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The island of Ischia is the largest of the islands in the Gulf of Naples and offers a wide variety of accommodation and holiday opportunities: although it has an area of only about 47 square kilometres, there are six different municipalities with different administrations: Forio, Ischia, Lacco Ameno, Casamicciola, Serrara Fontana and Barano. The vi...

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Italy's archaeological site Pompeii reopens to the public on Tuesday 27 April, after being closed in recent months due to Italy's coronavirus restrictions. Visitors will have access to Pompeii initially from Tuesday to Sunday, with Mondays closed, until 7 June, after which the site will be open every day until further notice. On Saturdays and Sunda...

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The unusual calm of Gran Caffè Gambrinus in Naples, a legendary cafe that has been emptied by coronavirus restrictions, belies the turmoil roiling Italy’s coffee community. The cafe is part of a clash between Neapolitan coffee culture and that of larger Italy, both of which are seeking international recognition for their contributions to world coff...

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Italy offers first-class attractions for sea-lovers who can make spectacular journeys through the shapes and colors of the Mediterranean, tropical and exotic habitats reproduced to the smallest detail in Italian aquariums in order to discover everything there is to know about the underwater world. The Aquarium of Genoa in Liguria was designed by th...

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Boscoreale City Seal was just recently engraved in the heart of the Superman Brick of Fame in Metropolis, Illinois, United States brought to the States thanks to the personal efforts and far-sightedness act of Italian - American artist originally born in the lands of Vesuvius, who grew up as world citizen: Veronica Vitale and film Director Patrick...

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Naples, “Napoli” in Italian, is only 142 miles from Rome and shares a fascinating history of its own. It was first settled by the Greeks and is among one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban regions in the world.  Its classic city center is the largest in Europe and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In addition to the city's historical signifi...

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Now it’s confirmed: following a successful first season, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy will be back for seconds. Having already covered the ‘Big Six’ on a food safari through Italy (Milan, Rome, Naples and the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany), where should host - and late-blooming sex-symbol - Stanley Tucci head next? Below ar...

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Rome is holy, Turin is esoteric but Naples is the Italian city with the closest relationship with the Otherworld, in all its forms. It’s not because of what is there physically — although, we will see, there are some spots of considerable interest from that point of view, too — but rather because of its people’s attitude towards the spiritual and t...

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In the 1930s, the streets of Capri were still deserted. The rationalist-style villa of writer Curzio Malaparte, which he designed himself, was still being built. During these years, characters like the industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp stayed at the Quisisana hotel for months, drinking an aperitivo at the hotel bar at the same time every day. At...

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Capri island is a real jewel of the Mediterranean Sea which offers a privileged view of the Gulf of Salerno, Sorrento and Naples. In Capri, you can taste the scent of the sea from everywhere. You can go beyond the imaginary by discovering the poetic Grotta Azzurra, you can make an excursion to see the legendary Faraglioni so closely you feel you co...

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