Events

La Notte della Taranta, one of Europe’s most important folk music festivals, begins today in the Salento area of Apulia, continuing until August 23. Now in its…

On August 10 every year, on the night of San Lorenzo, wine lovers across Italy enjoy one of summer’s most popular event: Calici di Stelle. Many cellars around…

Google Glass technology was used for the first time during a live opera performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Sardinia,…

Throughout summer, visitors to Padua will have the chance to learn more about historical figures hailing from the area, as part of the annual “Notturni d’Arte…

Every 25th of July, the city of Pistoia celebrates its local saint, Saint Jacopo, by holding its traditional "Giostra  dell'Orso" (The Bear Joust) when the…

'Meno Miss. Più Muretto!' (Literally: 'Less Miss. More Muretto!) this is the latest tweet by the organizers of Miss Muretto beauty pageant in Alassio, Liguria…

Around one hundred masterpieces by Paolo Caliari , known as Il Veronese,  coming from major national and international museums and art galleries  are back in…

Miracles, music and movies combine to make August a month to remember in Italy, as John Bensalhia finds out... The last sweltering month of summer brings some…

For over 150 years on the last Sunday in July, the sea around the Adriatic coastal town of Pescara is awash with action as a flotilla of fishing boats and…

Oops. The test drive on a €150,000 Ferrari California ended with a crash – and with several expletives yelled by the test drive supervisor. At Maranello,…