Wine lovers have a fun new reason to make a trip to Abruzzo.
READ MORE +Wine lovers have a fun new reason to make a trip to Abruzzo.
READ MORE +The town of San Leo in Emilia-Romagna is known for its Renaissance era fort and torture chamber.
READ MORE +In 1499, Tuscan artist Luca Signorelli signed a contract to paint two remaining sections of the Cappella Nuova (new chapel) of the Duomo in the Umbrian town of Orvieto. By 1502 (or 1504, depending on which documentation you read), he had completed his "End of the World" fresco cycle in what ...
READ MORE +It's been called the "shame of Italy" and for good reason. The A3 autostrada, a 443km highway that is to connect Salerno to Reggio Calabria, has been under construction since 1966. Faulty construction and mafia meddling by both the Camorra and 'Ndragheta factions have caused numerous delays ...
READ MORE +Emilia-Romagna's Shit Museum explores man's relationship to manure.
READ MORE +An Italian Army tale from 1960 set in a train chugging through Sardinia.
READ MORE +Inspiration always seems to find me when I'm not looking and that is exactly what happened as I settled in to watch a few minutes of television last night. Lucky for me, I clicked over to Kenny Mayne's Wider World of Sports, a show on ESPN that puts sports into a cultural context. One of the ...
READ MORE +The latest reports about the earthquake that hit Emilia-Romagna this weekend state that at least seven people were killed, 50 injured, and more than 13,000 have been displaced. The 6.0 earthquake struck early Sunday morning north of the city of Bologna in the town of Finale Emilia. According to ...
READ MORE +Bad experiences can happen in Italy. You may lose your wallet, have to deal with a brusque waiter, or turn your ankle while walking on a cobbled path. Despite unfortunate circumstances, it seems like everyone I have ever talked to who has visited Italy thinks of it the way that Matthew Brown ...
READ MORE +Cooking school teacher and chef Angela Schiavina shows off the culinary riches of Ravenna in this "My City" video from The Guardian.
READ MORE +On Tuesday, the Museo Archeologico di Morgantina, a small archeological museum in Aidone (Enna), Sicily, held an inauguration for the repatriation of an ancient sculpture of Aphrodite.
READ MORE +The brave work of the anti-mafia organization AddioPizzo.org was recently brought to my attention. "Addio Pizzo" means "Goodbye, Pizzo," the latter word meaning the protection money that hundreds of businesses throughout Sicily have had to pay to the powerful, omnipresent mafia. AddioPizzo was ...
READ MORE +To many a traveler, Tuscany and art are synonymous. From the architecture to the numerous galleries to those gorgeous, green, and cliché hills, there's an element of art in every corner of Tuscany. That's why I am very excited to introduce you to guest poster Alexandra Korey, a Canada-born ...
READ MORE +In the heart of Sardinia lies the village of Orgosolo, a sort of Sardinian "Wild West" known for years for its bandits, who would conduct brazen kidnappings and murders. During the first half of the 20th century, Orgosolo's notorious reputation grew to such a point that it inspired the film ...
READ MORE +With more than 500 miles of coastline, wrapping around seaside villages and swooping cliffs, Calabria is packed with beaches in every shape, size, and color.
READ MORE +Coming up with three of my best travel secrets for Italy is no easy task. Alas, I've been tagged by Robin Locker at My Mélange to come up with my list, just as she has over at her blog. In fact, since I had difficulty paring down my favorites, I've come up with my non-Italy list over at my personal ...
READ MORE +Perugia, the picturesque capital of the region of Umbria, is a destination I like to recommend to travelers looking for a new place to explore in Central Italy. Perugia is an austere, university town - indeed, it's one of Umbria's hill towns - with several unique characteristics that make it ideal ...
READ MORE +Rockefeller Center has nothing on this tree. The biggest Christmas tree in the world is, in fact, in Gubbio, Umbria. But this is not any tree. No, this is not a tree at all. Gubbio's Albero di Natale is a dazzling neon feat--and Guinness Book of World Records holder--that has been lighting up ...
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