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Some places were just made to be photographed. The Amalfi Coast is painted in pastel colors, all little villas and lemon groves and winding cobblestone staircases clinging to steep seaside cliffs. It’s the kind of impossible picturesqueness that doesn’t feel entirely real to anyone who didn’t grow up there. When you’re imagining Italy as a “boot,”...

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People decide to go vegan or plant-based for various reasons, but mainly for the animals, to help stop climate change or to improve or maintain their health. Vegan travel is becoming more and more popular and it’s easier than ever to eat plant-based foods on your next adventure. With more people identifying as being vegan than ever before it’s no w...

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Some days ago, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, officially kicked off the year of Parma as the Italian Capital of Culture. This symbolic title refers to a city designated by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage that — for a period of one year — is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. Conceived...

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Situato fra il Pantheon e Piazza Navona il rione di Sant’Eustachio è l’VIII rione della città di Roma, e prende il nome dall’omonima Basilica. La divisione in rioni della capitale risale già al VI secolo a.C. sotto Servio Tullio, ma fu in età imperiale che venne profondamente modificata. Augusto aumentò le regiones da 4 a 14, oltre le antiche mura...

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The Trentino region’s cuisine is very much influenced by the neighboring Veneto and South Tyrol regions. In this area, two particular ingredients are untouchable. The first: apples, used for many dry cakes, various desserts, and even savory recipes. The apples of Val di Sole and Val di Non are probably the best in Italy and are the symbol of this a...

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Antiche strade religiose, mulattiere, tratturi e vecchie rotte commerciali: una delle avventure più belle da programmare quest'anno è riscoprire l'Italia a piedi, con lentezza, approcciando ad un nuovo modo di viaggiare ecologico e intelligente, per scoprire le meraviglie del nostro paese lontani dalle principali rotte turistiche.  Il miglior modo...

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Sampietrini in Rome, those peculiar dark cube-shaped stones that the roads of our capital are paved with… have you noticed them? Sampietrini are known to be  treacherous: the space between one another makes them a high-heeled lady’s worst nightmare. As for the drivers: hit the brakes on a wet sampietrini pavement, and you’ll wish you had ice-skates...

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The Spanish Steps, Trinità dei Monti, Colosseum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and so on: Rome is an open-air treasure best discovered by walking around with curious eyes and an open heart. The Eternal City has much to offer tourists, who come from all over the world every month of the year to explore its history, art, culture and food. Eating cacio e p...

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Travel is a good way to see what makes cities tick. My family recently spent a couple of weeks vacationing in central Italy. The trip showed me a number of urban best practices that could potentially be applicable to Los Angeles. My time in Italy was brief, so this article is not meant to be any kind of conclusive study of Italian urbanism. It’s ju...

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A Unesco heritage site since 1991, Val d'Orcia was considered by Renaissance artists to be the place that most perfectly expresses the balance between Man and Nature.  You don’t need a masters in Art History to recognize why. Driving through plowed fields, meadows, woods, towns, gazing at the harmony of colors and landscapes, you’ll be falling for...

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