Italian Wedding Planner Transforms American Couples' Dreams Into Realities
Tara Coppola Fontana, owner and founder of Weddings Under the Tuscan Sun, a five year strong unique wedding planning business, targets American couples who share the common dream of having an unforgettable wedding in beautiful Italy. A life-changing trip to Italy's top-traveled Tuscany, awakened Tara Coppola Fontana's inspiration to begin...
10 Places To Eat Incredibly Well In Rome, Italy
by Sara Porro Rome is unquestionably one of the world's greatest food cities. Not only is there plenty to eat across all price ranges, but it's obvious if you've spent any time there that food is really, really important to the locals. It is said that the life of every self-respecting Frenchman revolves around the three meals of the day....
Evelina Christillin nuovo Presidente ENIT
Evelina Christillin sarà il nuovo Presidente dell'ENIT. La nomina è stata deliberata ieri dal Consiglio dei Ministri, presieduto a Palazzo Chigi dal Premier Matteo Renzi. La nomina di Christillin è solo uno dei provvedimenti adottati dal Governo nella seduta di ieri, aperta dall'aggiornamento del Ministro per le riforme costituzionali e i rapp...
Pesariis, the Town of Clocks
Pesariis, in the province of Udine, is known for its clocks. "Time machines" have been manufactured here since the 18th century – officially since 1725, when the Solari company was founded: wall-mounted clocks, bell tower clocks, water and striking clocks, but also sun dials, pendulum clocks, clocks that register and stamp cards, clocks with writin...
The phantasmagoric decor of Palermo's Casa Professa
Palermo's Casa Professa – or Church of the Gesù – is one of the most important masterpieces of Baroque art in Sicily. The building is enhanced by incredible decorations in marble and stucco, which according to American art historian Donald Garstang, "belong to the world of unleashed fancy." The entire decor was created almost entirely in the 1...
A break down of exports data gives the less glamorous side of Made in Italy its due
By Luca Orlando No, suger cane is not our strong point. Italy exported just €432 of sugar cane abroad last year, who knows how. Our strong points are elsewhere, even if a look at the leading Made in Italy exports can be surprising. Not that fashion, design and food are not important to our economy, but actually Italy sells more macchanica...
36 Hours on the Amalfi Coast
In a 1953 Harper's Bazaar essay, John Steinbeck drew back the curtain on Positano, most likely changing the course of history for the most picturesque town on the Amalfi Coast. This romanticized 30-mile stretch of Italian coast on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula still impresses with cliffs towering above pebbled coves and villages hug...
Sardinia, A Time And Place For Lobster
If Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily, with 2,000 kilometers of spectacular coastline and some of the most pristine scenery in the world, you might ask, why don't Americans know much about it? That question has dogged me most of my life, particularly when, for example, someone will say, "Your mother is...
Sales of Italian vacation houses seen rising again this year
by Marzio Bartoloni Italians and foreigners are both eyeing vacation homes purchases with interest. After the collapse of the market in recent years and the first signs of recovery in 2014 (up 3%), sales of second homes jumped 7.6% last year. This year, the trend should continue to be extremely positive. In particular, a snap...
It's Eataly's World
By Lauren Collins We just eat, drink and shop in it. As the Italian megamarket launches even more outposts (including this week's Eataly Downtown in New York—and then a 20-acre theme park!), writer Lauren Collins pays a visit to the city where the Eataly phenomenon began. Francesco Farinetti is the eldest son of the family that controls t...
Luxury entrepreneur Della Valle to build a factory in one of the towns worst-hit by the earthquake
by Giulia Crivelli First things first, the Americans say. First the important things: this seems obvious, but too often in Italy this is not the case. On the day in which the government was approving the decree to allocate €200 million for the earthquake and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was visiting the areas affected by the August 24th ear...
Delta Air Lines festeggia 25 anni di servizio dall’Italia
Delta Air Lines festeggia in questo mese i 25 anni di servizio dall'Italia, e più nello specifico da Milano e Roma. I voli inaugurali nonstop, di poco susseguenti all'operazione di rilevamento dei pochi asset rimasti sani dopo il fallimento della Pan Am (l'anno dell'operazione è lo stesso), partirono da New York il 1 novembre 1991 e da questa data...