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Italian film "Io non ci casco" in cinemas

12 April, 2020
Italian film, “Io non ci casco” (or “I won’t fall”, “I won’t fall for it”), is based on a true story from Italian filmmaker Pasquale Falcone, produced by Maria Grazia Cucinotta. In Falcone’s second work he examines his experience as…

Italian words in English: the meaning of fiasco

12 April, 2020
The word of the day in our learning Italian post today is “fiasco”. In Italy, the word “fiasco” generally means a spectacular flop for any performance in theatre or television. In English we often use it to mean a dramatic…

Rome vintage Vespa tours: scooter hire in Rome

12 April, 2020
Vespa hire in Rome is enjoying a boom time as tourists seek to relive the famous scenes from Roman Holiday - the famous film featuring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. The Hollywood actors have been immortalised in the photo and…

Traditional Tuscan cooking: restaurants in Pisa

12 April, 2020
If you’re looking for typical Tuscan cuisine in Pisa, you should try “Osteria la Toscana”. The interior is rustic and inviting, with polite staff that aren’t too ingratiating. The restaurant is situated in Pisa’s town centre and is easy to…

Milan hosts San Daniele ham exhibition

12 April, 2020
The Casa del Pane in Milan is hosting an important photographic exhibition dedicated to one of Italy’s most famous delicacies: the San Daniele ham. All the photos which will be on display until 31 May have been taken by Mario…

Stunning line-up for Rome Film festival

12 April, 2020
The Rome Film festival which is in its fifth year will run from 28 October to 5 November. Many stars and movie directors are expected to take part in the event. The organisers have just announced an impressive line-up; from…

Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti to welcome second child

12 April, 2020
According to Oggi magazine, Eros Ramazzotti’s girlfriend model Marica Pellegrinelli is expecting a baby. As many of you know the singer has another child from his former wife, actress Michelle Hunziker. After a stormy divorce and years of loneliness, Eros…

Italian shoes: Sergio Rossi autumn/winter collection

12 April, 2020
It’s a bit depressing to be thinking about Autumn/Winter collections in the height of summer, but Sergio Rossi presents his new 2008/09 collection, created by Miles Aldrige and seen here in a different ad campaign. The only protagonists here are…

Limousine and hummer hire: wannabe Italian celebrities

12 April, 2020
The latest Italian trend is to turn up at parties, discos and concerts in a hired limousine or hummer, evidence that Italy’s love affair with American culture is far from over. Young Italian girls bent on imitating Paris Hilton or…

Luxury hotels in Milano Marittima: Palace Hotel

12 April, 2020
The five-star Palace Hotel in Milano Marittima offers guests the finest luxury accommodation available in the region: located only a few steps away from the sea, the hotel has 135 rooms and a restaurant elegantly decorated with Murano glass chandeliers…

Roman Triumphs on display at the Colosseum

12 April, 2020
Have you ever tried to picture yourself as a Roman centurion? Long and exhausting battles only for the glory of Rome, marching all day long in heavy armour or building fortifications against the assault of strange and dangerous foes. A…

Learn Italian: carpaccio – the dish, not the painter

12 April, 2020
If you don’t like raw meat, we suggest you avoid the word “carpaccio” on Italian menus. The original recipe is said to come from either Veneto or Piedmont, depending on which historian you speak to.The story from Veneto goes that…

Luxury hotels on the Amalfi Coast: Santa Catarina

12 April, 2020
We’re not really in the times when splurging on holidays is recommended, but if you want to save the economy, then spending a little extra could be what keeps things afloat. So if you have some extra cash and are…

Milan: the world's largest cup of herbal tea

12 April, 2020
If you want to drink from the world’s largest cup of herbal tea, you must go to Piazza Santo Stefano in Milan where just yesterday a barman boiled up 2005 litres of tea in a really huge tea kettle (2,20…

The new Fiat 500 according to Giovanni Rana

12 April, 2020
In place of head rests it has two ravioli, a huge agnolotto as the gear shift and the seats look like they’re made from lasagne pasta: this is the unbelievable creation on the Fiat 500 of Giovanni Rana, a leader…

Explore Sardinia's wild interior

12 April, 2020
The breathtakingly beautiful Ogliastra region in Sardinia with its crystal-blue sea and glittering white sands, is like a piece of heaven fallen to earth; but there ’s more to it than you can imagine; I’m talking about the wild landscape…
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