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In March, Time Magazine announced the World’s Greatest Places of 2023, a list of “50 extraordinary destinations to explore” around the world. It includes some fairly well-known locations, like Barcelona, Kyoto, Mexico City, and also Naples; plus some unusual places like Musanze (Rwanda), Luang Prabang (Laos), Timisoara (Romania), and Pantelleria, d...

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Perched atop a steep hillside in the heart of Lazio, Italy, Sermoneta is a hidden gem that offers visitors a glimpse into the country’s rich history and stunning natural beauty. This medieval town is full of character and charm, with narrow streets, stone buildings, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. In this article, we’ll take a c...

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Sicilian food is completely different from your usual Italian cuisine. If you’re going to be spending time in Sicily, don’t expect to grab a Roman carbonara or a Florentine steak. Instead, imagine a cuisine filled with fresh vegetables, lots of seafood, and the smallest amount of meat. Imagine eggplants and pine nuts and swordfish, wild fennel grow...

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We are well aware that traveling with children can be not exactly easy, but with a little organization and imagination it will be easy to find the perfect itinerary. Often particularly demanding, and always looking for unexplored places, children are the hardest ones to please, and what better region than Lombardy can combine the needs of the whole...

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Mantua is a tiny medieval city that punches way above its weight in history, architectural splendor, and delicious cuisine. Considered one of the main artistic and cultural hubs in Northern Italy, its centro storico, or historical city center, and nearby Sabbioneta form a beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mantua owes a lot of its prestige to th...

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In the province of Lazio in central Italy lies one of history's most influential cities, Rome. Situated on either side of the Tiber River, Rome is one of the best places in the world for culture, food, history, and beautiful cityscapes. Legend has it that the city was founded on April 21, 753 BCE by the semi-mythic, semi-historical twins, Romulus a...

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Over a hundred years ago the notes of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff opened the performances of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Symbol of the city and of the whole of Sicily, the theater is equipped with perfect acoustics, which built the myth, and is still the third largest opera house in Europe after the Paris Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper.  Its impo...

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Italy is a country that is known for its beauty, culture, history, and cuisine. It is a land that has inspired countless works of art, literature, and music. Italy is home to many cities and towns that are worth exploring, and one such hidden gem is Brangio. Located in the northern part of Italy, Brangio is a small town that is full of surprises an...

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Our bookshelves are filling up with Italian vacation inspiration. This year, author Katie Parla debuted the “Food of the Italian Islands” cookbook that will tempt you to book a trip to Sardinia and Sicily, and Maria Pasquale released “The Eternal City” on Rome’s culinary traditions. Then the godfather of European travel, Rick Steves, published his...

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So begins the ever-strange ode to the inhabitants of Genova made by the master of the Italian tongue himself, Dante Alighieri. In a way, that simple sentence defines in every sense how the rest of Italy views the people I’m proud to call my own. Indeed, we Genovese are a strange people compared to what’s considered the Italian norm. When the averag...

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