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52 Things to See and Do in Basilicata
February 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Travel to the “other Italy” – the one without crowds, tourist-trap restaurants, or smog-chugging tour buses. The southern region of Basilicata is one of Italy’s least-known, but is a place of natural splendor, unchanged hill towns,...
The Many Reasons to Visit Catania, Sicily
February 2021 | Karen La Rosa
Quali sono le ragioni per cui una persona dovrebbe visitare Catania? Ecco qualche esempio: L'aeroporto si trova 15 minuti dalla città. Catania si trova al centro della costa orientale della Sicilia con tante strutture dell'eredità greca. Puoi...
The Lustrous Lustre Maiolica of Umbria
January 2021 | Anne Robichaud
The lustre maiolica in the Umbria region of Italy are treasures I hope everyone gets to see at some point in their lifetime. Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery decorated in colors on a white background. The most renowned maiolica dating to the...
Time-Traveling to the 1960s In an Italy Without Tourists
December 2020 | Myra Robinson
In the 1960s, I had my first ever holiday abroad, in Italy. It was thrilling, colorful and completely different from anywhere I had ever been before. I have just experienced a return to that magical time before mass tourism, looking at sights again...
Little Italy of Staten Island
November 2020 | David J. Domino
Questo articolo è su un quartiere Italiano a Staten Island, che si chiama Rossville. Qui, ci sono ristoranti e supermercati fantastici. Per esempio, Portofino Pizza è una pizzeria conosciuta per il pane con l’aglio. Eataly è un ristorante...
Balancing Venice and Tourism
November 2020 | Janice Therese Mancuso
It is estimated that before the pandemic, 22 million (and up to 30 million) tourists arrived in Venice each year. Most spent just a day, disembarking from the enormous cruise ships that glide through the waters of the islands. Averaging about...
Cinecittà: Hollywood on the Tiber
September 2020 | Jack Erickson
Cinecittà Studios, Italian for Cinema City Studios, is a large film studio in Rome. Sitting on 99 acres, it is the largest film studio in all of Europe. Cinecittà was constructed during the Fascist era as part of a plan to revive the Italian film...
The Art of Hard Stones
September 2020 | Lee Laurino
Another adventure off the typical tourist route in Florence is the small museum Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure which showcases the art of Pietre Dure. Perhaps more familiar are the artistic techniques of mosaic, using small pieces of cut stone or...
Packs of Wolves in Florence
September 2020 | Myra Robinson
Una cosa sorprendente che ha successo quest’estate a Firenze - due branchi di lupi sono arrivati in centro città. Un branco sta davanti al palazzo Pitti e l'altro sta davanti la Chiesa Santissima Annunziata. Molti turisti sono rimasti scioccati...
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