Verona’s Opera Festival Celebrates Its Centennial

See the world's best-known operas performed in an ancient arena in the heart of Verona.
See the world's best-known operas performed in an ancient arena in the heart of Verona.
Easter season is one of the best times to visit Rome. Here's how you can plan your visit to Rome and Vatican during Holy Week.
The Piatto di Sant'Antonio Abate is a winter festival near Assisi that features a parade of horses and a blessing of animals.
In 2021, Italy will commemorate the 700th anniversary of the passing of Dante Alighieri, known worldwide as the father of the Italian language.
Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Here's how to get tickets and prepare for Midnight Mass.
Italy celebrates Liberation Day every year on April 25. Learn more about its origin and importance.
Actor and life-long Roman Alberto Sordi was born in 1920. His home in Rome will open to the public to mark the centennial of his birth.
The ideal place in Rome to spend New Year's Day.
An Extra Palio - Palio Straordinario - will be run in Siena on 20 October 2018.
The Mille Miglia, a vintage car race that makes a loop from Brescia to Rome each May, has been on my radar for almost a decade. This year, I finally got to see the spectacle as the cars paraded down ...
Italy celebrates International Women's Day - La Festa delle Donne - with mimosas and a free museum day.
The city of Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC.
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 ...
For more than 20 years, ADSI (Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane), aka the Historic Home Association of Italy, has been working in conjunction with the owners of the country's estates and villas ...
Carnevale is celebrated throughout Italy, not just in Venice. Learn more about Italy's most popular carnival cities and traditions.
Like many of you, I have already started my Christmas vacation. So, I thought I'd check in one last time before December 25 and share with you some of the prettiest Christmas pictures from Italy ...
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 ...
Rome's famous Renaissance street, Via Giulia, is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. And, the New York Times' Elisabeth Rosenthal provides the history and descriptions of the streets' ...