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Italian lingerie bra trade-in scheme with Irina Shayk

16 April, 2020

When next you’re shopping for some Italian lingerie, especially if you pop in to an Intimissimi store, you might find a surprising sign out the front. It happened to me recently and I thought ‘as if!’ but it turns out…

Panorma magazine interviews Italian actress Monica Bellucci

16 April, 2020

Italian actress Monica Bellucci granted a long interview to Panorama magazine in which she talked at length about aging and how important it is to accept change. She’s not afraid of growing old at all. When you reach forty, added…

George Clooney chased by an Italian fan

16 April, 2020

The whole world knows that George Clooney has a gorgeous villa on lake Como, but I’m sure that many of you do not know he loves to go around on his sparkling Harley Davidson and enjoy the beauty of the…

Italian Christmas traditions: the salt nativity scene at Cervia and Milano Marittima

16 April, 2020

The areas of Cervia and especially Milano Marittima are famous in Italy for their VIP visitors in summer, the Italian beach discos, paparazzi and Italian sports celebrities.What is less well known is that the city during winter has a wonderful…

Ron Howard's Angels and Demons: the "Rome Scenes"

16 April, 2020

The trailer of Angels and Demons that we saw just a few days ago was really compelling, so we are now eagerly waiting for the movie to come out. Actually this pre-sequel to Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard…

Dating schoolgirls: Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno on the Berlusconi scandal

16 April, 2020

In an improvised interview at the Paris premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new character film, Bruno, the actor turned up in full character profile to speak with the people of Paris. After a couple of jokes about French President Sarkozy’s…

Exploring central Italy: Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini, Marche

16 April, 2020

Tourists’ love affair with Italy has a long history behind it and more often not tourists get to know the country very well! A few days ago I had the pleasure to talk to Pizzodisevo (this is just a nickname),…

Sunglasses ad banned in Italy

16 April, 2020

Italian advertising watchdog IAA has banned a recent Tom Ford advertisement in Italy, describing the advertisement as “vulgar” and “sexually implicit”. In advertising the brand’s sunglasses, the advertisement shows a woman biting a man’s middle finger. Other advertising images can…

Italian summer traditions: what is grattachecca and where to get it

16 April, 2020

Okay, so we’ve got Italian gelato, and if you’re in the know there is also the granita which is a flavoured ice drink. And then there’s grattachecca. It’s also a flavoured ice drink but from a slightly different tradition. The…

George Clooney visits Elisabetta Canalis’s parents in Sardinia

16 April, 2020

George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis arrived in Sardinia so that the American actor could meet the parents of the Italian showgirl.

Italian tv presenter Alessia Marcuzzi is pregnant with her second child

16 April, 2020

During a radio programme, Alfonso Signorini, editor in chief of Chi Magazine revealed that Alessia Marcuzzi and her fiancé Francesco Facchinetti are to welcome their first child together. The famous Italian presenter has another child from a former boyfriend (i.e.…

Italian actress Martina Colombari caught topless

16 April, 2020

Italian actress Martina Colombari was caught topless while sunbathing on a boat in the Mediterranean and though almost twenty years have passed since she was named Miss Italy in 1992, she still looks great! Take a look at our gallery!

Andrea BocAndrea Bocelli duets with Laura Pausini for Actionaid: Dare To Live 'Vivere'

16 April, 2020

New Zealand’s Tv3 visited Andrea Bocelli at his home in Pisa to discuss his planned summer tours: check his video interview or download&donate at the official Dare To Live ‘Vivere’ campaign website by Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini for Actionaid.Via…

Italian vintage cars: 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Pininfarina wins best restoration at Villa d'Este

16 April, 2020

At the Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este on Lake Como, the prize for the best restoration of a car went to a splendid 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé from Pininfarina. The car was restored by the experts at the Ferrari…

Restaurants in Milan: 4000 euros for dinner at Cracco Peck

16 April, 2020

It appears one businessman in Italy has had a nasty surprise on asking for the bill after a dinner with five friends at the prestigious Cracco Peck restaurant in Milan. The credit crunch is clearly not being felt at the…

13 million euro stolen from the Ministery of State Schooling

16 April, 2020

You may have thought that the mafia culture in Italy was a thing of the past, or something mythologized in America through films such as the Godfather, or more recently the television series The Sopranos. But the Calabrian version of…

New airport in Italy: fly to the Amalfi Coast and Salerno with Costa d'Amalfi airport

16 April, 2020

If you were wondering how to skip the long drive down Italy’s peninsula, a new flight route in Campania has been created, going to Costa d’Amalfi a Salerno-Pontecagnano. It will be inaugurated on July 31 by Italy’s president, Giorgio Napolitano,…

Luxury Italian Villa up for sale in the Olgiata district, Rome

16 April, 2020

Situated in the Olgiata district (one of Rome’s most exclusive and fashionable areas), this luxury Italian villa surrounded by a huge park can be yours for only 3 million euros. As you can see from our pics the 575 square…

Italian folk festivals: The Palio of stilts at Schieti di Urbino

16 April, 2020

There’s no better way to observe a Marchigian river (the Folgia, to be precise) than from atop a pair of stilts, at least if you are a charcoal-burner by trade and you are in a rush to leave behind Schieti…

Torre del Mangia: a postcard from Siena

16 April, 2020

To be truthful I couldn’t make any sense out of the subject of this picture. At first I thought it was just one of those jokes one usually come across surfing the net or the plan of some building, then…

Milan's less well known tourist attractions: Villa Invernizzi

16 April, 2020

The inhabitants of Milan are very fond of the beautiful Villa Invernizzi that you can see in the video above; an affection which has grown over the years. With its amazing garden and rather aristocratic facade, the villa is considered…

Expo 2015: a new Louvre in Milan's Brera district?

16 April, 2020

Milan is a city holding its breath for the 2015 Expo when the event will hopefully breathe some new life into a city that often struggles to have its cultural qualifications recognised. The Brera district of Milan is truly beautiful,…

Italy's best beaches for 2009

16 April, 2020

Tourists who are planning to visit Italy net summer will be happy to know that the number of Italian beaches deserving a blue flag are now 227 which is 21 more than 2008. As you know blue flags are granted…

Italy's most beautiful parks

16 April, 2020

We don’t know yet which Italian park will win the contest Il Parco più bello d’ Italia or Italy’s most beautiful park; there are so many contenders that is almost impossible to tell which one will prevail and win; the…

Italian restaurants: eating in Tuscany at the fort of Fortezza Medicea di Volte, Italy's strangest restaurant

16 April, 2020

The restaurant at the Fortezza Medicea di Volte is one of the strangest restaurants in the world, and certainly for Italy, which has it’s fair share of unique Italian restaurants. But it’s not strange just because it’s in a fortress,…