Sicily has some of the most gorgeous golden mosaics in the world. Here's where to see these UNESCO World Heritage sights in Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù.
READ MORE +Sicily has some of the most gorgeous golden mosaics in the world. Here's where to see these UNESCO World Heritage sights in Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù.
READ MORE +Bomarzo's Parco dei Mostri is a park filled with fantastical sculptures of animals, monsters, and other beasts. It's an ideal day trip from Rome.
READ MORE +Want to see a soccer game in Italy? Here's information on Serie A and B Italian football leagues, Italian soccer stadiums, how to get tickets, and more.
The house museums and palace galleries of Rome are among the city's best-kept secrets.
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READ MORE +To ring in the New Year, my family and I rented a farmhouse for a few days on the outskirts of Ferrara. Thinking back to the trip, the timing wasn't ideal. Ferrara was freezing and on New Year's Eve, the fog was so thick on our drive into town to watch the fireworks over Castello Estense that we ...
READ MORE +If you tell a Roman that you are going Paestum for the weekend, invariably he or she will tell you: "Make sure you pick up some mozzarella di bufala." Paestum and Its Greek Roots and Ruins Paestum is a sight to see without the culinary pit stop. A city known as "Poseidonia" when it ...
READ MORE +Much of what we know today about anatomy was first discovered and documented in Renaissance Italy.
How do you spend one year in Italy? Here's a month-by-month, personal account of my first year living and traveling in Italy.
READ MORE +Veronese Green is named after Verona-born painter Paolo Caliari, also known as Veronese. I used the color to guide me on my travels in Venice.
READ MORE +Learn more about the ancient and contemporary history of the Jewish people in Rome with a tour through the ex-Ghetto.
READ MORE +Rome is a city of many hills. But the seven hills of Rome are the original hills on which the ancient city was founded.
READ MORE +In 2011, UNESCO inscribed Italy's newest World Heritage sites: The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.). Treated as one entity, these seven sites stretch from as far north as Castelseprio, Lombardy to as far south as Benevento in Campania. All seven of these sites represent, ...
READ MORE +Italy is full of scenic drives. There are the honey-colored sunsets of Tuscany, sepia-toned ruins of Ostia, and the snow-capped cityscapes of Torino. But if you want a ride with the bluest of blues then the only place to find yourself is along Campania’s La Costiera Amalfitana, The Amalfi ...
READ MORE +Just about every spot in Italy is a lovely place to take a photograph. But there are some spots that are truly special, places that make friends and family go "Wow!" Here are a few of them.
READ MORE +Carnevale is celebrated throughout Italy, not just in Venice. Learn more about Italy's most popular carnival cities and traditions.
READ MORE +If you don't know what to do on a rainy day in Rome, try these suggestions.
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.
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