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Italy has reported growing share of the organized international travel – the forecast for states 5.1% increase in demand according to 45% of foreign tour operators that offer Italy as a holiday destination.   The prime source market for long haul holidays to Italy, the United States, totalled 3,455,000 travelers at the Italian border in 2013...

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Once brought to Loreto, Mary's plain house was nestled inside a sumptuous marble shell, the masterpiece of a Renaissance genius.   Pope Julius II had it designed by Donato Bramante in 1509, but it took no less than seventy years to complete it – employing the talent of Andrea Sansovino, Ranieri Nerucci, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and ma...

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By Shivani Vora   Travelers can live the celebrated sweet — and authentic — Italian life by taking a half- or full-day tour on a Vespa, the popular two-wheeled Italian motor scooter that many locals rely on to get around. Several companies offer excursions on the scooters; with most, tourists ride as passengers while the driver is their guid...

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Durante la prossima stagione estiva Delta Air Lines ricomincerà a operare con il partner di joint venture Alitalia i voli stagionali diretti non stop: Roma FCO-New York (giornaliero); Roma FCO-Detroit (giornaliero); Milano-Atlanta (giornaliero); Venezia Marco Polo-New York (giornaliero); Venezia Marco Polo-Atlanta (giornaliero) e Pisa-New York JFK...

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At the end of May, at the Grand Hotel in Rimini, five touristic marinas on the Adriatic coast gave life to the first Italian network of touristic harbours.   The achievement happened thanks to the cooperation of the region Emilia Romagna and Marina Developments Limited (Mdl), a British association based in Southtampton (UK), counting more th...

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  WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Actually, this time I should say "ciao from Milan!" In fact, We the Italians has been invited to visit Expo 2015, the wonderful world exhibition that runs from May 1 through October 31 in Milan. We just have one word about it: AMAZING! You know that...

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As you may have noticed already, Sicily is definitely one of our favorite places in Italy. Its unique natural, historical and cultural heritage are what made it one of the most charming and attractive Italian regions, welcoming every year thousands of tourists from all over the world, who never leave unsatisfied, with their eyes full of wonder and...

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An old Italian saying goes: "see Naples and then you die", meaning that once you've seen the famous Southern Italian city you have seen all what is worth seeing on Earth, and that after leaving it you will miss it terribly.   It may be slightly exaggerated, but to us, Naples is absolutely a place to visit at least once in a lifetime, letting...

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A few years ago, I decided that the best time to go to Europe was June. It was mostly because everywhere we might visit, the local population was still at work, at school, at home, and it would be easier to sneak around, pretending not to be a tourist. When we decided to go to Bergamo, we intended to stay for a day or two, part of a mini tour of no...

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For as long as I've known my Italian boyfriend, Fabrizio, he's been talking about Ponza, the island where real Romans vacation and where he's been summering with his family since his childhood. In America, though, no one seems to have heard of it, even though unlike most resort islands it is fairly accessible.   No need for two flights, bagg...

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