In order to help tourists planning a trip to Italy, Trivago.it, one of the world's largest hotel search website, has recently released the new rankings related to hotels online reputations.Among Italian regions, the best one for hospitality standards is Umbria, while among cities Sorrento gained the gold. While Umbria was followed by other...
READ MOREThe personalities, battlefields and invasion locations of Italy come to life during Alpventures WW II "Battleground Italy" Tour. The sites of the battles and amphibious invasions aren't as widely known as the US battles in France and in the Pacific during WW II, but they were equally as ferocious and important in the final outcome of the w...
READ MOREAmericans love to visit Italy, especially Tuscany, and one of the reasons is the grape called sangiovese. Best known when made into the red wine called Chianti, it is called "the defining grape of Italy." It has been both the region's boon and its bane. Infinitely malleable, it is so familiar to centuries of Italian growers that they...
READ MOREDi Daniela Tanzj e Andrea Bentivegna Le trentuno persone che quel 4 giugno salirono a bordo della motonave Sicilia non si rendevano certamente conto di essere solo i primi ad avventurarsi in quella traversata che di lì a poco avrebbero tentato diversi milioni di emigranti diretti sull'altra sponda dell'oceano. Quel piccolo bastimento impiegò ben...
READ MOREHere are five Italy travel trends to keep in mind when booking your trip to Italy in 2014:1. The Pope Francis Effect: Rome is the place to be these days. Tourism was up 5% in the Eternal City in 2013 with a total of 12.6 million tourists visiting Rome in 2013. At least half of these visitors showed up to see the new Pope Francis and tourism offici...
READ MOREby Frank Carlson There is something oddly attractive about a place slated to disappear, and at first glance, Civita di Bagnoregio is just that: a charming medieval town in central Italy that, thanks to its geology, has been slowly crumbling for thousands of years. The Etruscans chose the site for its high ground in the 6th century B.C., b...
READ MOREMilano, 4 marzo 2013. Prende il via oggi a Milano, al Grand Visconti Palace in viale Isonzo 14, la manifestazione che mette il mercato americano a confronto con il trade italiano. L'evento che nasce dalla collaborazione fra Visit Usa, Brand Usa e l'Us commercial Service, vedrà nella mattinata odierna i tour operator e i rappresentanti del mice inc...
READ MOREThe world of social networking is so young and jam-packed with mystery that any analysis often ends up in riddles. However, certain things can't be denied: specifically numbers. They don't reflect opinions. And so, among all the Italian Regions, the page with the most fans is without doubt the one dedicated to Sicily (https://www.facebook.com/lasic...
READ MOREL'Italia inverte il trend negativo degli arrivi negli Stati Uniti attestandosi a 838mila883, grazie alla leggera crescita dell'1% nel 2013. Le statistiche sono state diffuse all'Intenational Pow Wow di Chicago dal Ntto (National Travel and Tourism Office). Si tratta per il Belpaese di una piccola ripresa, che alimenta la speranza di tornare nella...
READ MOREby Stefano Salimbeni On a glorious May morning, Luciana Burdi greets me at the security desk of the Massport administrative building where she works, looking just as glorious. Her outfit is way more hip and stylish than one would expect for a regular Thursday at the office, and she transmits positive energy while navigating t...
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