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Tourism at Expo 2015 is expected to generate 5 billion euros of revenue, said Expo CEO Giuseppe Sala on Wednesday during his visit to Rai headquarters. Sala said the number is realistic given that 20 million people are expected to visit Expo 2015. «It's the number I like the most, together with that of participating countries' foreign investments...

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Oltre 800 chilometri di costa divisi tra mar Adriatico e mar Ionio, sabbia finissima e acque cristalline. Inoltre paesaggi naturali affascinanti, borghi antichi ricchi di cultura e, naturalmente, la ricca tradizione gastronomica. Sono alcuni degli aspetti che hanno convinto tre autorevoli "stranieri" – il National Geographic, Lonely Planet e New Yo...

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The Italy Fund. That's what my mother used to call it, the extra money she would sock away — twenty dollars here, fifty there, another hundred under there. It began, I think, in my late elementary school years, the idea that our family would somehow financially be able to swing a four-person trip to the country our family fled at the turn of the ce...

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Italian property is now the third most popular in the world, according to TheMoveChannel.com. The property portal´s latest Top of the Props report reveals that Italy climbed two places to reach third in the April 2014 chart, receiving more enquiries than both Spain and Portugal.   Italy´s real estate has enjoyed a strong start to the year. A...

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Oggi martedì 10 giugno, in occasione della presentazione del progetto dell'ENIT Nord America per la promozione del turismo giovanile e studentesco che si terrà all'Italian Academy della Columbia University, la Fondazione Carnovale in collaborazione con l'Università di Roma La Sapienza, presenterà un programma di corsi di preparazione degli studenti...

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by Rick Steves   To connect with the rural charm that defines Tuscany, consider exploring by car and staying not in towns but in farmhouses. Savvy travelers can slow down and get a taste of Italian rural life in the traditional-yet-cozy lodgings of a countryside B-and-B or an "agriturismo" -- a working farm that takes in guests.   As...

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The picturesque region of Umbria is one of most popular destinations in Italy for a lot of reasons. It has a spectacular array of medieval towns, verdant hills (they don't call it 'The Green Heart of Italy' for nothing), and earthy, mouth-watering cuisine that often highlights seasonal, foraged specialties like mushrooms, wild asparagus, and truffl...

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Matera, famous for its "Sassi," is a city in the region of Basilicata located essentially where the heel of the "boot" of Italy starts. "Sassi" means rocks, but in this case we're not talking about big boulders like those of Stonehenge. Here, the Sassi—the first site in southern Italy to be taken under UNESCO's protective wing, in 1993—are two anci...

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Visitors to Florence typically know the city divided between the historical center and the bohemian "other side of the river," Oltrarno. Go a bit deeper and you may find quarters such as San Niccolò before Piazzale Michelangelo, Santo Spirito in the Oltrarno, Sant'Ambrogio near Santa Croce promoted for having a local vibe and secret finds to match....

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Padua is known throughout the world as "the city of the saint", in honor of Saint Anthony. The Portuguese Franciscan, born in Lisbon in 1195, died here on the 13th of June, 1231 in the historic neighborhood of Arcella, behind the station, where a beautiful frescoed church, the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony, commemorates the years he lived in the city....

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