Noami Campbell has been spotted on Vladislav Dorinin’s luxury yacht Nero anchored off the coast of Positano. The former top model is enjoying a romantic cruise through the islands off the coast of Naples; and she’s not the only one,…
Clamorous scenes in Italian football at the San Paolo stadium in Naples this week as Napoli, down 2-0 to AC Milan until the 90th minute, gets two goals in two minutes to draw the game. The team and crowd were…
We’ve already talked of Italy’s famous nativity scenes, especially from Naples and the via S.Gregorio Armeno. The “presepe” (nativity scenes) workshops along this street are renowned for making famous figures as part of the scene, with previous appearances from Barak…
During the Christmas Season Naples has a lot to offer. A couple of days ago I came across a rather interesting package called Easy Naples that comprises two nights’ accommodation and several facilitations and services. This special kit contains tickets…
AC Milan football player Marco Borriello has accused Italian writer Roberto Saviano of making money out of giving Naples a bad name. Saviano wrote the book “Gomorrah”, since becoming a world famous film, and is a particularly controversial figure in…
A bar in Naples is serving up a new take on Italian coffee, called the “caffé al bacio”. “Bacio” means ‘kiss’ in Italian, and much like the bacio gelato flavour, this involves using Italy’s premier hazelnut spread, Nutella.The caffé al…
With its blue-green sea and astonishing landscape, the island of Capri off the coast of Naples is an enchanting corner of paradise; the sight of it from the approaching boat will set your blood tingling and heart throbbing, just as…
The city of Naples is to host an exhibition devoted to the treasure of San Gennaro, the city’s patron saint. Made up of unique pieces of jewellery donated by Italy’s most noble and powerful families over the centuries, the treasure…
The Santa Chiara cloister in Naples can’t strictly be called a cloister, which you would normally consider as a dark, hushed religious area. In the style of the sunny city of Naples, this particular specimen is an open-air cloister, beautifully…
The world has been waiting for this film, and now the release of Gomorrah in the US is set for the New York Film Festival, commencing October 3. This looks to be a very sophisticated, modern example of Italian cinema…
This special offer by Il rifugio bella vista at Maso Corto in Val Senales is simply unmissable. The packet deal for Valentine’s Day includes one night’s stay in an igloo at 3,000 metres above the sea (don’t you find it…
This weekend is the last chance this summer opening season in Italy, to see the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy’s version of Versailles. The summer tour of the palace includes a guided tour of the Italian palace gardens, a bus…
After a few years of closure, the Collezione Affreschi and Collezione Farnese from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli will reopen from September. The affresco collection shows more than 400 restored frescoes from Pompeii, destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption of…