Before you plan your trip to Italy, take a moment to learn more about Italy's cities and regions. Italy's Largest Cities and Map The top 5 largest ...
October (Ottobre) is one of the best months to be in Italy. October is one of the months of Italy's shoulder season, which means that there are usually fewer ...
Glorious June begins straight away with a celebration. Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica) takes place on 2 June with patriotic parades, particularly in ...
Even though Easter can fall as early as March 22, March is typically the season of Lent. But this is Italy, so the austerity of the Lenten season is tempered ...
Michelangelo Buonarotti is most associated with Rome because of his masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel. But his work is all over the capital and it is well ...
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, the hills, valleys, and trees of the Val d’Orcia “exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance ...
The house museums and palace galleries of Rome are among the city's best-kept secrets.
Ferrara is a gorgeous little city in Emilia-Romagna known for its Renaissance walls and palaces, the Castello Estense, and its rich Jewish heritage.
Before I tell you about the best places to kiss in Rome, you’ve got to really want to kiss and be kissed. This is not the place for pecks on the cheek. ...
Reflection is part of the prescription for moving from one year into the next. So while I wanted to write a year-end round-up a month ago, I realized that such ...
Following is a list of hotels in Italy that I personally recommend. I have stayed in all of them and found them adequate if not absolutely superb. I am a ...
The town of San Leo in Emilia-Romagna is known for its Renaissance era fort and torture chamber.
Much of what we know today about anatomy was first discovered and documented in Renaissance Italy.
Excerpts from the Art Issue of the New York Review of Books. Reviews on Veronese, Piero della Francesca, and Futurism. There's also a Michelangelo poem.
Dario Fo's "The Earthquake in L'Aquila" Calling Italian playwright Dario Fo a "Renaissance" man would probably irk him given his long history of ...
When my colleagues in the Italy Blogging Roundtable and I decided to write on the topic "gifts" for our December post, I knew exactly what I wanted to write ...
Deciding on a favorite piece of art in Italy is similar to picking a favorite child: it's an impossible task. On some days, when thinking about Italy's ...
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 ...
