Travel

Living Away from Italy is Much Closer

November 2018 |
A few days ago, while organizing one of the closets, I found a box containing some letters that my family had sent me over the years. After reading them, I reflected on how difficult it was to live so far away from them after I moved to the States....

Buffalo's Old West Side of the Mid-1960s

November 2018 |
Quando i tempi cambiano, i costumi e le tradizioni che contraddistinguono una particolare cultura spesso scompaiono misteriosamente dai quartieri di una città e dalla nostra coscienza sociale. Nonostante ciò, non dovrebbero mai essere dimenticati....

Handmade Ceramics of the Amalfi Coast

October 2018 |
La costiera amalfitana è un vivace paesaggio caratterizzato da case color pastello, ripidi giardini terrazzati e scogliere a strapiombo sul mar Mediterraneo. A donare ancor più vitalità  a questo scenario sono gli sfavillanti negozi di...

Dolce Far Niente in San Gimignano

October 2018 |
I particularly love Tuscany. It is, without a doubt, one of the most romantic and picturesque regions of our beloved land. I most certainly love it for the same reasons as those who pass through it and those who live there: the serenity of the...

A Wish Fulfilled - A Dream Comes True

September 2018 |
It’s not unusual for Italian-born Americans or Italians of American descent to reconnect to their roots by visiting their home towns or that of their ancestors. Peter D’Attoma, president of DaVinci Custom Travel and Tours, fulfills those dreams for...

Portovenere and the Gulf of Poets

September 2018 |
È tra i più spettacolari anfiteatri d’acqua della nostra penisola. Il borgo di Portovenere e quello di Lerici ne sono rispettivamente l’estremità occidentale e orientale, La Spezia ne occupa invece la parte centrale. Conosciuto come il golfo dei...

Saintly Gelati of Bolsena

September 2018 |
Patron saint and early Christian martyr, Santa Cristina, reigns in Bolsena (Lazio) – in unexpected ways. Wandering through the Basilica di Santa Cristina, one finds the early Christian catacombs, remains of a Longobard cemetery, medieval...

Padua Safeguards Amazing Giotto Treasures

August 2018 |
Una visita a Padova rappresenta un viaggio tra passato e presente, tra storia millenaria, tradizioni e arte.  Una città ricca di bellezze, è nota per gli affreschi di Giotto della Cappella degli Scrovegni, per la grande Basilica di...

Colors and Sounds of Two Magical Worlds

August 2018 |
Many years ago, people left Italy behind and arrived in America in search of fortune. For many it was a departure that did not have a precise return date while for some it was only an adventure and quest to search for opportunity. Familiar colors...
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