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15 May 2019 The Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice

Posted at 13:41h in Events, Italian itineraries

All the events at one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world Inaugurated at the end of the XVIIIth century, today the Gran Teatro La Fenice (the Phoenix) in Venice is still one...

14 Mar 2018 Gubbio, improbable and exciting

Posted at 15:24h in Events

A place that produces “an absolutely astounding effect and has something improbable and exciting about it”: the comment is by the great German writer Herman Hesse and refers to Gubbio, the medieval town in Umbria,...

19 Sep 2017 Sicily, October on the slopes of Mt. Etna

Posted at 18:21h in Events, Food and wine, Italian itineraries

There is a place in Sicily where sweetness and passion are the colors of gold, the amber shade of honey and the bright red of fire, the colors of the autumn, earth and sun.

01 Jun 2015 Four Italian Maritime Republics: Genoa, Venice, Pisa and Amalfi

Posted at 00:00h in Events

On June 7^th the unique setting of Venice will provide the backdrop for one of the most spectacular events linked to the history of the Bel Paese: the Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics, the origins of which date back to Italy’s glorious maritime tradition during the Middle Ages.

24 Apr 2015 BYSSUS – Sea Gold in Sardinia

Posted at 00:00h in Italian itineraries

Every year, on the first moon of May, a woman would immerse herself in the sea to gather this gold and use it to make a yarn with which she would weave incredible fabrics. It sounds like a myth but it actually still happens in Italy today: this woman is called Chiara Vigo and she lives on the island of Sant’Antioco, the biggest of the islands of Sardinia, to the south west, around eighty kilometers from Cagliari.