Places

Travel
by Carla Passino |
Brick walls broken up by powerful towers hug a tidy network of streets linked by austere brick houses. Earth-hued buildings with soaring porticoes, perfect…
Culture
by Carla Passino |
In a city that boasts masterpieces such as the Duomo, Sant’Ambrogio and Santa Maria delle Grazie, it is easy to overlook smaller churches—but it would be a…
Culture
by Carla Passino |
What a strange mix is Turin. It marries the sophisticated grandeur of Baroque mansions with the graceful elegance of Art Nouveau palazzos, the marble…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Photos courtesy of ENIT The sun dying red in an indigo sky and infusing the sea with soft French rose notes. A candle-lit restaurant perched high on a white…
Food & Drink
by Carla Passino |
Photos courtesy of ENIT The setting sun dances on a cornflower blue sea, turning the sky into a study of cherry blossom pink and tea rose, lavender and indigo…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Lake Como glints like a polished sapphire under the summer sun. All around it, the emerald embrace of Alps and hills shelters the waters. As the ferry leaves…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Photos courtesy of ENIT I am a beach snob. I realised this years ago, when I took my then husband-to-be to the Poetto beach near Cagliari, in Sardinia, where I…
by ITALY |
Capri's panoramic via Krupp reopens to the public on Saturday after a restoration lasting more than 30 years.The official reopening will take place at 7pm but…
Travel
by ITALY |
The beaches of Tuscany and Sardinia stole the show here on Friday when Italy's largest environmentalist group presented its annual guide to the best coastal…
Lifestyle
by ITALY |
Climate change is hitting the Alps hard with major melting that is proceeding faster than expected, an environmental report warned on Monday.The report,…