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Imagine the excitement of living in Lombardy at the end of the 1960s: a region in full expansion, full of work and opportunities, where petit-bourgeois families were beginning to discover the little luxuries linked to well-being, such as Sunday trips out of town. Huge amusement parks began to spring up in the lake district following the American mo...

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Milan is undoubtedly one of the most popular cities in the world; known for its famous boutiques, luxurious lifestyle and delicious Italian cuisine. You will surely have heard of the Milan’s trademark; the cathedral Duomo church. A stroll downtown will convince you that it is truly the city of style and fashion. But there are some things you may no...

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It takes passion and technique, great skills and a genuine love of music to build a perfect violin. And of course precious woods not chosen at random. It is with this spirit that the italian luthiers, master violin craftsmen, called luthiers, work. It was they who started, centuries ago, an important tradition of italian manifacture that today is s...

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With the mission to give as many people as possible the chance to learn and boost their professional development, Talent Garden has acquired Hyper Island and with vision to become Europe’s leading digital education provider. This new deal will address the digital skills gap across Europe, creating programmes at 20 different campuses and online for...

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In House of Gucci, family patriarch Aldo Gucci resides in a grand palazzo complete with lush gardens, Baroque-era frescos, and ornate gilded interiors. It is, remarkably, not a movie set. In fact, some viewers may recognize its real-life identity almost instantly: Villa Balbiano is one of the most iconic homes on Lake Como. And now, it’s available...

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A slow travel is like cuddles for the soul, a gift we can make to ourselves to rediscover the joy of savouring a moment without haste. In Italy there are many ways to do exactly this, but one of the most fascinating is to board an heritage train to travel like our grandparents did. Pulled by steam locomotives on tracks that have sometimes been aban...

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Milan, apart from being one of the greatest Italian cities, and one of the most cosmopolitan in the world, in the course of history has earned itself the title of “capital of fashion”. Like Paris and New York, the activity of the fashion system is concentrated also in Milan, with fashion weeks, academies for designers and enthusiasts of the sector,...

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IN 1450, EUSTACCHIO LICINI, A non-ordained friar also known as Cacciaguerra, ordered the construction of the Church of San Bernardino of Siena in Lallio. He envisioned the countless frescoes decorating the interior as the centerpiece of the church. Around the mid-16th century, Cristoforo Baschenis the Elder, a renowned painter from Bergamo, was cal...

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The Sacra di San Michele, also known as St Michael's Abbey, sits on top of the rocky Mount Pirchiriano, towering over the Val di Susa valley in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. This monumental religious complex was built between 983 and 987, although some historians believe an ancient Roman military base existed there prior to the abbey. Acc...

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Is there any country on earth that wears its history as lightly as Italy? Roman ruins sit cheek by jowl with Renaissance palazzos, while modern skycrapers cast their long shadows over neoclassical cathedrals. But there are many more reasons why this is the fifth most visited country in the world – the rolling landscapes of Tuscany, the sandy beache...

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