Carnival

Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
Italy’s Viareggio Carnival is often described as the most irreverent of all Italian Carnival celebrations. This is due to the fact that its main peculiarity is…
Lifestyle
by John Bensalhia |
This is a special time of year, as the traditional carnival season gets in full swing. So making a change from the usual pattern are some carnival-themed…
Travel
by Georgette Jupe |
"Let the curtain rise and the spotlights turn on: it is Time for a New Renaissance!" -- Antonia Sautter Imagine taking part in one of the most exclusive…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
Italy hosts some of the most famous and beautiful Carnival celebrations in the world. But, alas, Carnival 2021 will be a very different affair from what we’re…
Language
by Alesha Allen |
Carnival season can be a wonderful time to visit the cities, towns and villages all over Italy. With processions, masks, colours, music, dancing and special…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Every Italian region, and often even towns within the same region, have a different traditional Carnival sweet, and Florence is no different. In the Tuscan…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
One of the oldest carnivals in Italy, the Venice Carnival is also one, if not the, most spectacular and thrilling. It is a time for exhilaration and…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
It’s not Carnival in Venice without fritole, delicious crunchy fritters found in pastry shops this time of the year as you stroll calli and campielli. Fritole…
Culture
by kristinmelia |
Most of us are familiar with Venice's famously enchanting Carnevale season. All masks and pageantry and secrets- so befitting of the misty canals and…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
[Photo: Carnival at Castiglion Fibocchi in Tuscany. Photo credit: http://www.fotoamatoriciuffenna.it.] It’s that time of the year again, Carnevale, the…