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Tourist high-season in Italy is usually in the spring and summer, when the country is drenched in sun and packed with seasonal festivals and events. January is typically ski season for travelers to Italy's north but -- even in the dead of winter -- heading south guarantees warm temperatures and a mild Mediterranean climate year-round. You'll miss I...

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ITA Airways and Delta Air Lines are to codeshare on flights between the US and Italy, as well as select domestic and international services. The agreement is the latest to be struck by Italy’s new flag-carrier since operations began in October. Alitalia’s successor has already joined the SkyTeam alliance and signed codeshare partnerships with the l...

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The climate of Italy is highly diverse, given the length of the peninsula and its mostly mountainous interior. However, conditions on the coast are different from those in the interior, especially during the winter months: while places at higher altitudes tend to be cold, wet, and often snowy, the coastal regions have mild winters, in particular th...

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In 2008, Mantua and Sabbioneta were listed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List: Sabbioneta represents the concept of an ideal city built according to the Renaissance theories, while Mantua is the perfect expression of the transformation of a city according to similar canons. This corner of Lombardy is rich in history and art, thanks to effort of t...

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The snow season is finally here and you are always thinking of the places where you can spend a nice weekend out of town immersed in a typical winter atmosphere? This article is right up your alley. We will find out together the many locations that can be reached throughout the peninsula that will be able to gift you a beautiful winter weekend.  Ch...

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Extraordinary works by the best architects of the time, built at the behest of the Medici family, the lords of Florence, the 14 Medici villas and gardens in Tuscany were declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco in 2013. Surrounded by splendid ornamental parks, the villas are true jewels of Renaissance architecture to discover through an evocative it...

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Often when visitors look up at the ceiling of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy, they often suddenly fall silent. Painted above are the golden stars and the enchanting blue skies of a heaven envisioned by the Renaissance artist Giotto di Bondone. But an equally sublime story—one central to the Christmas season—can be found when they turn to the...

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When reading up on a place where unending successions of peoples become part of that place’s tapestry and of its layers of development down through time, I find a mind boggling collusion between geography and history that won’t let up. This is exactly the experience I had while researching the Abbey of Montecassino. Montecassino. A rocky hill with...

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Mention Amalfi and the first things that come to mind are the legendary Amalfi Coast, colorful houses perched on cliffs overlooking the sea, and the Duomo;  few, however, are aware of the nearby nature reserve of the ‘Valle dei Mulini’ o ‘Valle delle Ferriere’. It is a place that encapsulates both the wild beauty of the coast and its rich cultural...

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Rome's fountains are only part of the wide variety of treasures scattered around the city. Many of them have a very long history and were designed and then built during significant periods in the history of Rome and Italy as a whole. In the squares and streets of the capital, you can see how important the issue of public water (and freely accessibl...

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