As a starting point, in a restaurant nowadays it is not sufficient to just have an important chef, a unique cuisine on offer, or a high level of quality in order to be considered "excellent", because both restaurant and wine cellar service are key elements for achieving the highest scores in the guidebooks.   For this, in a selection of the...

An art historian announced Monday he has discovered the living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci. Alessandro Vezzosi, who directs the Leonardo da Vinci Ideal Museum in the town of Vinci - Leonardo's birthplace Florence province - said he and historian Agnese Sabato will present their findings based on 43 years of multidisciplinary research next...

Join Friends of the Uffizi Gallery at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery in Coral Gables, Florida for a Reception and Short Presentation- Saturday, June 25, 2016: The Valois Tapestries, Friends of the Uffizi Gallery's Current Restoration Project   Eight sixteenth-century tapestries, collectively known as The Valois...

Città: MiamiPaese: STATI UNITIPeriodo di svolgimento: 01/07/2013 - 30/11/2013Partners: Metropoli - CCIAA Firenze Toscana PromozioneDescrizione: La Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast in collaborazione con Metropoli-CCIAA di Firenze svolgerà un'attività di scouting delle opportunità d'affari esistenti nel settore arredamento di alta gamma in...

Festa Italiana is excited to announce The Flag-throwers of the Florentine (Sbanderatori dei Borghi e Sestieri Fiorentini) are returning direct from Italy to perform at this year's festival, taking place July 17-19, 2015 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park. This dynamic group of 16 will entertain audiences daily with a colorful show of choral exercises,...

Monocle's Quality of Life survey ranks cities around the globe according to how 'liveable' they are, based on a complex set of metrics that uses both scientific and subjective data. Factors taken into consideration when drawing up the list include: climate, architecture, crime rate, environmental issues, food and drink, business and design. &...

According to ANSA, Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced 80 million euros of funding for cultural projects in Italy including renovation of Rome's Colosseum and Florence's Uffizi Gallery.   Italy's superior council for cultural assets and landscape has approved the allocation of the funds for large-scale projects in 2015-2016...

The history of wine in Italy is as old as the culture itself. Its popularity is evident not only in its ubiquity at social events and family gatherings but also in the nearly endless wine-based proverbs in Italian and its various dialects. However, this fantastically robust wine culture creates its own problems for travelers in Italy, namely figuri...

E' Antonio Morabito con Il venditore di medicine ad aggiudicarsi il premio del pubblico americano Premio N.I.C.E. Città di Firenze 2014 nella 24° edizione del festival del cinema italiano emergente N.I.C.E. USA 2014.   A San Francisco per la presentazione del film, Morabito è stato il primo ad essere sorpreso dal risultato ottenuto da un fim...

  WTI Magazine #31    2014 May, 22Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   Florence, like many other Italian cities, never ceases to amaze: not only because of the many famous works of art and places of culture, popular all around the world, but also for not well known sites, lesser-famous but still beautiful, unusual and secluded at the...