The Curious Traveler

Culture

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Tue, 05/16/2017 - 05:43

In many areas of Italy, tradition is as important as superstition and Italians are deeply devoted to their local rituals and habits. Some of these are linked…

Food & Drink

Traditional Food of Friuli and Where to Taste It

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Thu, 05/11/2017 - 08:40

Friuli Venezia Giulia is mostly famous for its outstanding wines – especially the whites. But the red and “orange” wines obtained with a prolonged maceration…

Culture

Craft Traditions of the Italian Alps

by Laura Morelli | Tue, 05/09/2017 - 04:53

Few of us would mistake Milan for Munich, but some southern Italians jokingly call their northern countrymen tedeschi, a nod to the cultural ties that the…

Culture

The Italy Most People Never Visit: Trivento, Molise

by Anna Lebedeva | Thu, 04/27/2017 - 03:27

Main photo credit: Turismo.it. The town of Trivento sits on a rocky hill, above the valleys of Molise. It is one of those places where…

Travel

Mystical Tuscany: Four Abbeys to Visit

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/26/2017 - 09:43

When you travel through Tuscany, you will notice a number of ancient abbeys, clusters of buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns, some still in use…

Travel

The Hidden Florence Most Visitors Never See

by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 04/25/2017 - 06:52

In a city as wonderfully well known in Florence, knowing “what can we do” goes so far beyond the top 10 list on Tripadvisor. As someone who has based here for…

Food & Drink

Inside What Might be the Oldest Confectionery Shop in Italy

by SarahDowling | Mon, 04/17/2017 - 12:40

Many candy stores claim to be the oldest in Italy and yet I haven’t found one place that beats Pietro Romanengo, a 200-year-old confectionery shop located in…

Culture

Head to Sulmona to Celebrate 2,000th Anniversary of Ovid’s Death

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/12/2017 - 03:45

We take no pleasure in permitted joys. But what’s forbidden is more keenly sought. (Ovid, Amores, II, xix, 30) 2017 marks the 2000th anniversary of…

Travel

Italian Gardens in Bloom: Where to Go this Spring

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/31/2017 - 00:00

Italy boasts a large number of fabulous gardens filled with flowers and plants that, comes spring, explode into a myriad of colors and scents. It is the best…

Travel

Learn How to Row Like A Pro In Venice: Voga alla Veneta

by rebeccawinke | Thu, 03/23/2017 - 07:30

There is nothing more iconic in Venice than the sleek black gondola, steered by the standing gondoliere decked out in his (or, since 2010, her) black and white…