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Vintage car show at Villa D' Este, lake Como

23 March, 2020
The concorso d’Eleganza villa d’este will take place from 23 to 25 April on Lake Como, this is a tradition which started in 1929. Here by the sparkling waters of the lake every year several dozens of vintage cars gather…

Naked Mona Lisas on display at Da Vinci, near Florence

23 March, 2020
The small town of Da Vinci is hosting a new and to some extent bizarre exhibition dedicated to one of the world’s most famous paintings: the Mona Lisa. The bizarre element I am referring to is the centrepiece of the…

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…

Italian wines: the best rosé can be found in Apulia

23 March, 2020
Wine-lovers make a note in your diaries: for a whole week the old town of Ceglie Messapica near Brindisi, will be hosting an important wine festival called Rosati in Terra di Rosati or Rosé in the land of The Rosé…

Longest painting in the world in Italy

23 March, 2020
In a country rich in art history, Italy has just added itself to the world records with the longest picture in the world made by Gabriele Jagnocco. Jagnocco is a painter-sculptor from the Scuola Romana who has achieved some success…

Holidays in Tuscany: Facebook and new Tuscan tourism site

23 March, 2020
In what will become a 17 million-euro project, the Tuscan regional government has launched Turismo.InToscana.it, a new tourism site for Tuscany that forms an essential part of a new publicity campaign.The costly and ambitious project has seen 15 million euros…

Health spas in Italy: weekend packages for the Marche

23 March, 2020
Keeping in the theme of beauty farms and health spas in Italy, the Due Campanili hotel in the Marche has a spring package for a weekend offer in Italy including accommodation, food and health spa treatments.The hotel is at Montemaggiore…

Restaurants in Rome: La Caraffa

23 March, 2020
If you still feel nostalgic about your summer holidays and at night you dream of the sea and its beauty, you can try to soothe your nostalgia by dining at La Caraffa, a delightful restaurant in Rome famous for its…

Italian recipes: pasta with ricotta and mushrooms

23 March, 2020
If you are in a hurry but want to cook a lovely meal for your family (or friends), this quick and easy Italian recipe is what you need. Ingredients: 200 g pennette pasta; 100 g ricotta cheese; 300 g mushrooms…

Art from Aquila after the earthquake on show

23 March, 2020
The city of Rome is hosting an art exhibition dedicated to the artworks from the churches of Aquila that were partly destroyed during the earthquake last year. The exhibition is taking place at the lower house in Montecitorio with the…

Fiat 500 Barbie edition for Barbie's 50th Birthday

23 March, 2020
Barbie turns 50 this year (though she’s looking good for her age) and in occasion of the 50th Barbie birthday, Fiat has designed a special Fiat 500 Barbie edition. Unusual choice? Perhaps, but the style of Italy’s famous Fiat 500…

Naples will host second edition of " La Città cantante"

23 March, 2020
After last year’s great success, La Città Cantante or “The Singing City”, an important musical festival taking place in Naples and entirely dedicated to the music of the 18th century is back with a new series of interesting events. When…

Men's bicycles: The new Cigno Oro

23 March, 2020
A reader wrote to us about this new men’s bicycle called Cigno Oro. A bike that is equipped with a steel frame and welds made by hand. This attention to details makes the bicycle not just beautiful but strong as…

Vespa fashion with Adidas sneakers

23 March, 2020
While in Milan it’s traditional for women to wear stilettos when riding a Vespa, if you want something more casual (and perhaps appropriate to the situation) then Adidas have the answer.The suede sneakers include the traditional Adidas three stripe look,…

Italian music: English lyrics, Vasco Rossi vs Luciano Ligabue

23 March, 2020
Okay so once you’ve got past the strange choice of Queen’s “We will rock you”, this is a montage video comparing Vasco Rossi’s “Il mondo che vorrei” with Luciano Ligabue’s “Il centro del mondo” (or “The world I’d like” and…

George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis a couple since 2007?

23 March, 2020
According to some reports the scintillating new couple of George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis could have been on since way before we all realised. Rumours of the Clooney-Canalis liaison since 2007 come from actor Alessandro Siani, who claims that the…