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Le Cinque Terre (or Five Lands), a string of picturesque towns along the northern Ligurian coast, is known for its steep, terraced vineyards and olive groves, cliffside hiking trails and unique ecosystem. But the colorful, charm-filled towns — which collectively make up a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site — have also been at the forefr...

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The most beautiful villages in Italy are a series of municipalities under 15,000 inhabitants, all chosen for their splendor and distinctiveness. The goal of the initiative is to tell a different Italy, bringing hitherto considered marginal villages out of isolation. In the last few days, 7 new municipalities have entered the rankings: there are now...

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It was early morning on the footpath to Corniglia, and half an hour in, I’d seen more farmers than hikers. Three of them tended to their cliffside vines as I passed by. One was spraying his leaves; another was clearing the scrub around his tiny vineyard; the third rode a toy-size train, called a trenino, on a rail up the steeply terraced cliffside....

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A month after the inauguration held at the Embassy of the two-year Italy-US Twinning Project with the theme, “Can Science, Sport and Art Dialog? A Challenge or a Wager,” the second meeting of the Partnership Project was held on November 16 at the Falcone Room of the Italian American Museum in Washington DC between students from the two American sch...

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Castelvecchio is the first and most beautiful of the walled villages of Val Neva, wrapped in a circle around the castle that dominates it. The castle was built by the Clavesana family in the 11th century, when the place was still called Vallis Cohedani, a mysterious toponym that identified one of the main "salt routes," capable of connecting the Pi...

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The Italian Riviera (Riviera Ligure) is the narrow strip of land (stretching more than 200 miles from southwest to northeast) between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.  This dramatic coastline—dotted with gardens, beach towns, fishing villages, marinas, and miles of walking and biking paths—is a...

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Nori seaweed, almonds, and 24-carat edible gold leaves are among the "ingredients" used to create the world's first edible rechargeable battery, which was listed by Time magazine among the best inventions of 2023. It was developed by the Italian Institute of Technology. Currently, the battery can recharge small devices like LED lights, but in the f...

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We’ve often found that the most beautiful villages in Italy are small, off-the-beaten-track towns that we never heard of, ones we find serendipitously or are told about by friends. These diminutive destinations tend to be more authentic and far less touristed. And, as a rule, the residents are more likely to welcome visitors more warmly than the de...

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A new kind of tourism is catching on in recent years: visiting Monumental Cemeteries, ancient burial grounds where time is suspended and one breathes tranquility, silence and peace. Italy, being a country of art and history par excellence, offers Monumental Cemeteries worth visiting, in which it is possible to admire important funerary sculptures, ...

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For Christmas lovers, this magical holiday also means experiencing an entire period full of wonders, as cities are filled with colors and scents can only be savored on this particular occasion. Therefore, true connoisseurs cannot miss some of the most beautiful Christmas markets in the whole peninsula: the markets in Liguria!  The region of Cinque...

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