Travel

Rocca Calascio Castle has been included among the 15 most beautiful castles in the world by National Geographic.   The castle is located in a small town in the Province of L’Aquila City: by looking at it, you’ll be able …

The Leaning Tower of Pisa seems like an obvious topic for a travel and culture blog about Italy, but if I’m being honest I have to admit that it had never been on my “Have-To” list.  I didn’t understand why …

 Venice, in fact, takes 2-3 days to visit, and it would be a pity to miss on the opportunity of seeing nearby gems.   All the cities we’re going to mention are very well connected by train or road to …

Sicily is  one of the most fascinating and beautiful places in Italy. “If you haven’t seen Sicily you haven’t seen Italy. Sicily is where the soul of Sicily is.” – Goethe The Sicilian people are also some of the friendliest …

During the filming of The Passion of the Christ in Matera, everyone around Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Christ, said they saw fire coming out of the right and left side of his head. A glow surrounded his entire …

Emerging out of the depths of the Tyrrhenian Sea are mammoth rock formations. I experience a magical moment when I first see the towering “sea stacks” located at the southern end of the island of Capri. They cause me to …

Siena is really a magical city that hosts many tourists every year, in which you can still see its medieval roots, but it is also a modern city too, with an important university. Have you ever been to Siena? I …

Did you know that S. Giovanni in Laterano in Rome is the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome – the Pope? Infact it is the oldest church in the world! As the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, it ranks …

A territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia after World War II, two twin towns that are joined by a trans-border metropolitan zone, two languages, two countries, but many traditions that will forever link them: Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia) …

This Sunday, all throughout Italy, hundreds of villages welcome tourists and locals for the so-called Bandiera Arancione day, a great event organized by Touring Club Italiano, the main organization for travel and tourism.    How many times have you tried …