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Rome Cinema Festival: red carpet

24 March, 2020

The third Rome Cinema Festival is attracting many stars. The most beautiful? Monica Bellucci who was cynosure of all eyes when all in Black (Dolce Gabbana) she strutted down the red carpet with her husband, the dashing Vincent Cassel, in…

Olive oil Easter egg from Italy

24 March, 2020

While an olive oil Easter egg might not have much effect on Italian children who prefer Kinder Surprise Easter eggs, it could be an interesting match for olive oil buffs who also like chocolate.The unusual oil and chocolate match was…

Puccini Festival: Opera Music and Nature in Versilia

23 March, 2020

This year in order to celebrate Giacomo Puccini´s 150th birthday anniversary Lucca and Torre del lago, the small town on Massacciuccoli lake where the Maestro lived for years, will organize a series of exquisite events. The Puccini Festival will begin…

Tips for New Year's Eve in Rome

23 March, 2020

If you’re spending New Year’s Eve in Rome it’s unlikely you’ll be thinking about the ancient traditions of celebrating a new calendar year. But for the record, the tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve on December 31st, and starting a…

Food festivals and Italian olive oil: Lake Garda olives

23 March, 2020

The best Italian olive oil does not just come from central and southern Italy. While you may be used to seeing the olive groves across the hills of Tuscany and Umbria, there is a pocket in northern Italy that makes…

Red carpet fashion from 2010 Venice Film Festival

22 March, 2020

Here’s a look at all the red carpet fashion from the 2010 Venice Film Festival where we’ve seen some hot numbers from local Italian and international stars alike. Natalie Portman was particular lovely next to a dashing Vincent Cassel from…

Nemi, strawberry capital of Italy

20 March, 2020

Maybe you have never heard of the town of Nemi, near Rome, but here in Europe it’s famous for being the strawberry capital of Italy! In June this lovely town, which lays among the beautiful Albani Hills, hosts the Strawberry…

Medieval festival in Italy hosts football World Cup trophy at jousting tournament

20 March, 2020

The medieval festival being held at Foligno, in Umbria, has the football World Cup on display, won by Italy in Germany in 2006. The cup is on show at the jousting tournament.While the Cup visits, a large screen will also…

L'Aquila to host contemporary art exhibition "Re-place"

20 March, 2020

After the awful earthquake which hit the Abruzzo region in April 2009, there are now signs of recovering and the most interesting ones come straight from the world of art. In fact from 6 April an important event dedicated to…

Italy's white truffle record auction: Alba truffle sold for 100,000 euros

19 March, 2020

The white truffle auction held in Langa, Piedmont on the weeked, saw a 750 gram white truffle sell for a record of 100,000 euros. It was the last of 11 truffle lots on auction, with the event seeing more than…

2010 Eurochocolate starts: tasting chocolate in Perugia

14 March, 2020

The 2010 Eurochocolate event in Perugia opens today and runs to October 24th. Like last year, the first two days of the Italian chocolate event will be spent in Aquila, the town that suffered the huge earthquake a year and…