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 ...
Cooking school teacher and chef Angela Schiavina shows off the culinary riches of Ravenna in this "My City" video from The Guardian.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Carnevale is celebrated throughout Italy, not just in Venice. Learn more about Italy's most popular carnival cities and traditions.
If you don't know what to do on a rainy day in Rome, try these suggestions.
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.
Italofile guest contributor writes about five of her favorite things in the city of Lucca in Tuscany.
For every Biblical tale and saintly life, there is at least one precious relic housed in Rome, the Vatican, or in one of Italy's thousands of churches.
Eight beautiful hill towns to put on your Umbria itinerary.
Le Marche is known as "Italy in one region," for it has mountains, beaches, and beautiful hill towns. Here are the top 5 things to do in Le Marche.
Protect Cinque Terre offers guests the opportunity to work with locals in landscape preservation.
Romantic Rome is a very popular place for couples. Nearly every cobbled street in the Eternal City, at least in the city center, inspires a romantic gesture, a kiss, or even a proposal. It is ...
From extensive catacombs to spooky church tombs, Rome is like an instant haunted house and is a great place to visit during Halloween.
Tuscany has more than a dozen wine routes. These are known collectively as Le Strade del Vino.
Time to add two more Italian sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. In July, UNESCO inscribed the Po Valley towns of Mantua and Sabbioneta and the Rhaetian Railway, which passes through the ...
If you're the type of traveler who likes to go it alone and doesn't mind injecting a little technological know-how into your trip, then a GPS-driven self-guided tour may be the ticket. Information ...
