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Also this year, Apulia is on the podium of the most loved places to have a holiday. It’s simple to understand why: crystal clear waters, sand and rocks, good and genuine traditional food. Next to the most famous locations, there’s a special place, maybe less touristy:  Taranto and its district. A city surrounded by other villages with old town, can...

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Recently, to celebrate a friend’s birthday (the big 3-0), she and I jetted off to Venice for a long weekend of sight-seeing and indulgence! Both being fans of Italian food, coffee and wine it was a match made in heaven. Although we have both been to Italy several times before, neither of us had experienced what Venice had to offer. Therefore, we we...

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Italy has been confirmed as one of the most popular holiday destinations for foreign tourists in Europe. Last year a remarkable number of foreign nationals, namely 75 percent of Americans and 88.1 percent of Brazilians cited it as their favorite destination on the Old Continent. Among Europeans, it is the French (74 percent) who visit Italy the mos...

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Umbria: living land, rich in lush nature, unspoilt valleys and paths embraced by olive trees. And not only: large vineyards and ancient villages rich in history and art in which it is worth getting lost at least once in your life. TheUmbria is a land to visit and live, to discover its historical riches but also the food and wine routes that this re...

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The announcement of our annual Readers' Choice Awards is always a very exciting time of the year. It's a time when you, our readers, get to speak up and tell us about your favorite travel experiences, from hotels and airlines to cruises and islands, but also about your favorite cities and countries. Over 244,000 of you took part in our 2022 Reader’...

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Oratino is a quaint little village in the province of Campobasso, Molise. With its 1,450 inhabitants, of which only about 200 live within the old borough, Oratino well embodies the image many of us have of the “traditional Italian hamlet” we learned to love.  The earliest attestation of its existence dates from 1251: it was the inventory of all the...

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According to Italians, you cannot leave the house with wet hair or you’ll get a cervicale (neck pain with a severe headache) or jump into the pool right after having lunch unless you want to have indigestione (indigestion).  Another commonly shared opinion, contingent on climatic conditions: “Are you crazy? There is no way I am going to Bologna wit...

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THE OLDEST TREE IN EUROPE that has been scientifically dated to an accurate standard is a 1,230-year-old craggy pine in a popular national park in southern Italy. While an olive tree in a remote pocket of Sardinia has yet to be measured accurately enough for the claim of “oldest,” it is likely over three times as old. Standing 14 meters tall with a...

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Puglia is a region to be discovered even if today we will focus on the Baia del Mulino d’acqua, in Otranto. This is located in the sub-region of Salento, known and appreciated not only in Italy but by tourists from all over the world who, every year, rush here to spend their holidays. As it happens for other areas of the heel of the boot: in fact,...

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“All roads lead to Rome” they say, in memory of the imperial lustrums of the Eternal City. In Sardinia, instead, all roads seem to lead… to wine! The Sardinian folkloric and gastronomic tradition is particularly linked to wine, a symbol of cumbidu (invitation) and conviviality, between the sacred and the profane. Just think that about 28,000 hectar...

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