Pack your costume, Carnevale is coming After the chilly month of January, as happy memories of Christmas gifts and year’s end parties fade, Italians gear up for a new excuse to be festive and indulge in sweets, for Carnevale — Italy’s version of...
Rich in layers of civilizations past, Palermo experiences exciting cultural renewal Sicily’s centuries-long legacy of some of history’s most remarkable periods is reflected fittingly in Palermo, the Mediterranean island’s capital city. Phoenician, Carthaginian, Roman,...
Milan to enjoy: Fashion capital offers updated approaches to arts and entertainment Milan is famed as Italy’s fashion and finance capital, so many tourists in search of culture or entertainment might not put it on their to-see list. But they’d be missing...
Wealth of special Italian exhibits celebrates the genius of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci’s accomplishments spanned from the arts to the sciences, so no wonder he is hailed as the Renaissance man. He painted, he drew, he conceptualized flying machines centuries...
Popularity of Italian spa towns reflects healing waters as a way of life since ancient Roman time When Angela Merkel wants a rejuvenating break from the rigors of running Europe’s economic powerhouse, she frequently heads to Ischia, the Italian island of...
Beyond the Permanent: Temporary exhibitions of stellar quality add richness to Italy’s already vast wealth of cultural attractions While many visitors to Italy arrive with a checklist of well-established must-sees, including a plenitude of ancient monuments and...
