My parents met at a bar, in Rome, in the 1960's. My mother lived in Washington, D.C. and was visiting family that had moved to Italy. My father was from a tiny town near Viterbo called Grotte di Castro. Little did they know, while sipping wine one warm Roman evening that their two worlds would collide and they would become one.   After they...

La Camera di Commercio Italiana Americana di Chicago ha il piacere di annunciare che ha stretto un accordo di collaborazione con l'Associazione Americana dei Tour Operator, International Travel Promotion Council (ITPC).   ITPC raggruppa i Tour Operator più importanti degli USA che gestiscono la movimentazione di oltre l'80% del flusso turist...

Italy's top administrative court has given Emirates permission to continue operating direct flights between Milan Malpensa airport and New York, rejecting a request by rival airlines to stop the flights.   In a statement on Wednesday, the Council of State said its decision rejected a legal challenge brought against the Gulf airline by Italia...

Verona is one of northern Italy's most beautiful small cities and its packed full of awe-inspiring sites and things to do. It's also consistently underrated and overlooked by travelers, who often skip it to hit Milan or Venice.   But their loss is your gain – from the rich culture and beautiful architecture, to intriguing history and unique...

It was an unusual invasion: well-to-do people, most speaking strange tongues, and pulling their belongings behind them on little wheels. Arriving as couples, families, groups of friends, they spent money in the village shop and ate at its few restaurants.   Feathers were occasionally ruffled when an outsider sat in some local's chair at the...

Italian airline Meridiana will begin serving Miami International Airport with two weekly flights from Milan starting on Dec. 2. MIA's current service to Italy includes daily direct flights to Milan with American Airlines and to Rome with Alitalia.   MIA serves more than 275,000 passengers annually to and from Italy. "In the first quarte...

È in crescita nel nostro Paese il turismo organizzato per l'estate 2016. Lo dimostrano i risultati dell'indagine svolta dall'ENIT, condotta su ben 26 mercati e che ha coinvolto oltre 150 tra i principali Tour Operator stranieri, per verificare l'andamento delle vendite del prodotto-Italia in quella che si presenta come una già ben avviata stagione...

United Airlines ripristina oggi il servizio no-stop tra Venezia e il suo hub di New York, Newark Liberty International Airport. Il volo giornaliero sarà attivo fino al prossimo 6 ottobre e verrà operato con Boeing 767-400ER. I voli da Venezia sono stati programmati per collegare New York/Newark con una vasta rete di voli per destinazioni in tutta l...

Want to know where to find really unusual things to see in Rome? I mean really off the beaten track, amazing things hidden (almost) from plain view.   While you wander around Rome checking out the major attractions, see if you can find these. In the photo to the left, you see this crazy monster doorway.   Read more  ...

By Karen Ortner   In 1981, Antonio Trombetta led an American man wandering through the tiny village of Pettorano Sul Gizio, Italy, to the distant cousin he was searching for, Agostino Orsini. Thirty-five years later in May, Trombetta found himself yet again on Orsini's doorstep, this time with another American cousin — Cherrie Brown.  ...