Travel

  The port Darsena was built in 1603 as a trade hub and is today the main link between the Navigli: indeed, the Naviglio Grande is flowing into the Darsena while Naviglio Pavese and Ticinello are flowing out. The Darsena, the …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

    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 …

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 …

  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 …

Margie takes us to Sicily and discovers a little town on the way to Catania. Cesarò is the small village where my maternal grandparents were born. This is also the home of Angela’s mother and father, so we planned to …

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 …