The Italian tradition of peaches in wine, a delicious summer drink
It is a tradition very popular all around the country, that which sees Italians – mainly in the summer – eating peaches in wine, usually red wine, after having been left to rest for a while in the fridge both to cool off and so that all the flavors can mix perfectly. Probably the tradition has its origins in the South of Italy where it may have sta...
My Family Rented an Italian Villa to Reunite During COVID - Here's What It Was Like
Sicily — particularly Taormina — has become a special place for my family over the years. Although our Sicilian heritage traces back to a small town almost 200 miles away, the strikingly beautiful hilltop town, lively beaches below, and friends we've made have captured our hearts, and we can't stop going back. The moment Italy reopened to Americans...
10 things to do in Sassari
What a place guys! Today we are in the northwestern part of Sardinia, in an area inhabited since the Paleolithic, even the first hominids had good taste in housing. Here the territory is prevalently hilly, the wind blows and keeps the atmosphere cool with the city located about 200 meters above sea level, in a particularly strategic place for urban...
The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums
Among the most famous rooms in the world, the Sistine Chapel stands alone. Neither one of the largest nor grandest properties in the Vatican, its fame is mostly based on its immense ceiling frescoes created by none other than the great Michelangelo Buonarroti. This series of scenes from the New Testament of the Bible form a staggering tableau that...
The nostalgic southern tradition of the Italian homemade tomato sauce
A very popular tradition of the Belpaese regards the making of Italian homemade tomato sauce: recipes are passed down from generation to generation and it is very much about spending some time together with the family. For some, sauce making is almost like a ritual: so, here the recipe and some trivia! Homemade tomato sauce is something that has to...
Gnocchi Thursday - A Rather Roman Ritual
If you're familiar with Roman food culture, you likely know the phrase giovedi gnocchi, or gnocchi Thursday. This expression originates from the saying Giovedì gnocchi, venerdì pesce, sabato trippa (Thursday dumplings, Friday fish, Saturday tripe) – a maxim rooted in the Trastevere quarter. The saying originated from lower-class food rationing an...
The Dolomites Bike Path in Val di Fiemme wears rings
These are new ring routes, with little elevation gain, that invite you to explore small villages, streams and farms by bike. The Easy Bike Rings, marked along the bike path, intersect each other offering the cyclist the freedom to ride a single ring, then return to the starting point, or to make a longer tour exploring one ring after the other. The...
Alfa-Romeo Will Go All-Electric
When the Tonale crossover makes its debut next year, it will mark the beginning of a major transformation at Italy’s Alfa Romeo. The Tonale will become the first model Alfa offers with a plug-in drivetrain. And it will become one of the last products the Italian brand will sell using an internal combustion engine. By 2027, in fact, Alfa plans to go...
How to convert your foreign vaccine certificate in Italy
Here are the practical steps entailed: Step 1: Have your foreign-issued vaccine certificate in hand. If your certificate is in any language other than English, you will need to get it translated and notarized. Your certificate could either be a printed certificate, or vaccination card that was filled out by the person who gave you the two doses. Ne...
Unusual Places in Italy: Scala dei Turchi
A dazzling white cliff framing the blue of the sea: the so-called Scala dei Turchi (‘Stair of the Turks’) regularly features among Italy’s most beautiful beaches. While the name has come to also indicate the beach below, Scala dei Turchi proper is a rocky white wall that rises above the sea along the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, in the...
‘Music and the Cities’ podcast
"When the silence in the streets may seem deafening, music continues to dictate trends and shape the cultural, social and political fabric of the cities it inhabits and of the people gravitating in this ever-changing world.” This condition of continuous change provides the basis for the Music & The Cities podcast, putting music at the heart of each...
CNR in Milan develops super computer that beats Google
A team of researchers coordinated by Enrico Prati of the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Milan developed a quantum computer that beats the competition of Google, in a study published in the Nature Research journal Communications Physics. Applying artificial intelligence and deep l...