‘Nostalgia’ Trailer: Pierfrancesco Favino Heads To Naples In Mario Martone’s Cannes Competition Title
The story follows Felice Lasco, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, who, after living 40 years abroad, returns to Naples and discovers again places and codes of the city, facing a past that eats him away. The film, which is being sold by Italy’s True Colours, sees Martone return to the Cannes competition section 27 years after his adaptation of Elena F...
Senigallia: the most popular tourist resort in the Marche
Senigallia is an Italian seaside resort that is located in the Marche and is very appreciated by tourists who visit it every year along with other Italian resorts. The city in addition to the fun and the sun and sea offers a lot more to discover. Here you will know where Senigallia is and what are the many things you can do and see. But that’s not...
The Art of the Italian Aperitivo Cocktail
A great cocktail is a work of art. With that ideal, ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto— the bergamot rosolio aperitivo brand founded by Italian bartender and drinks industry veteran Giuseppe Gallo—challenged bartenders worldwide to create an ultimate art-inspired aperitivo experience, using the Rosolio di Bergamotto as a key ingredient. The eight U.S....
Want to become Italian? The 007 of lost Italian documents may be able to help
Want to become Italian? If you have Italian ancestors in your family tree, it might be easier than you realize. Thanks to the rule of jure sanguinis ("the right of blood"), Italy is one of the few countries in the world to offer the possibility of citizenship to many people who can trace their family roots back to an Italian ancestor. There's fine...
Pinocchio: in Friuli Venezia Giulia the immersive experience that makes you relive the fairy tale
In Friuli Venezia Giulia, in Villesse, in the province of Gorizia, there is the Tiare Shopping centre, a huge two-storey structure with more than a hundred shops that houses Italy's first permanent immersive museum, EmotionHall Arena, which opened on 3 February 2021. This type of museum is so special because immersive art is able to transport visit...
Herculaneum: Pompeii's Less Famous Neighbor
The day commenced like any other in the coastal Roman towns that hugged the Bay of Naples. Another hot August morning was underway as townspeople in Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other smaller communities began to gather in public places as they ate, bathed, and discussed current events. No one could have ever imagined how violently their lives were ab...
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express now travels from Rome to Paris
Stazione Tiburtina, Rome. Here I am, ready to discover the new Grand Tour from Rome to Paris launched by Venice Simplon-Orient Express, a homage to the great voyages of the Golden Age of travel. The same carriages where Graham Greene set his Stamboul Train, and Agatha Christie imagined Murder on the Orient Express. I ask myself, ‘What am I going to...
Bergamo: Medieval Splendor in Northern Italy
Bergamo became a household name in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, when the Lombard town and surrounding area were the European epicenter of the first deadly wave. Leaving aside that grim legacy, this lovely city at the foot of the Orobie Alps, 40 km (25 mi) northeast of the regional capital of Milan, has plenty to offer, whether you...
Vetulonia: the lost and found city
This path, although short, allows you to dive into another dimension, to take a leap in time and retrace the history of the territory of the legendary Vetulonia and the Maremma in general. Vetulonia was in fact an important Etruscan city built on the shores of the now disappeared Lake Prile. At the end of the 19th century the physician Isidoro Falc...
Nightlife in Italy: 10 places not to be missed this summer
What do you think of when you hear about the summer holidays? Almost certainly the sea, the beach, long days spent with friends, being carefree and, obviously, nightlife: that magical universe where everything is possible. If you're starting to plan what to do in the summer, Italy has plenty to offer for all tastes (not just the young). Some places...
From tarots to briscola, Italy can't get enough of playing cards!
If you’ve ever been to an Italian old-men bar, the one where your granddad would go spend the afternoon with his mates if that’s the type of thing he is into, or if you had the curse – or blessing, depending on which way you look at it – to become acquainted with the habits and quirks of Italy’s spiagge libere (those were everyone can go without pa...
Discovering the wines of Italy’s Sannio region
Situated a mere 50 kilometers inland from the buzz of Napoli and the attractions of the Amalfi coast, the Sannio region of Campania remains relatively unknown to Japanese travelers. But this may be changing as the region’s long history of wine production is finally gaining international recognition, and with it a new legion of wine fans. Sannio’s w...