Not just blondes! Our Complete Guide to Italian craft beers
In a few decades Italy has become an increasingly interesting player on the world beer scene. With its 1,000 craft
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Traditions
Italia Sparita – A Story about Little Things and Big Emotions
by Catherine Marien …about the meaningful little things and cherished moments we want to hold onto forever. People gathering
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10 Traditional Easter Foods in Italy
Easter is one of the important holidays in Italy, which is also reflected in the country’s food traditions, as illustrated
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Top 15 reasons that make Molise the new coolest region to visit in Italy
by Catherine Marien After Basilicata (Maratea, Matera, Craco), we planned a road trip to another even more uncharted territory
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Agnone, home to the world’s oldest family-owned manufacturing company
by Catherine Marien Agnone is a pretty hill-top town at 840 m height, overlooking the verdant Verrino valley in the
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Top 10 Italian towns where to celebrate carnival
Carnival is celebrated in many cities of Italy, with celebrations usually starting on the first Sunday of February and lasting
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Exploring Alberobello, the capital of the curious cone-roofed drystone dwellings
Alberobello, the capital of the trulli, is located at the edge of the beautiful Valle d’Itria, in the Puglia region
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Caltagirone, the colorful capital of ceramics
Caltagirone is one of the eight towns of south-eastern Sicily known as the baroque towns of the Val di Noto,
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Schools of Excellence in Italy
Italy counts three officially sanctioned, fully autonomous, Superior Graduate Schools with ‘university status’, commonly referred to as “Schools of Excellence”
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Ode to a Sicilian icon: the Carretto Siciliano
(updated May 12, 2014) The Carretto Siciliano (or carrettu sicilianu in Sicilian) is a lavishly decorated and colorful, horse-drawn cart,
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