All Around Italy

    After 13 months of works and twenty years since last restoration, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II has been totally restored and will allow the access of passengers to all the sides and to shops.   The advanced machine …

Slow down, shape up and take your time: traveling by bicycle can be a real treat and the best way to explore and get to know many areas of Italy. In the past few years all major cities and many …

Long before the romantic, peaceful “flower power” movement of the 1960s in which hippies decorated their cars and homes with flowers, cities in Italy were decorating their streets and alleyways with pretty, intricate flower petal designs. Since the 1600s, certain …

The Greek colonization in South Italy left an immense cultural heritage: besides an influence on the language, traditions, and cuisine, there is also a relevant trace when it comes to art, in particular on the working of gold. This is …

  Seventeen museums and archaeological areas across Italy will have free access to people who hold a ticket of Milan Expo throughout the duration of the world’s fair. The Expo 2015 card will also allow a free tour of so-called “Italian …

As I was planning another trip to Italy last year, one of my Roman friends told me about a keyhole on Colle Aventino (Aventine Hill) in Rome, from which you could see the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.  A few …

A maritime town on the sunny shores of the Ionian Sea, Taranto is often overlooked by tourists who flock to more mainstream areas of Apulia, such as the Salento or Lecce. Still, Taranto, the third largest continental city in Southern …

A giant Moloch, seen in Cabiria, a silent movie filmed in Turin in 1914, opens his jaw as you pass through his huge mouth. It’s the entrance to the new Cinecittà World, a theme park where you’ll be seduced by …

  According to ANSA, the Italian Ministry for culture and the archeological superintendency decided to set a limit to the amount of visitors permitted to enter ancient site Pompeii at a single time. Indeed, the decision implies that no more …

We are happy to announce a series of articles that our blogger, Victoria de Maio, will be sharing with us during her five week trip in Italy. Victoria will be visiting beautiful places and she will take interesting tours and …