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You may have never heard of Capestrano, yet this village in Abruzzo was home to what has become the symbol of the whole region: the Warrior of Capestrano.  The Warrior of Capestrano is a statue found by chance in 1934 by a local farmer as he was planting a vineyard. The statue, which also goes by the name of Nevio Pompuledio, dates back to the mid-...

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Calabria is a land of marvellous colour that ranging from the different shades of blue of the sea to the green of its uncontaminated nature, from the red of its chillies to the yellow of its shining sun. Such a beautiful colour palette could only provide inspiration for great street art artists to create beautiful murals, masterpieces of graphic ar...

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Sicily — the largest island in the Mediterranean and one of Italy’s 20 regions — is my favorite part of the country. You name it, Sicily has it. It boasts beaches with sparkling, turquoise blue water, not to mention mountains and stunning nature reserves. It brims with history — illustrated by its impeccably preserved ancient Greek temples — archit...

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The Orto Botanico in Rome's Trastevere district offers a beautiful escape from the bustle of the city’s streets. For images of paradise, visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums. Yet the Orto Botanico, its azure flecked with parakeets – a recent invasive species – provides an earthly alternative for which you needn’t stand in line....

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New Italian national carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) has begun selling tickets for its first transatlantic flights as it prepares to take off on October 15th, replacing Alitalia.Tickets are on sale as of Tuesday, October 5th, for routes between Italy the USA, the new airline announced. ITA will initially fly from Rome Fiumicino to New York JFK...

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In the province of Salerno, there is a tiny hamlet that has recently become famous as the village of murals. Piano Vetrale is a Cilento jewel seemingly anonymous. However, the explosion of urban art at every corner has brought to light the beauty of this small hamlet making it an unmissable tourist destination for those who love to find unusual pla...

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It almost felt torturous to watch the premiere of Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy in February this year. The CNN series debut came right on the heels of initial vaccine distribution — a time where normalcy, including the ability to travel overseas again, seemed so far away, yet also so close. You could almost taste it. But still, I became enrap...

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Many of us know that our country was named after Amerigo Vespucci even though he did not set foot on what was once referred to as the “New World” until after Columbus. Who is this man and why does America bear his name? Amerigo was born in Florence on March 9, 1451. He was the third son born to Nastagio Vespucci and Lisa di Giovanni Mini. While his...

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American tourists are beginning to return, but the road is still long: operators are waiting for them with open arms, counting on the new rules on entry into the U.S. and the decline in the curve of contagions, with the progress of the vaccination campaign, to restart the market richer and more coveted. "American tourists are reappearing: we can't...

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CASA MUSEO DI ARLECCHINO (HARLEQUIN) is located in four rooms of Palazzo Grataroli, a stately building dating back to the 14th century. The Grataroli family commissioned several frescoes to embellish the walls of their palace. Not all survived the test of time, but those that did survive are interesting, to say the least, and they can be found in t...

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