Nasce l’Atlante digitale dei cammini per visitare l’Italia senza fretta
Una rete di sentieri, percorsi, tratturi, strade asfaltate che attraversa l’Italia come fosse un sistema venoso. E’ l’Atlante dei Cammini che dal 4 novembre è online sul sito del ministero dei Beni culturali (www.camminiditalia.it). Un modo nuovo per incentivare il turismo lento e far conoscere una parte del Belpaese che sta ai margini dei classici...
Savouring the flavour in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region
Chicco is delighted to see us when we meet him on a crisp morning in the Italian countryside of Emilia-Romagna. He springs up on to his hind legs to plant a slobbery kiss on his owner’s nose, then greets us by wagging his tail gleefully. We’re in the woodlands surrounding Sant’Agata Feltria, a sleepy, fairytale village that comes alive during weeke...
10 lesser-known Italian cheeses you'll want to try
When you’re cooking Italian, you round up the usual suspects: Parmesan, mozzarella, provolone — the country’s cheeses we have come to know and adore. Yet there are dozens of other cheeses popular in Italy that remain under the radar in the U.S. We reached out to two of Chicagoland's top Italian cheese mongers — David Malzahn, the salumi and formagg...
Palermo lives up to the Italy of popular imagination
For many travelers, Italy is seen as romantic, mysterious and a bit chaotic, with torpid heat, gorgeously rich colors and irresistible food. In reality, of course, every region has a distinct culture and identity. But Palermo, the ancient capital of Sicily and jewel of the Mediterranean, lives up to the Italy of popular imagination. It’s joyful and...
Look inside the 'Disneyland of pasta': This is Eataly World, the new Italian food-themed park
They say Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, but if you're a fan of pasta, pizza and wine, Mickey Mouse may have some serious competition in FICO Eataly World. The new Italian food-themed park opened Nov. 15 in Bologna, Italy. The park, which is free to enter, is like the famous Eataly markets around the United States — on steroids. Eataly W...
Leonardo da Vinci’s Christ painting sells for record $450M
A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, smashing previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately. The painting, “Salvator Mundi,” Latin for “Savior of the World,” is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only o...
Do you really know everything about pasta?
No! Not another article about Italy and pasta, I hear you crying. Worry not, this time we’re going to tackle the “pasta issue” from an entirely different angle. Many angles in fact, as we’ll find out some little known historical, culinary and scientific - yes, scientific - curiosities about our nation’s most versatile kitchen staple. In truth, pas...
Insider Italy: 10 Secret Places You Need To Visit Now
Pictured in Rome, Livia Hengel is an Italy insider who shared her secret places with Forbes. Rome-born writer and photographer Livia Hengel describes herself as a person who has “a penchant for la dolce vita and a severe case of wanderlust.” After leaving Italy as a child, this citizen of the world lived in Peru, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turke...
Italy museums see record numbers of visitors, revenue
Italian museums are on track for another record-setting year in 2017 in terms of visitors and revenue, with the outdoor Colosseum in Rome and Pompeii near Naples topping the Culture Ministry's most-visited and most-lucrative list. The ministry on Monday issued a three-year review of its revolutionary decision to bring in non-Italian museum directo...
Southern Italian wines deliver drinking pleasure
The ancient Greeks believed that civilization required olive oil and wine. So not surprisingly as early as the 8th century B.C., the Greeks cultivated olive trees and grapes in their colonies in what today are the southern Italian provinces of Calabria and Sicily. The regions' mild Mediterranean climate and infertile rocky soils offered ideal growi...
Drinking the Aperol Spritz—and Italian Amari—Beyond Summer
When I lived in Rome six years ago, I grew to love the bittersweet flavor of an Aperol Spritz. The light, fizzy mouthfeel, the neon hue, the orange slice garnishing the rim of the glass . . . It’s been my go-to aperitivo ever since. So when a variety of publications (including this one) declared summer 2017 the “summer of the spritz,” I was taken a...
Why November Is the Best Time to Travel to Italy
For many travelers — both those who have had the chance to visit in person and those who dream of it — a trip to Italy is often envisioned in the summer, when they can stroll the piazzas eating gelato or take a dip in Lake Como. But Italy, much like gelato, is something to be enjoyed year-round, and one of the best times to go is November. Sandwich...