The Curious Traveler

Culture
by kristinmelia |
In the sweltering month of August, Italians from Torino to Messina flock to the beach. Temperatures sore to well above 35 degrees centigrade and everything…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
If you’re in Rome this summer, consider visiting the Vatican Museums on a Friday night. The special opening not only allows visitors to access the outstanding…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
The first stretch of Garda by Bike, the bicycle track positioned 50 meters above Lake Garda in northern Italy, has just opened.   The track has attracted…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
The northern Italian city of Ivrea is Italy’s 54th Unesco World Heritage site. The announcement came July 1 during the 42nd meeting of the UNESCO World…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
Twenty-five years after his death, the city of Rimini celebrates Federico Fellini, one of the greatest Italian directors of all times, who in this seaside…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
[Rocca di Vignola. Photo credit: Sogno o son deste.] In the past, when the powerful Este dynasty ruled the duchies of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio in Emilia-…
Culture
by Anonymous (not verified) |
Photos & text by Noemi Scavo Photographer Living in another country has made me feel closer to my own. I was born in Sicily and even if I had…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
Want to experience life as Casanova, history’s most famous libertine? Then head to the newly opened ‘Casanova Museum and Experience’ in Venice, birthplace of…
Culture
by Myra Robinson |
Like many seasoned travellers to Venice, we were frustrated. Keen to escape the Disneyland that Venice has become, we consulted a map showing islands not…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
We continue our Giro-inspired tour of Italy by visiting five more towns touched by the legendary cycling race. For Part One, click here. Osimo-Imola, km 213…