Rome by night by bicycle
Summer in Italy’s capital of Rome marks a hot and busy city until the locals start to head for the seaside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy things from a different point of view. In fact, the eternal city…
Photographs of Rome: Geotagger World Atlas
These amazing photographs are part of Eric “The Incredimazing” Fischer’s Geotaggers World Atlas. The purpose of these particular images has been to filter what locals vs tourists photographs in some of the world’s big tourism locations. The blue areas are…
Gucci Aquariva gets Wallpaper Design Award as "Best Boat"
Gucci Aquariva has just received the prestigious Wallpaper design award in the category “Best boat”. Officially unveiled last September in Cannes and fruit of a collaboration between Riva and Gucci, this beautiful boat is the best the world has to…
Eros Ramazzotti to marry girlfriend Marica Pellegrinelli
According to Gente magazine, one of Italy’s most popular gossip magazines, Eros Ramazzotti will soon marry his girlfriend Marica Pellegrinelli. The couple is expecting their first child together, but as you know the Italian singer has another child from his…
Art factory in Venice: moving museum by Renzo Piano
Venice has opened a new art gallery in a “mecchanical museum” style in which the paintings and artworks themselves move. The idea for the museum was devised by Luigi Nono, Emilio Vedova, Massimo Cacciari and Renzo Piano back in 1984,…
Italian show girl Marika Fruscio's sexy calendar
Marika Fruscio who became famous for her stint in the show ” Uomini e Donne” is now trying to conquer the male market with this sexy calendar in which the Italian show girl shows off her curvy body! I have…
Leonardo's Vitruvian Man on display in Venice
Leonardo da Vinci’s world famous Vitruvian Man is appearing in Venice for a short exhibition for the first time in seven years of not being on display to the public. The Gallerie dell’Accademia will host the precious drawing, which shows…
Summer in Italy: guided tours of the Imperial forums in Rome
The Imperial forums in Rome never fail to attract droves of tourists every day; it’s without doubt one of the world’s most beautiful and fascinating places but the big news is that on June 26 - 27 a series of…
Covid, Boris Johnson’s pregnant fiancee situation
Boris Johnson’s girlfriend is “distraugh” and “in tears” after he was admitted to intensive care.
Autumn in Tuscany: discounted accommodation
From November 1st to December 8, the Tuscany councils of Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d’Arbia, Rapolano terme and San Giovanni d’Asso will be the scene for Crete d’Autunno 2008. The event is a series of meetings and shows dedicated to the…
Festivals in Sicily: typical products at Ottobrata Zafferanese
While Sicily is generally known as a destination to soak up some rays in summer, it can also be a fascinating place to visit in the low season in Italy, with harvests and plenty of October festivals to be enjoyed.…
Italian football coaches: Lippi gone, Capello lucky and Wakagare video
After much controversy, it is nearly miraculous that Fabio Capello will stay on for the moment as England’s national football coach, but for his fellow countryman, Marcello Lippi, things have not been so lucky. After Italy went home early by…
The Madonna of Italian porn: video and new pics of Moana Pozzi, Italian pornstar
Our feature on Italian people today includes Moana Pozzi (real name Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi) who is credited as the first Italian actress to bring pornography to the masses. She was born in Genoa on April 27, 1961, and started…
Italian pasta dish recipes: green tagliatelle from Trento
Just reading this recipes makes me hungry. You can do many things with pasta dishes, but often the most traditional Italian pasta dish is the best. Today, we look at green tagliatelle, or fettuccine with porcini mushrooms.Ingredients: 300 grams of…
Cannes film Festival: Matteo Garrone's Gomorra
Gomorra, directed by Matteo Garrone and based on the best seller Gomorrah the other Mafia, tells a rather dark story. A story set against the backdrop of Naples where Camorra rules and people seem to live rather hopeless lives. Toni…
Luxury Relais Fortilizio Piccolomini up for sale near Siena
Located between the Chianti region and the Orcia Valley, in Tuscany, the old Fortilizio Piccolomini is a luxury relais which has been put up for sale. The Fortilizio which sprawls over 1,838 square metres comprises 31 rooms and several outbuildings…
The new Vespa GTS 300 Super
More than 50 years have passed since this scene of Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. But a Vespa is timeless and will always be a passionate tradition around the world.Over on TwoWheels Blog we recently scored a…
Italian showgirl Melissa Satta's striptease
Footballer Bobo Vieri’s girlfriend Melissa Satta took people breath away when a couple of days ago on the Chiambretti Night show, she did a sexy striptease that outshined Nina Senicar’s! At the end of it, the famous Italian show girl…
Learn Italian and Italian traditions: the mozzarella and cheesy insults
After our mini course on cappuccino, espresso, lemons and pizza, today we look at more food. These three cheeses are the golden boys of the Campania region: the three most famous Italian buffalo milk cheeses. Before modern times, a cheese…
Luxury cars in Turin, the photo gallery
We all know that the city of Turin has a passion for luxury cars; a passion that has its roots in the history of the city itself, so today to celebrate this love of beautiful cars we have published a…
What to see in Rome: Caravaggio's Madonna of The Pilgrims
Next time you are in Rome you should visit the Church of Sant’Agostino which is not too far from one of the most famous places in Rome: Piazza Navona.This Renaissance Church, though now half-forgotten, is a real jewel in the…
Andrea Bocelli new song "Torna a Surriento" from Bocelli album "Incanto"
Andrea Bocelli has released a brand new single from the famous and traditional Italian song “Torna a Surriento”. The song has inspired and moved people around the world and as soon as you hear the opening brass notes, you’ll recognise…
Bomb shelter from Mussolini becomes art gallery
The bomb shelter in Rome at the EUR was the third refuge that Benito Mussolini built under Rome, after the first at his private home in Villa Torlonia, and the second at his studio in Piazza Venezia.This Mussolini bunker however,…
Guido Crepax sexy comic book heroine, Valentina
In the days before Lara Croft and Angelina Jolie, there was Valentina, a character from the fantasy of Guido Crepax that has since entered the erotic imagination of Italian culture and adult comic books. Valentina was a sexy photographer who…
Epiphany in Italy: celebrating La Befana
The Italian tradition of “La Befana” or the witch who appears at Epiphany is one close to Italian hearts. It marks the end of the Christmas season and New Year festivities, and despite the commercial figure of Santa Claus bearing…