The Circo Maximo Experience, reopens from 29 April until 31 July, offering visitors the chance to "relive the ancient splendours of the Circus Maximus in the Imperial period of Rome through augmented and virtual reality." Modern-day visitors can experience the roars of the crowd at the chariot races that once packed the 600-m long venue, or mingle...
READ MORETrain travel in Italy is relatively easy, but may pose some challenges if you have never been to the country or if you are not used to this mode of transportation. This is why we have created this ultimate guide to traveling by train in Italy, which you can also print out and carry with you during your trip as a reference. Let’s look at the main po...
READ MOREItaly is “ready to welcome back the world”, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday as he confirmed a ‘green pass’ for international travel will be launched in mid-May. “From the second half of June the European Green Pass will be ready,” Draghi announced at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon following a meeting between G20 tourism ministe...
READ MOREIn the late '1970s, the great Italian songwriter Pino Daniele was able to interpret Naples several facets by singing one of his masterpieces, entitled "Napule è" (What Naples is). Naples is a city of ancient and fascinating history, but today it is a metropolitan city in all respects. These two worlds coexist in surprising harmony. The tourists who...
READ MOREOver a year has passed since Covid-19 hit Italy, wreaking havoc on the lives and economy of Italians. The tourism sector, which contributes 13% of Italy’s GDP suffered in a major way due to the country and the world being forced to stand still. It's hard to know what will happen this summer—will American’s be able to travel abroad to stroll the str...
READ MORELa nuova piattaforma web dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York. Internet come «spazio che va disegnato con il gusto e lo stile italiano, costruendo edifici virtuali che abbiano la stessa eleganza e fruibilità di quelli reali». Da un’idea di Fabio Finotti, nuovo Direttore dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, inaugura “Stanze Italia...
READ MOREDa oggi l'Italia promuovera’ il turismo nel mondo anche attraverso web radio. Enit, l'Agenzia nazionale del turismo che promuove l'incoming italiano con 27 sedi distribuite nei continenti Europa, Americhe, Asia, Oceania, annuncia la nascita di Visit Italy Web Radio, la prima web radio internazionale per la promozione e il rilancio del turismo ital...
READ MOREIn north-eastern Italy, there is a World Heritage Site that takes us back to the shine of the 16th-century Venetian republic where life took place amidst beautiful towns full of wealth and beautiful landscapes dotted with classical-style villas belonging to local nobles and aristocrats. Let's discover the wonders of Vicenza and Palladio's villas in...
READ MOREItaly is to invest €435 million in a "new form of railway tourism" - including vintage steam engines - to let visitors discover the art, landscape, food and wine of the country's lesser-known destinations. The news was announced by culture minister Dario Franceschini who said that in addition to historic railway lines, the funds would be used to de...
READ MOREUrban trekking was born from the union of "walking" or "hiking" and the wonders that each Italian town or village offers. Urban trekking is an expression born in Siena in 2003 and a proposal of slow tourism to live the Italian cities intensely. It is not suitable for those who choose "hit and run" tourism. The birth of this expression "urban trekk...
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