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Italian resorts aren’t like other resorts because there is no country quite like Italy. This is the diverse and multi-layered land that gave the world the concept of la dolce vita, and what its best hotels and resorts have in common is their strong sense of place mixed with easeful graciousness. Beyond that, however, luxury properties are as varied...

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The San Martino Charterhouse (Italian: Certosa di San Martino) is perched on a hill overlooking the Gulf of Naples – a strategic location picked by Charles, Duke of Calabria, who wanted the complex built in 1325 near the Castle of Belforte, now replaced by Castel Sant’Elmo. Few traces remain today of the ancient gothic style of the structure create...

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The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, which in Italy we know as the ‘trenino rosso del Bernina,’ is a mountain railway line, the highest in Europe, which connects the Italian town of Tirano to the Swiss town of St. Moritz, crossing the Alps. It is therefore a site shared between Italy and Switzerland. The highest point it reaches...

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Aer Lingus arricchisce la sua programmazione estiva 2020. Oltre alle nuove rotte che collegheranno Dublino alle città italiane di Brindisi e di Alghero e l’aeroporto di Shannon a Parigi e Barcellona, la compagnia collegherà Brindisi, via Dublino, alle città americane di Boston e New York e Dublino all’Isola di Rodi, a partire da maggio 2020.  Le tr...

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On a trip to this thrumming city about 15 years ago, art historian Michael Stoughton hoped to visit a famous Baroque church in the Sanita neighborhood. An Italian friend said no — the area was too dangerous. If you must, the friend added, then take a taxi and make the driver wait for you. Today that same neighborhood attracts thousands of tourists...

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Aer Lingus will begin flying from the Apulian city of Brindisi to the two US destinations of Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, twice weekly. This will enrich the summer schedule by connecting Brindisi to Boston and New York from May 2020. In addition to the new routes that will connect Dublin to the Italian cities of Brindisi and Alghe...

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Il New York Times mette il Molise fra le 52 mete da visitare nel 2020 ed è la rivincita della Regione che ha il record negativo in tutte le classifiche sul turismo, oltre che su natalità, disoccupazione, spopolamento. Finora, la fama non era granché. «Il Molise non esiste» è addirittura un refrain complottista che gira sul web con teorie strampalat...

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In his groundbreaking and best-selling book, The Italians (published in 1964), Luigi Barzini wrote about the ever-growing flocks of travelers turning up in his homeland after World War II, even imagining a time when the number of tourists might equal or exceed the country’s population. That moment seems to have arrived, with more than 62 million vi...

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Every mountain is different, sure. But, the rhythm of most ski resorts is predictable. So, when I heard about a “ski safari” in the Italian Alps, that involved crisscrossing the scenic towns and valleys of places like Cortina, Civetta, Val Gardena and Arabba, then sleeping at a different alpine inn each night (sadly, no tiger tracking), I was intri...

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Welcome to Staffarda di Revello, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. The Staffarda Abbey (Abbazia Santa Maria di Staffarda, in Italian) was built here in the 12th century, on land Manfred I, Marquis of Saluzzo, donated to the Cistercian monks so they could start reclaiming the surrounding countryside and thus spur the economic development of the ar...

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