This may come as a surprise, but Neapolitan ice cream wasn't always the classic combination of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry we know today. At one time, Neapolitan-style was the catch-all term for any ice cream sold in the United States by Italian immigrants from Naples, the birthplace of modern ice cream who introduced Americans to their home...

On April 24, 2024, the General Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia will host the opening reception of the exhibit "The Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence: an Enlightening Dialogue Between Italy and the USA." This exhibit, curated by Professor Amedeo Arena of the University of Naples Federico II, delves into the letters exchanged between Neapolitan E...

The elevator that connects Via Santa Lucia and the Chiatamone in 30 seconds with the beautiful Pizzofalcone hill in Naples, where the extraordinary Belvedere has been redeveloped that will allow people to look out from Monte Echia and enjoy a stunning view of the city's gulf, has finally been reopened these days.  The beautiful hill of Monte Echia,...

“I just can’t do a lot of stairs.” My mother tells me this on our first afternoon in Puglia as we’re munching on eggplant-stuffed Panzerotti in Ostuni’s sprawling town square, the kick-off to what will be a two-week journey around Italy. Unfortunately for her, that fateful plea was the equivalent of trying to avoid sand in the Serengeti. We eventua...

Friday, April 26 - 6PM Seating | Musical Performance of Neapolitan classics featuring Mara Adler-O’Kelly, Ivan Dalia, Patricia Lazzara. Dinner to Follow in the Oak Room. Columbus Citizens Foundation | 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY. RSVP Today. The evening will be in tribute to Anthony Correra, a longtime member and avid supporter of bringing art...

Some days we want to have lunch in Rome and dinner in Milan, for that we’re grateful for the three-hour Alta Velocità. But then there are other days we want to slow down, peel our eyes from our screens, and really just enjoy the ride. These three train lines call attention to bygone eras of travel, and they’re more about the journey than the destin...

Exploring Naples during Easter is an experience that blends tradition, culture and gastronomy into one exciting journey. Suppose you are planning a stay in the lively Neapolitan city during the Easter holidays. In that case, you are in luck: Naples offers a myriad of activities and attractions to enrich your itinerary. The arrival of Easter in Napl...

Naples is a city that moves at more than one pace. At the fastest speed, you have the chaos of the day-to-day: cars and motorbikes hurtling through the Italian city's streets like blood cells within a vein. Then there is a slower evolution, that of human history. This is a metropolis still shaped by decisions made hundreds of years ago: networks o...

In Naples, the tarallo, or as they say in the local dialect "o' tarall' nzogna e pepe" (which means lard and pepper), represents a real institution, a traditional street food born in the 17th century as a poor tavern food and now evolved into an excellent product for quality aperitifs. Imagine savoring it while strolling along the waterfront, with...

The churches of Naples are an immense heritage. Visit Italy invites you to discover the 20 unmissable churches in the city: the cathedral where the blood of the saint contained in an ampoule, San Gennaro, melts up to three times a year, but also the old church of San Gregorio Armeno where the liquefaction of the blood of Santa Patrizia takes place...