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The ribbon of coastline known as the Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast) attracts some five million tourists annually. The towns of Positano and Amalfi get the lion’s share of visitors and offer five-star hotels, beach clubs, and myriad souvenir shops. There are 13 localities along the shore or clinging to the cliffside, each with a different charac...

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Recently, The New York Times came out with an article titled “The 25 Essential Pasta Dishes to Eat in Italy”. We see you, we love you, and we respect you (and your team of panelists), but frankly, a lot of the choices were just too ~Michelin for our tastes–and so we present to you our essential pastas. While it does seem like an impossible feat to...

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Siena, famous for its medieval cityscape, is home to iconic landmarks such as the Piazza del Campo, where the historic Palio horse race takes place, and its magnificent Cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Indeed, the city’s value in Italian art is profound, with its schools of painting influencing the course of European art during the...

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Florence’s Bargello Museum reopened its Maiolica Room and Islamic Hall to the public earlier this week after a nine-month reconfiguration. The Maiolica Room, curated by Marino Marini, showcases a gorgeous lineup of over 400 ceramic objects of the approximately 1,000 stored in the museum’s archives, while the Islamic Hall, curated by archaeological...

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Are you traveling to the splendid Apulia and have decided to take at least one day off to visit its magical capital on the shores of the Adriatic sea? Well, then you’re in the right place! In this guide you’ll discover with us what to do and see in Bari in one day, concentrating the best of this charming seaside city in less than 24 hours. Get read...

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We are in Salento, where the blue of the sky meets the gold of the wheat fields and mixes with the green of the olive trees: it is here, in the countryside around Nardò, that Masseria Terre di Corillo stands, an estate that has been at the center of a long and stimulating architectural project that lasted about four years and was carried out by the...

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The Mausoleum of Augustus, an iconic funerary monument located in Piazza Augusto Imperatore in the Campo Marzio district, is a testament to Rome’s rich historical and architectural legacy. Its story is interwoven with the city’s evolution, reflecting transformations from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the modern era. This monumental str...

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Italy is certainly addressing its problem with tourist numbers, with authorities implementing everything from a tourist tax in Venice to an ice cream ban in Milan. But it’s not all about restrictions – the government is working on spotlighting lesser-known destinations to encourage more sustainable tourism, too.  One of the vintage tourist train ro...

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While many (many!) come to Italy for the well-known wheat-based favorites like pizza and pasta, Liguria has a rich culture of non-wheat-based foods, the topography of the region being particularly inhospitable to growing the grain. Here, rather, you’ll find chestnuts milled into flour and rolled into tagliatelle, delicious with funghi, and, most im...

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Soapstone, known in Italian as pietra ollare, derives its English name from its soapy feel, which is due to its high talc content. On the other hand, the term ollare of its Italian name comes from the Latin olla, meaning pot, and was used during Roman times to describe containers made from easily lathe-turned stones. It is a metamorphic rock, compo...

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