None More Black
People who talk about wine rarely mention their conflicts of interest, so let me put mine front and centre: my first dinner date with my now wife included a bottle of Nero d’Avola. It was a wine that was somehow both supple and robust and met that most difficult of pairing challenges, working well with a curry. A series of coincidences had wines ma...
The Ultimate Guide to the Best Museums in Italy
Italy is one of the most popular countries in the world for vacationers, rich in history and crammed with sites of natural beauty. The country’s long and diverse history has been preserved in fascinating archeological sites, from Greek temples in Sicily, to Etruscan necropoli and ancient Roman ruins. In Italy you also find some of the world’s oldes...
La Compagnie Announces New Route Between N.Y. and Milan
La Compagnie will debut a new route between New York (Newark Liberty International Airport) and Milan (Milan Malpensa Airport) starting April 15. The all-business class airline already offers services to Paris and Nice from New York. La Compagnie’s new service to Milan will offer five weekly flights (Thursday through Monday) departing at 9:40 p.m....
Italy to roll back COVID restrictions in the coming weeks
The Italian government announced plans on Thursday to phase out its coronavirus restrictions more than two years after the disease first swept the country, even though cases are once again on the rise. The cabinet said COVID-19 health certificates, proving vaccination or recent recovery from coronavirus, would no longer be needed to gain access to...
Skiing: Brignone wins Super-G world cup
Italy's Federica Brignone on Thursday won the Super-G world cup after coming 19th in the last race of the season in the speciality at Courchevel in France. She was assured of overall victory before the start. Brigone also came third in the overall World Cup standings for all disciplines behind Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA and Petra Vlhova of Slovaki...
Italian minister of culture says Italy ready to rebuild bombed Ukrainian theater
The Italian minister of culture offered Italy’s help in rebuilding a theater that was bombed earlier this week in Ukraine while hundreds of people were hiding inside. “Italy is ready to rebuild the Theatre of #Mariupol. The cabinet of Ministers has approved my proposal to offer #Ukraine the resources and means to rebuild it as soon as possible. The...
What You Didn't Know About The Volcano That Destroyed Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius in Italy is as deadly as it is beautiful. It is the volcano responsible for destroying (and preserving) Pompeii and Herculaneum (as well as Oplontis and Stabiae). Famously Mount Vesuvius erupted in its fire and fury in AD 79 in an eruption that ejected clouds of stones, ashes, volcanic gases to a height of 33 kilometers or 21 miles i...
The Roman Museum With a Taste for Historical Cookbooks
ROME’S CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ONCE THE largest stadium in history, is now a massive green space: nondescript enough for dogs to defecate on, yet far too important to bulldoze. The city is stuffed with such examples of well-preserved but long-disused monuments that Romans have proudly built to uphold their culture and civilization as the world’s apex. Of l...
A guide to Genoa, the Italian city championing street food, art and centuries of history
It rivals Florence for Renaissance-era palaces, Venice for medieval alleyways and Naples for its prime Mediterranean position. It’s a city that lives its history instead of calcifying it into museums; where takeaways sell farinata crepes (the recipe for which hasn’t changed in centuries), shops are slathered in frescoes, and antique public lifts wh...
Rome, the best food destination
Tripadvisor gave the first place to the Italian capital, the eternal city. Rome, Number 1 It's been a long time now that even dreaming to travel has been difficult. So many things are happening globally, and the pandemic is not over yet. But trying to stay positive, we have fantastic news for you, at least about food, that it is a big part of our...
Tarot oranges: the best among the red oranges of Sicily
Among the fruits mainly produced in Italy, certainly the Tarot oranges cultivated especially in Sicily and exported all over the world stand out. In addition to being rich in nutrients, these citrus fruits are used to prepare many excellent recipes and also as a ingredient to create products of various tipo as the candles. One of the main character...
Umbria: discovering Narni underground and its mysteries
Umbria is famous for its cities of art and for the richness of its historical and cultural heritage. In the heart of this beautiful region, in the province of Terni, there is Narni, an enchanting Umbrian village famous for being the geographical center of Italy, for the massive Albornotz Fortress that overlooks it, and for having inspired C.S. Lewi...