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The Dolomites, the most famous mountain group in the Alps, represent a natural wealth appreciated all over the world. Thanks to their unparalleled beauty, they received in 2009 the award of World Heritage issued byUnesco. Although very famous, there are some interesting facts about the Dolomites , which you may not know yet. The history of the name...

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Vernazza is one of the five little villages that make up the Cinque Terre, stretching along the Ligurian coast of Italy. 4 of the 5 towns are perched right along the sea (from north to south: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Manarola, and Riomaggiore). The fifth village is Corniglia which sits nearly 400 steps up a hillside. Once a string of isolated...

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Siena in Italy is a city of art and certainly a city of good food. It is also a city of horse racing and the most impressive medieval city in Europe. It is a unique city with many ”faces.” It is located on the Tuscan hills and still retains its glory. It seems as if time in Siena stopped in the 13th century. It was then that the city began to be en...

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Italy is such a wonderful and diverse country to visit; each region seems to have a personality all its own. For instance, Rome is an eclectic mix of ancient and modern, while Florence is a big city with a small-town feel. I have traveled all over Italy, visiting Capri, Rome, Florence, Venice, and more, but no place has captured my attention and st...

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The fascinating city of Fabriano is off the tourist trail in the rarely explored region of La Marche, Italy. If you love handmade paper (Remember? We once used paper to communicate with each other), then you will love this city, famous for its production of paper and for inventing the watermark in the late 1200s. Tucked between two Apennine Mountai...

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Palermo, the largest city on the island of Sicily, is known for its lively markets and its stunning mosaics and architecture showing Byzantine, Arab, and Norman influence. Nine monuments and churches from the time of Sicily’s Norman kingdom, 1130-1194, make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu...

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The Colosseum is a symbol of Rome and Italy, with which everyone is familiar, even those who’ve never visited us. It is majestic and grandiose, as its name suggests, but also reassuring in a way: just like an old friend or a great grandfather who still dispenses advice to the family, the Colosseum has always been there, as sturdy as a rock. It is p...

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Many of you are probably familiar with La Cucina Italiana, the famous Italian culinary magazine which, since 1929, has been collecting, discussing, and presenting food trends and recipes from the peninsula.  Besides being a treasure trove of recipes and ideas to use in the kitchen, the magazine also became, in 2020, a spokesperson for an important...

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For those who love uncontaminated places, which allow you to spend whole days immersed in nature, the MAB nature reserve of Collemeluccio-Montedimezzo is the ideal destination: established in 1971, it covers 347 hectares and is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The MAB Program (acronym for Man And the Biosphere) was started by UNESCO in 1971 with the aim...

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Orvieto's famed St Patrick's Well has got onto UNESCO's list of water museums. The spectacular feat of engineering by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger has been added to the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-Net), which includes over 70 museums and institutions in 30 countries. The 53-metre deep well was built by Florentine Sangallo between 1527...

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