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Conversano, formerly the ancient Cupersanum, was inhabited as early as the Iron Age, the last of the epoch of the protohistory of humanity after the Stone Age and Bronze Age, when the Peucetians founded Norba. Later on, in the 6th century, it flourished into a trading town with strong influence from the neighboring Greek colonies. It was then conqu...

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When travel dreams take people to Europe, Italy is often their first stop. There's something seductively charming about this country, its people, and la dolce vita. I always feel at home in Italy, whether struggling onto a crowded bus in Rome, navigating the fun chaos of Naples, sipping a cocktail in a Venetian bar, or sitting on the banister of Fl...

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Whichever region of Italy you visit, you’re likely to be close enough to one of the 294 small villages spread up and down “the boot” that have been recognized and certified as some of the most beautiful ones in the country. Founded in 2002, Association of I Borghi più belli d’Italia (the Association of Most Beautiful Villages in Italy) aims to prom...

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An Italian politician wants Italian Americans to help him raise the funds to build a new village of Poggioreale, which was virtually destroyed by an earthquake a half-century ago. It’s now a ghost town after most of its residents left for good. The local school was half-destroyed, and a calendar on one of its walls is from 1968, the year of the qua...

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Italy is famous worldwide for its welcoming attitude towards children. In the seven years I’ve been taking my babies there I can honestly say that our experiences reinforce this! Children in Italy are perceived to be a joy to have around. It’s assumed your children will be with you everywhere as you come as a unit, not an inconvenience.  Many times...

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New York has been America’s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Between 1880 and 1920 over four million Italians were recorded as entering the United States. About three-quarters of these immigrants went through the Ellis Island immigration station with the majority being males between the ages of 24 and 45. The island of Sicily and the r...

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Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, better known as Fiumicino, has been rated Europe's best airport with over 25 million passengers, for the second year in a row. The recognition, by Airports Council International (ACI), was part of a series of awards given to six European airports, depending on their passenger capacity.According to the ACI press rel...

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It is well-known that tourists have always been in love with Italian food and wine, but the fact that the latter are fundamental elements in planning a trip to Italy is a phenomenon that we have only began to observe in the past few years. According to the “First Report on Italian Food and Wine Tourism” – drafted by Roberta Garibaldi under the scie...

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The mountainous and sparsely populated region of Molise has only been recognized since 1963. Before this, Molise was an isolated province of Abruzzi. Today this otherwise forgotten region is bordered by Abruzzi on the north, Lazio to the west, Campania and Apulia to the south and east. To the northeast, Molise has a small coastline bordering the Ad...

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Mantua is famous for its history, but culinary enthusiasts know well its delicacies. The mostarda and the sbrisolona, risottos made out of Vialone Nano rice and pumpkin-filled tortelli, Mantuan salami and Vaniglia cotechino, Grana Padano and Parmesan Cheeses...all this in a single Province! It displays the projects of Vespasiano Gonzaga: The histor...

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