All Around Italy

Culture Minister Dario Franceschini pledged to deploy EU funds in boosting tourism for hikers along the Appian Way, the cobbled Roman consular road lined with antiquities that links the Eternal City to Puglia in Italy’s deep south.   The minister …

Long gone are the days when a vacation in touch with nature meant sleeping in a tent and cooking by the fire. Not that there is anything wrong with old school camping, but in the past few years demand has …

Have you ever been to a winery that is somewhere between heaven and bliss? I’m not sure that spot exists, but I would say this describes the popular Castello Monaci winery in Puglia. The sun-drenched vineyards lie between the Ionian …

EVAZ Media Group highlights some of the stories featured in episodes of “You, Me & Sicily” including Mare Nostrum, anti-mafia movement and The Sicilian Project. For more videos go here: www.evazmediagroup.com

Traveling around Italy is a special experience not only for the heartbreaking landscape and the gorgeous art you can find on your way. Italy’s uniqueness is also related to the chance of finding history and culture in some remote places. …

History, art, cuisine, tradition: you don’t always have to head to a major tourist town to experience these classic treasures we associate with Italy.  Head to one of the country’s “borghi” instead: ancient, tiny villages retaining the atmosphere of times …

Efficient, fast paced and cosmopolitan, Milan is often misunderstood and underrated by tourists, who usually prefer to visit Rome, Florence and Venice. The stunning Duomo with its unique shape and look, and the Navigli, the city’s canals built by Leonardo …

Lucca, just an hour west of Florence and only twenty minutes by train from Pisa, embraces you immediately with her medieval walls & tree lined paths. She draws you in the moment you pass through one of her impressive portals …

Inside Italy’s borders are two independent states.  One of them, you’re sure to know: Vatican City is the smallest internationally-recognized state in the world, measured by both area and population.  The other, though, is perhaps less known, even though tourism …

Most travelers to Italy have never heard of Riposto, the small commune on the eastern coast of Sicily. Either did I until a few years ago, when my Sicilian friends insisted that we go there, explaining to me that this …