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Rome is the largest city in Italy and, with its vast surface area, offers 1,285 square kilometres of opportunities and possibilities for every type of visitor. From historical-cultural itineraries or food and wine through religious tourism to the seaside, mountain, lake, nature or thermal baths. Between Rome, the province and the rest of Lazio, you...

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Perhaps because it's so darned delicious, there isn't generally much radical experimentation done with Italian food -- except for that disastrous incident when someone put pineapple on a pizza. Which is why young Italian chef Valerio Braschi's bizarre fine dining creations -- including a toothpaste tube full of lasagna -- are causing such a stir in...

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When: Thursday, April 14 at 6:00pm CT - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago, 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL - Entrance : Free The Roman imperial women of the High Empire (from the late first through mid-second centuries C.E.) recede from view in the ancient written sources. The emperors’ wives, mothers, sisters, and daughter...

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Around 700 noted Italian buildings and historic sites open their doors to the public on the weekend of 26-27 March as part of the annual Spring Days initiative organised by the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI). The sites include rarely-opened palaces, castles, abbeys, libraries, parks, nature trails and gardens in 400 towns and cities across Italy, in...

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Italy's state railway and Rome airport management company signed an agreement on Thursday to develop integrated ways to link rail and air travel for passengers flying through Fiumicino airport. The ambitious plans would see direct high-speed rail services between the Rome airport and Naples in the south, as well as accelerating current rail service...

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"Only loving and knowing counts. Not having loved, not having known". It would be enough to contextualize this sentence to understand how brilliant, divisive and provocative Pier Paolo Pasolini has been for Italian culture. Writer, linguist, director, poet, he was born on March 5, 1922 in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, exactly 100 years ago. Because of h...

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As we enter the city, I can see the Colosseum standing tall, majestic, powerful, even intimidating. It is an incredible sight to behold. It has stood for nearly 2,000 years. It is the second most visited monument in the world – the Eiffel Tower is first – and draws millions of tourists from all corners of the globe. It is a testimony to the colossa...

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ROME’S CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ONCE THE largest stadium in history, is now a massive green space: nondescript enough for dogs to defecate on, yet far too important to bulldoze. The city is stuffed with such examples of well-preserved but long-disused monuments that Romans have proudly built to uphold their culture and civilization as the world’s apex. Of l...

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Tripadvisor gave the first place to the Italian capital, the eternal city. Rome, Number 1 It's been a long time now that even dreaming to travel has been difficult. So many things are happening globally, and the pandemic is not over yet.  But trying to stay positive, we have fantastic news for you, at least about food, that it is a big part of our...

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On top of the Quirinal Hill, in Rome’s Monti neighborhood, you can admire one of the greatest examples of Roman Baroque, created by one of the most remarkable architects of the 1600s, Francesco Borromini: the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, which the Romans affectionately call ‘San Carlino.’  As a young architect in Rome, Borromini was ea...

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