Google Sightsmap è un sistema di mappatura dei luoghi più popolari del pianeta, così classificati in base agli accessi effettuati dagli utenti di Panoramio, Wikipedia e Foursquare attraverso strumenti di geolocalizzazione. Dopo la lista delle città più fotografate nel mondo, con Roma al secondo posto dopo New York, il motore di ricerca ha presenta...

by Andrea Marini   Lines in front of the Vatican Museums, lines to enter the Saint Peter's Basilica, lines for the Colosseum. These days, whoever goes for a walk in the center of Rome will find it difficult to recognize a native Roman amid the throng of tourists. Although the city has been hit hard by the recession (the unemployment rat...

By Ben Carson Next year promises to be big for Pistoia. This little-known town in the north of Tuscany has just been chosen as the Italian Capital of Culture for 2017. And as the world's press turn their spotlights on the town, we discover there's a lot to like about this unassuming place.   Pistoia, snuggled at the foot of the Appenines, h...

CHARLOTTE, March 2, 2013 – When Nada Vergili (www.nadasitaly.com) left her home in Florence, Italy she had no idea what an entrepreneur was, much less that she would soon become one.It began simply enough. Amore brought Vergili to the United States for the second time in her life. In the mid-80s she lived in Orlando, Florida for six years during wh...

Bordered by Tuscany to the west, Le Marche to the east and Lazio to the south the central region of Umbria is the only one without a coastline or to border another country.   Its renowned for its sweet-toothed capital of Perugia and its spiritual center of Assisi, but Umbria is much more than just chocolate and churches. So if you like getti...

by Augusto Grandi   Natural snow is still in scant supply, but the ski slopes are in excellent conditions thanks to the snowmaking system. Unlike last year, when excessively high temperatures prevented the use of snow guns, the Christmas holidays in Valle d'Aosta will be characterized by a return of skiing enthusiasts.   From Courmaye...

American Airlines lancia nuove tariffe promozionali di Economy Class per volare negli Stati Uniti e in Canada da Milano Malpensa e Roma Fiumicino. Accanto alle tariffe a/r in Economy a partire da 455,00 Euro per New York, da 510 Euro per Miami con voli diretti da Milano Malpensa, fino all'11 marzo sarà possibile approfittare della promo U.S.A. e Ca...

by Chiara Assi   There's something enticing and quintessentially romantic about train travel: watching the landscape changing before one's eyes, crossing remote areas, having time to relax and unwind and take in the views are just some of the reasons why many enthusiasts consider traveling by rail the only way to travel.   And while h...

On July 15, for the first time, South African Airways completed a flight using a biofuel made from tobacco. The one-way flight carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town using 6,300 liters of biofuel.   Thanks to the research of the biochemists of Sunchem, the Italian enterprise who has developed a process to extract biofuel from...

We had come to Bleggio by car, prescription traversing mountain roads to reach this remote area of the Dolomites directly north of Lake Garda. Driving from southern Trentino we headed down towards Riva, a tourist town on the northern shores of the lake, and then due north, gaining altitude as we zipped up a valley pass. Sheer peaks and dense fores...