Museums

Culture
by Myra Robinson |
Mariano Fortuny was a true uomo universale: a painter, photographer, fashion designer, and inventor of stage lighting and the dimmer switch. If you visit his…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday until July 29 and again from September 2 to October 28. Extended opening hours are welcome at the museums…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
Approximately 20 minutes southwest of Bologna is Villa Griffone, in Pontecchio Marconi. Few people know where piddly old Pontecchio Marconi is, yet the…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe |
“Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy”  – Bertrand Russell. Bertrand had a point there,…
Culture
by Myra Robinson |
It’s impossible to say how long I have been visiting Venice: 25 years, perhaps. And yet… there’s always something new to discover; some faded campo with pots…
Lifestyle
by csabino |
Rome’s countless attractions draw millions of tourists each year, but hiding in plain view are a number of sites, the glorious palazzi still owned by the…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Call it a one-of-a-kind museum: the Museum of Mummies in the quaint little town of Ferentillo, in Umbria’s verdant Valnerina, does not display your usual…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe |
One of the most impressive restoration projects in the world, after 45 million euros spent, some of Florence's most important medieval and Renaissance…
Lifestyle
by Myra Robinson |
Photo credit: http://www.inexhibit.com/ The 2015 summer season is almost over, and Venice is still packed, as it is every other year, with the usual…