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Venice Film Festival: Ferzan Ozpetek's "Un giorno perfetto"

15 April, 2020
Closing off our coverage of the Venice Film Festival, we look at Ferzan Ozpetek’s “Un giorno perfetto”, or “A perfect day”, with Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo, Federico Costantini, Monica Guerritore, Angela Finocchiaro, Stefania Sandrelli, Christian Serritiello,…

Italian women voted the best "beach babes" in Europe

15 April, 2020
Anyone who’s used to casual, public beach going may get a shock on first coming to Italy or Europe in general. It certainly was for me as half of our beaches are in national parks and nearly all of them…

Who wants to be a millionaire (and wants everyone to know)?

15 April, 2020
The debacle over the online publication of income and tax returns in Italy is not yet over, with Codacons, association for the protection of consumers, making a formal request of compensation to the tune of 20 billion euro for the…

Advance booking for the 2011 Venice Carnival

15 April, 2020
We’re just about round to celebrating Christmas in Italy, but if you want to go to the 2011 Carnevale in Venice, it looks like you’d best book now if you haven’t already. The Hotel Villa Margherita di Mira is offering…

Vanity Fair's portraits of Fortune' s children

15 April, 2020
Vanity Fair’s May issue devoted several pages to the most famous heirs and heiresses in the world. Photographer Bruce Weber’s talent captured these fortune’s children while relaxing in bed or enjoying life on the French Riviera. The beautiful porfolio features…

Emma Watson has a new love: Italian actor Roberto Agnillera

15 April, 2020
Is a new love blooming for Emma Watson ? The young English actress has been spotted on several occasions with Italian actor Roberto Agnillera and it doesn’t matter if the Harry Potter actress is still officially dating financier Jay Berrymore,…

Italian Christmas recipes : lemon cake

15 April, 2020
With the Christmas season just around the corner, this Italian recipe for lemon cake will add a nice touch to your dinner party dessert menu. Here are the ingredients:Plain flour; 2 eggs; 100 g sugar; 50 g butter; 3 tablespoons…

Easter holidays in Rome: hotel offers and long vacations

15 April, 2020
Easter in Italy is a great way to spend the holiday and it seems that the Belpaese is a favourite destination for many English and international travellers, especially to Rome. The eternal city is at the top of the preferred…

Scuba diving at Portofino

15 April, 2020
This beautiful video shows the underwater secrets and sea life of one of Italy’s popular tourist destinations, Portofino, in Liguria. Here, you can see a Mediterranean diving location in Italy’s north, with the famous red coral of the area. The…

Modern Italian villa for sale in Tuscany

15 April, 2020
Not far from Siena and Arezzo, there’s a luxury villa up for sale; located in the small town of Foiano della Chiana, this grand house which was built only a few years ago can be yours for only 5 million…

Milan' s Cathedral unveiled after a 20 million restoration

15 April, 2020
Marble monuments are frail things; smog and pollution are their true enemy, but thank heaven Milan’s Cathedral, one of the pearls of the city, has just been restored to its original beauty. The 20 million restoration work took five years,…

Church for sale in Milan

15 April, 2020
Italy is full of churches but it’s quite rare to see one up for sale. But the guys at 02blog.it have managed to snap this pic of a church for sale in Milan’s Udine district, near Lambrate. We’ve got no…

Beatrice Borromeo & Pierre Casiraghi: summer lovin'

15 April, 2020
Beatrice Borromeo seems to have forgotten how to behave ! Nowadays good manners have gone down the drain I’m afraid! Her poor mum must be in tears! To see a princess kneel down to kiss the hand of her Prince…