Italy top nation at Youth Sailing Worlds
A total of 418 sailors from 70 countries competed in the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships, held July 15-19 in Lake Garda, Italy. The host country retained their Nations Trophy, awarded to the best overall nation, by winning six of the 11 events Maria Vittoria Arseni and Antonio Pascali led the way in men’s and women’s ILCA 6, as did Carola Co...
An Italian woman at the top of global stem cell research
Italian-born researcher Valentina Greco has been elected president of the International Society for Stem Cell (Isscr), the world's largest stem cell scientific society. Valentina Greco, was born in Palermo in 1972 and at the university in the Sicilian city she graduated in Molecular Biology. Today she leads a research group at the Yale School of Me...
Italy's "Path of Love" reopens after 12 years
The Cinque Terre's most romantic hiking trail – aptly dubbed the Via dell'Amore (Path of Love) – is reopening in Italy on 27 July, 12 years after the September 2012 landslide that injured four Australian tourists and highlighted the area's dire need for renovations and increased safety measures. The 800m footpath, carved on steep cliffs with breat...
Beautiful country named 'most family-friendly' for holidays - and it's not France or Spain
A beautiful European country has been named the 'most family-friendly' for summer holidays - and it's not France, Spain or Portugal. Though others may steal the spotlight, Italy has been declared the best place to take children by the Telegraph. Many hotels have specially designed rooms for those with small children as well as play areas and baby c...
The true story of the Giants of Peccioli
In the long fields of the Pisan province, among hills, crags and blue sky, we come across some installations that blend with the environment in a very striking and innovative way. And they certainly do not go unnoticed. We are talking about the Giants of Peccioli: human-shaped sculptures that ’emerge’ from the ground to reach up to 9 meters in heig...
Underground secrets: discovering the frantoi ipogei of Salento
Salento, often referred to as the “heel” of Italy’s boot, is a stunning sub-region in the southern part of Puglia (Apulia), located at the southeastern tip of the Italian peninsula. It includes the provinces of Lecce, Brindisi, and Taranto, and is renowned for its breathtaking coastline, rich cultural heritage, and significant contributions to Ital...
Dolomites hike an invigorating way to see splendor of Alps in Italy
The Swiss get all the credit for the Alps, which is a shame, because the Italian Alps are ridiculously pretty. They’re particularly spectacular in the Dolomites, a range of 18 peaks in the northeast of Italy that UNESCO says “are widely regarded as being among the most attractive mountain landscapes in the world.” That seemed like reason enough to...
The Negroni Doesn't Follow Trends, It Makes Them
Walk through the cobbled streets of Florence, and you’d be hard pressed to find an aperitivo table missing a certain ruby red-hued drink: the Negroni. It is the cocktail’s birth city, after all. The punchier, sultrier cousin of the Campari Spritz, the Negroni was born right here, on the luxe shopping street Via dè Tornabuoni, in 1919, when horse-dr...
Get To Know The Glam Insider Resort That Could Be The Next Portofino
When exploring Maratea and its coast on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the increasingly buzzy southern Italian region of Basilicata, you can’t help but wonder if this was what Portofino and Positano were like before they became the high-wattage resorts they are today. Here, locals, not visitors, determine the rhythms of the town; own the one-off shops and b...
The labyrinth of the Cordovado Castle, where you can walk in the scent of roses
A labyrinth of damask roses, all arranged along a circular path, similar to that of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, with rows, however, that are arranged all around to create like rays, an image reminiscent of that of the sun: this is the labyrinth of the Castle of Cordovado, not far from Pordenone, Friuli. The castle arose in the Middle Ages...
Meet the woman who renovated five €1 abandoned Italian homes
You’ve no doubt heard that homes throughout Italy are being sold off from €1 (85p/$1.07), in a bid to breathe new life into some of the country’s oldest towns and villages, but have you ever heard of anyone who actually bought and renovated one? Well, now you have. Read on to meet Meredith Tabbone, a financial advisor from Chicago, USA, who undert...
European Under 18 Athletics 2024 medal table: Italy triumphs here as well
Italy topped the medal table at the European Under-18 Athletics Championships: seven golds, three silvers, five bronzes and a total of 15 laurels taken home by the Azzurri. The Azzurri widely outdistanced Poland and Czechia (four titles apiece), while Germany (3) and France (2) lagged even further behind. Our national team demonstrated a genuine ov...