Consul General Countryman visited the city of Pollica, located in Campania’s Park of Cilento and Valle di Diano, Italy’s second largest national park.  Mayor of Pollica Stefano Pisani and Legambiente IVLP alumnus Valerio Calabrese welcomed CG Countryman and offered her a tour of the local “Living Museum of the Sea” and “Living Museum of the Mediter...

Italy is surrounded by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea that make it the ideal place to travel by boat through the beautiful landscapes visible from the sea. Sailing holidays are increasingly appreciated and every year the number of fans increases. This is also due to the meteorological and climatic conditions that are favorable for this type of...

Regine delle "stories" a loro insaputa. Tanto belle da essere le più fotografate, condivise, ammirate: le spiagge italiane dominano incontrastate l'estate social, tanto da essere fra le più apprezzate e taggate su Instagram. A raccontarlo è il portale Holidu, motore di ricerca per case vacanza, che ha realizzato uno studio per capire quali fossero...

Symbol of Naples’ patisserie, the babbà has very peculiar and, indeed, ancient origins! It reached Naplesfrom Paris, city were the chefs of bourgeois families were usually sent to improve their culinary skills. ButParisians didn’t invent it because, according to the legend, this sweet, rum-filled little mushroom was bornoff an accident, caused by a...

Google “Naples, Italy” and you will immediately learn it is the birthplace of pizza. Google “Naples, Italy” and “art” and you will discover it to be one of the country’s most underrated cities for art. A brief history lesson reminds us that Naples was once the center of the Bourbon dynasty. The city’s art historical hub, the Museo di Capodimonte (t...

Most people hear about the tiny volcanic island of Ischia from an Italian, whispered like a secret. Just across the water from the Amalfi Coast, and an hour by boat from Naples, Ischia is the summer-holiday island for Neapolitans who have been coming here for generations – and yet it remains relatively unheard of among British visitors, overshadowe...

Il Satiro ebbro custodito al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), proveniente della Villa dei Papiri di Pompei, in esposizione dal 2019 alla Villa Getty di Malibu, ricostruzione della rovina pompeiana voluta dal filantropo Jean Paul Getty. Poi l'accordo tra il porto di Los Angeles e quelli della Campania per scambiarsi buone pratiche. Inf...

Sono l’alter ego delle Bandiere Blu per i comuni rurali. Come quei vessilli azzurri certificano i migliori tratti di mare in base a una quantità di parametri ambientali, le Spighe Verdi sottolineano l’attenzione al territorio, alla qualità della vita, all’agricoltura e alla sostenibilità (anche quando, in certi casi, vengano assegnate a località ma...

After experiencing the beauty of the Amalfi Coast, all that’s left to do is sit down and sample some of the typical dishes of the region. Homegrown ingredients are the real highlight of this cuisine, and we’re going to show you some of the traditional recipes that you must try when visiting the Amalfi Coast. 1. Scialatelli. Scialatelli is a type of...

Set in a corner of Mount Falerio above the southern stretch of the rocky Amalfi coast, in the Gulf of Salerno, Albori seems suspended between the sea and the mountain. Àlbori is a miniature of the eternal appeal of the Mediterranean. A cluster of colourful houses on the sea front, leaning against each other between lanes and narrow alleyways. Const...