Travel Tips

Travel
by Silvia Donati |
The Villa Medici del Vascello, one of the most important residential castles in the province of Cremona, reopened at the beginning of May after a nine-year…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Looking at it from the outside, massive and tall, projecting the most powerful light beam in the world, you could not imagine the Victory Lighthouse in Trieste…
Culture
by Carol King |
Parma has played a fundamental role in the history of music in Italy. Conductor Arturo Toscanini was born there and the city was the adopted home of celebrated…
Food & Drink
by Nicola Ferlei-Brown |
Bang in the heart of the Castelli Romani hills and a mere 30 minutes from Rome, Lake Nemi is a discreet marvel with desirable menus. Giving new meaning to the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
A new and welcome addition to the group of the so-called Musei del Cibo (Food Museums): the Museo della Pasta (Pasta Museum) will be inaugurated this weekend…
Lifestyle
by Barry Lillie |
You’d hardly expect a tree growing on one of the world’s most active volcanoes to reach a great age, but growing happily on Sicily’s Mount Etna is the largest…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
Three large marble sculptures by Donatello will be exceptionally on display at the Baptistery in Florence until November 30: il Profeta imberbe (the Beardless…
Culture
by Carol King |
Turin’s Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre) has its origins in the 18th century, when the Duke of Savoy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, commissioned a grand new…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
Tributes to Roman emperor Augustus on the 2,000th anniversary of his death, celebrated this year, continue in Rome. The latest event takes place at the Forum…
Travel
by Barry Lillie |
If one day you find yourself travelling south from Florence to Rome, or vice versa, make time to take in the town of Viterbo. Two-hours from Florence and one…