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Italian student Francesco Re Li Calzi has made his mark on America, a permanent display of school spirt for his adopted hometown.   Re Li Calzi, a senior at Armada High School, is a foreign exchange student from Catania, Italy. "I wanted to come to America just to, first for English, because I didn't talk very well," Re Li Calzi said. "It i...

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In a 1953 Harper's Bazaar essay, John Steinbeck drew back the curtain on Positano, most likely changing the course of history for the most picturesque town on the Amalfi Coast. This romanticized 30-mile stretch of Italian coast on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula still impresses with cliffs towering above pebbled coves and villages hug...

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by Marzio Bartoloni   Italians and foreigners are both eyeing vacation homes purchases with interest. After the collapse of the market in recent years and the first signs of recovery in 2014 (up 3%), sales of second homes jumped 7.6% last year.   This year, the trend should continue to be extremely positive. In particular, a snap...

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by Laura Dominici   Positive summer figures for Italian tourism. The geo-political situation in North Africa and in the Eastern Mediterranean has significantly increased the flows from abroad. "In the months of June and July," comments Renzo Iorio, the President of Federturismo-Confindustria, "there was an increase of 19% in foreigners compa...

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by Vincenzo Chierchia   The state controlled Italian National Tourism Agency (ENIT) will open new offices in emerging markets: from China to the Arab Emirates, according to its new three year plan.   Italy is going all-in on tourism. After years of budget cuts, the new plan will provide for €83 million of investments: €28 million in 2...

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by Maria Shollenbarger   If you had to narrow Rome's many fetching attributes down to one single selling point, it would have to be how effortlessly the ancient past and the electric present merge everywhere: in its cuisine, its culture, and its hospitality. Because the city is compact and dense, three days is actually an ideal stay.  ...

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L'Ente Turismo Alba Bra Langhe Roero, con il patrocinio dell'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, sta sviluppando un progetto rivolto al pubblico americano che visiterà Expo 2015 al fine di aumentare la presenza dei turisti americani sia durante che dopo l'Esposizione Universale di Milano.   Il progetto è stato illustrato venerdì 23 gennai...

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by Susan Nelson   High above the steep rock walls of Capri stands a lone figure. Rays of sunlight dance and shimmer along the golden embroidery of the garments covering his large, well-built frame. Obsidian eyes search the green-blue sea laid out before him, coming to rest on a distant land – his own empire.   His eyes narrow as he sl...

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American sunseekers seem to predominantly associate littoral Italy with Capri and the Amalfi Coast (Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi itself, et cetera). Lesser talked about, however, is the country's Tuscan shoreline. (Okay, Porto Ercole and the famous Hotel Il Pellicano are in Tuscany, but there's more to see.) One such outpost is Punta Ala, about two h...

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by Chiara Beghelli   A new 800-page report, Tourism in Italy, reveals a nation beloved around the world with an enviable and varied tourism industry, but also one with persistent problems that limit its opportunities for development. The twentieth edition of the report, by the Italian National Research Council and the research institute for...

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