WHERE: Catania, Sicily WHEN: August I left Berlin on a freezing cold August morning, the sun pale and the sky scattered by threatening clouds. When the airplane door opened in…
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Every year in Italy one city is nominated “Capital of Cutlure” and it becomes the scene of multiple events, conferences and exhibitions that attract millions of visitors. Mantova has the privilege…
The “Giardino degli Aranci” is a garden on the Aventino hill offically called Parco Savello but renamed because of the beautiful orange trees standing near the typical maritime pines. It…
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From the tiny pretty beach you look up where an exceptional church stands out on the hill, the door open onto a big terrace. If people want to get there,…
Some thirteen kilometers from Piacenza on the way to Cremona there is a little village, Caorso, It’s an agricultural area and has only a couple of touristic gems, its Rocca…
Once upon a time (precisely in the 17th century) Siena, in the heart of Tuscany, started a tradition of horse race in its beautiful main square, Piazza del Campo. Since…
Le Marce There is a good way in Italy to explore the countryside, it is called “Marcia” and it literally mean “to march”. It has nothing to do with military…
If you step in Verona without knowing about this festival, you would wonder in which century you are. Wooden skittles are lathed by expert carpenters, table games with beautiful illustrations…
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