. Fine wine, fantastic food, beautiful museums, ancient ruins, and the sea all clamor to be part of your itinerary. […]
Aside from Rome, Florence and Venice, Naples and the island of Capri have been synonymous with travel to Italy. When planning trips to this part of the world many of those destinations are on the planning itinerary. Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, and the Mediterranean waters off of the west coast of the […]