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The new Sentiero dei Parchi (“Trail of the Parks”) is largely inspired by the Way of St. James – a single trail connecting all twenty-five of Italy’s national parks, from the Alps through the Apennines to the isles of Sicily and Sardinia. “[Our] national parks are a treasure chest of nature,” said Italian Minister for the Environment Sergio Costa i...

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This is a time when I find myself dreaming of Italy and all its sensual pleasures: eating carpaccio, drinking in the Arcadian frescoes at the glorious Villa Tasca in Palermo; the lingering smell of incense in religious processions; and feeling the sun, creeping through vine-clad pergolas, on my face as I enjoy la vita tranquilla, with a glass of ch...

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Florence and the Uffizi. Pisa and the leaning tower. Hilltop towns of ancient stone. Deep green cypress trees contrasted with fields of gold. The word “Tuscany” conjures up many images in a traveller’s mind. But not a lot of folks get to experience the amazing diversity that this region of Italy has to offer. Tuscany tourism officials on Tuesday pr...

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DURING THE SIXTH CENTURY, THE city of Ravenna was one of the most important cities of the Byzantine Empire. Today, many of the great buildings erected during that golden age are still standing. Just outside Ravenna, the hamlet of Classe was once the home port of the Roman fleet in the Adriatic Sea. The Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe was buil...

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La Costiera Amalfitana è un tratto di costa della Campania, a sud della Penisola Sorrentina, lungo la quale sorgono vari paesini sul mare, famosi in tutto il mondo come meta turistica d'eccellenza. Andiamo a scoprirne 6: Positano, Furore, Amalfi, Ravello, Cetara e Vietri sul Mare. Positano Usually called “Pusitan” in resident dialect, it was named...

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Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia, inscribed by Unesco in its World Heritage list in 2004, encompasses the villages and surrounding agricultural and pastoral territories of Castiglione d'Orcia, Montalcino, Pienza, Radicofani, San Quirico d’Orcia, from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata, near the border with Umbria. Its hilly landscape dotted with cypress...

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In the summer of 2014, our young family spent a month in Tuscany . It was our first summer in Europe, let's say we had a whole month without work and school. We had recently moved to Paris because of the commitments of my husband and my son had finished the first year of kindergarten in French, and it was exciting to think that we had four weeks in...

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Italians and tourists are set to get a rare glimpse of a medieval village that lies at the bottom of a lake in Tuscany. The village of Fabbriche di Careggine, that was founded in the 13th century by a colony of blacksmiths, resides under the waters of the artificial lake of Vagli. It was submerged after a dam was created in 1947, causing the villag...

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THE CHURCH OF GESÙ NUOVO (New Jesus) is a monumental religious building in Naples. It was built by the Jesuit order between 1584 and 1725, replacing a previous building, and it takes its name from the fact that a church of Jesus already existed in the city. Gesù Nuovo is considered one of the finest examples of the Neapolitan Baroque style, adorned...

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Although, not everyone can or feels comfortable to travel at the moment, we can use this downtime to dream and plan our next perfect trip. Abruzzo with its dramatic mountains, picture-perfect medieval towns and long stretches of beautiful beaches has been winning the hearts of discerning travellers in search of lesser-known corners of Italy, away f...

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