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Discovering hidden swimming spots in Italy gives you the chance to experience a side of the country that’s anything but ordinary—far from the summer chaos, deeply authentic, and truly revitalizing. Here, you'll come across natural pools, secluded beaches, alpine gorges, and mountain lakes. These wild corners invite complete renewal, deep connection...

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Join us for a vibrant and heartfelt conversation with Cherrye Moore—writer, art lover, and the self-proclaimed “Queen of the Cilento.” In this lively episode, we dive into family dynamics, the joys and trials of parenting teenagers, and the cultural adjustments that come with raising a child in Southern Italy. As a docent at the Met, Cherrye brings...

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The long-debated plan to build a bridge over the Strait of Messina has reached a pivotal moment—but numerous uncertainties remain. As of early August 2025, Italy’s CIFESS inter-ministerial committee granted approval for the definitive project, which comes with a price tag of 13.5 billion euros. The structure, designed as a single-span suspended bri...

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Today is World Lasagna Day. Lasagna is tipically Italian, of course: but who really owns this beloved dish, Naples in Campania or Bologna in Emilia Romagna? That question sparks an ongoing debate between the two cities. Some claim the original lasagna includes salami and ricotta, while others argue it was born with meat sauce and béchamel. Putting...

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In the northern part of Calabria, in the province of Cosenza, lies a portion of about 80 km of coastline, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and ideally embracing the lush vegetation of the Pollino National Park. In this place where nature rules, where the sea and the mountains, the blue and the green come together, there are ideal conditions for the s...

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The tarantella calabrese, sometimes called tirantella or in the past u sonu, is a term that encompasses various traditional dance and music styles found throughout the Calabria region of southern Italy. While it shares a name with other southern Italian tarantellas, the Calabrian version is distinct—especially in its rhythm and performance style. U...

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On a rocky cliff above the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Calabria’s province of Vibo Valentia, we find the town of Pizzo. Small in population but rich in reputation, it is known across Italy as “the town of gelato.” Its fame, however, doesn’t come from the amount of gelato produced, but from a single, iconic creation: the Tartufo di Pizzo, a dense, round ball...

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Perched between the peaks of the Pollino Park and the fragrant breezes of the Ionian coast, Oriolo is a lovely village in Italy's southern region of Calabria, a small, medieval treasure still delightfully under the radar. In this "secret" place where historical identity remains beautifully intact, ancient memories are carefully preserved. Oriolo wa...

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Money can’t buy you love, but it can get you a mammoth celebration of matrimony and mammon that has the whole world talking. All eyes are on Venice this week for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s big-bucks big day, an event mired in controversy as protesters rail against the damage done to their city by overtourism. However, you don’t...

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Before it was called the Strait of Messina, the body of water separating Calabria from Sicily was known as the Strait of Scylla. This stretch of sea dividing the island from the “mainland” was named after the monstrous creature from the myth of Scylla and Charybdis, made famous in Homer’s Odyssey. Scilla is a small fishing town in Calabria, in the...

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