When people visit Naples, the sunny seaside city in the South of Italy, there are a few stops that generally are automatically added to every itinerary. A day trip to Pompeii, or even an Amalfi Coast road trip, if they really want to feel the vibe of our beautiful region. Yet there’s an ancient part of Naples that not many people know about. And th...
READ MORETranshumance, the traditional farming practice of seasonal migration of livestock along storied tracks towards better climate conditions, was unanimously inserted Wednesday into UNESCO's list of of intangible cultural heritage. The successful bid was made by Italy, Austria and Greece. With this new inclusion, Italy has overtaken Turkey and Belgium...
READ MOREL’Italia è il primo paese in Europa per presenze sulla piattaforma Google Arts Project, in buona parte grazie a Napoli, unica città italiana oltre a Milano a partecipare al progetto promosso da Google, il cui intento è portare online il patrimonio culturale a beneficio di tutti gli utenti. Un network di musei cittadini che include il Madre, il Mann...
READ MOREAtrani si prepara a vivere la magia del Natale con l’accensione delle luminarie che faranno diventare il borgo più piccolo d’Italia un vero e proprio presepe a grandezza naturale. Le luci saranno accese questo pomeriggio giovedì 5 dicembre all’imbrunire e renderanno Atrani un borgo da favola fino al 12 gennaio 2020. Luci colorate tra le arcate, vic...
READ MOREWhen traveling to Italy, a mere mention of the Amalfi Coast invokes a dreamlike vision of lemon trees and crystal turquoise waters. Positano is no doubt one of the most recognized and visited islands on earth. Nestled high up in the cliffs, the famous hotel La Sirenuse overlooks right down to the beach. Positano is home to about 4,000 people, but a...
READ MOREDopo il caffè sospeso, Napoli scende in campo per le famiglie in difficoltà con il “Giocattolo Sospeso”, pensato per i bambini meno fortunati che, a Natale, rischiano di non trovare un giocattolo sotto l’albero. Chi lo desidera, potrà comprare un giocattolo e lasciarne un altro pagato per un bimbo che non può permetterselo, presso i negozi che hann...
READ MOREOn the white cliffs overlooking the sapphire waters of the Gulf of Naples lies the town of Sorrento. The fragrance of the Amalfi Coast’s native orange and lemon gardens wafts through the air, and narrow stone roads snake precipitously through a jumble of ochre and white-washed homes. This Italian community is home to about 16,000 people and more th...
READ MOREIl tesoro considerato tra i più preziosi al mondo raccontato in una app: da oggi il Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro, uno dei siti simbolo di Napoli, si arricchisce di una guida multimediale, realizzata grazie al contributo di Kuwait Petroleum Italia, per la migliore fruizione di questo patrimonio unico, proprietà della città e custodito da quasi 50...
READ MOREAn old Italian saying goes: “see Naples and then you die”, meaning that once you've seen the famous Southern Italian city you have seen all what is worth seeing on Earth, and that after leaving it you will miss it terribly. It may be slightly exaggerated, but to us, Naples is absolutely a place to visit at least once in a lifetime, letting oneself...
READ MOREMagnificent thermal baths designed to be the jewel of Pompeii but destroyed by a volcanic eruption before they could be completed opened to visitors for the first time on Monday after a painstaking excavation. Marble pillars and blocks lie where they were abandoned when the city was submerged by pyroclastic flow from Mount Vesuvius in the 79 AD dis...
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