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The quaint town of Volterra, in the Pisa province of Tuscany, is known worldwide as the Italian capital of alabaster. The precious, diaphanous stone has been at the heart of the area’s economy and craftsmanship tradition for centuries, since Etruscan times. But there is more to Volterra than its well-deserved fame as a hub of alabaster art because...

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Seventy-five-year-old Florence Pauli had already come to terms that her family wound never be given the title of Righteous Among the Nations, although they saved Jews during the Holocaust from certain death, endangering their own lives. Fast forward to 2022, and their courageous act has been recognized by the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance...

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For Italians, the August vacation almost always means time at the beach with family and friends. And most people go back to the same beach year after year, as families gather and pass down traditions from one generation to the next. About a three-hour drive north of Rome on the Tuscan coast lies Punta Ala, an exclusive beach resort developed in the...

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The Adventures of Pinocchio first came out in serial form in 1881 in the Giornale dei bambini (“Children’s Magazine”) and was later published as a book in 1883. It was written by Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890) – whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini as Collodi comes from the name of the hamlet in which his mother was born – who was an Italian author and...

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When I first start getting into wine I had the luxury of meeting Andrea Cecchi at a couple of local events here and was impressed by him and the wines that the Cecchi family have established in their 125+ history in the wine industry. In my search to always seek out wines and grapes on the lesser explored path, when I saw this label that screamed s...

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Would you like to know the real Tuscany? Then you have to travel through the streets of its countryside, among piles of hay, vines and poppies to visit some of the suggestive medieval villages, perched on its hills, such as San Gimignano or Monteriggioni. The village of Monteriggioni is a suggestive medieval centre which is part of the famous Siene...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce Tuscany is this year's Region of Honor. Following a successful regional visit where NIAF's Board of Directors met with the President of the Region of Tuscany and local government officials we are proud to partner with Tuscany. Each year, NIAF, collaborates with a region in Italy...

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Elba is a stunning Italian island famous for being the site of the French Emperor Napoleon's first exile in 1814 (his second exile was to the island of St. Helens). Today Elba is part of the Italian region of Tuscany, sitting around 6 miles off the Italian mainland. Before going to Elba, one should know some things about visiting the famous island ...

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Island of the Tuscan Archipelago that “looks” towards Bolgheri, Capraia, in the province of Livorno, as well as Bolgheri, is famous for its sea and severe landscape, and for having been for more than a century, between 1873 and 1986, an Agricultural Penal Colony, an ante litteram project for the recovery and reintegration of prisoners into society,...

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Maybe you’ve got FOMO because you are not in Italy. Right now. Like everyone else. Maybe you are in the foetal position because you are not even going (this year , sob). This is the book for you! ‘A peculiar attribute of the landscape surrounding Arniano is the ever-changing light. Early in the morning, there is an extraordinary mist that sits in t...

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