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The Colosseum is a symbol of Rome and Italy, with which everyone is familiar, even those who’ve never visited us. It is majestic and grandiose, as its name suggests, but also reassuring in a way: just like an old friend or a great grandfather who still dispenses advice to the family, the Colosseum has always been there, as sturdy as a rock. It is p...

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Many of you are probably familiar with La Cucina Italiana, the famous Italian culinary magazine which, since 1929, has been collecting, discussing, and presenting food trends and recipes from the peninsula.  Besides being a treasure trove of recipes and ideas to use in the kitchen, the magazine also became, in 2020, a spokesperson for an important...

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For those who love uncontaminated places, which allow you to spend whole days immersed in nature, the MAB nature reserve of Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo is the ideal destination: established in 1971, it covers 347 hectares and is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The MAB Program (acronym for Man And the Biosphere) was started by UNESCO in 1971 with the aim...

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Orvieto's famed St Patrick's Well has got onto UNESCO's list of water museums. The spectacular feat of engineering by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger has been added to the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-Net), which includes over 70 museums and institutions in 30 countries. The 53-metre deep well was built by Florentine Sangallo between 1527...

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For the past twenty years, Ragusa has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, given its immense importance from a historical and artistic point of view. Perfect for a cultural trip but also to spend the summer holidays, Ragusa is the ideal destination for a stay under the banner of art and the wonderful sea of the southernmost province of Sic...

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Forni di Sopra, a small village in the province of Udine, is one of the main tourist centres in the Dolomites and welcomes many tourists in all seasons of the year. It is located at a height of 967 metres above sea level and towers over the Tagliamento Valley. This enchanting village offers enchanting landscapes in summer and ski facilities in wint...

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Extraordinary destinations for travelers are added every year to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. In 2021, three of the new sites selected were in Italy, bringing Italy’s World Heritage Site total to 58—the most of any country in the world.  While many of Italy’s UNESCO sites from the past are packed with tourists, such as the Historical Center of Flo...

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Italy has begun the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica inserted in the Unesco World Heritage List, the Italian culture ministry announced on Thursday. The bid for Unesco recognition refers to the full route of the Appian Way, from Rome to Brindisi in south-east Italy, and including the Via Traiana, built by Emperor Trajan as an extensio...

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It may be because the extent of the vineyards is neither large nor small (3,000 hectares of vineyards), or perhaps because the neighbouring denominations, such as Valpolicella, Soave, Conegliano Valdobbiadene or Bardolino make more “noise” and mostly other figures, the fact remains that the district of the Colli Berici – a sort of hilly island that...

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With Hidden gems in Italy, we want to take you on a journey to discover the lesser-known but nevertheless extraordinary places in Italy. Today we will stop in Refrontolo, in the province of Treviso, Veneto. This small village is located in a unique landscape, that of the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since...

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