The Global Music Foundation has several jazz events slated for August in Tuscany's hill town of Certaldo Alto. Tuscany Jazz Vocal Summer School, August 12-17 Rhythms of the World - Samba, ... Read More

A new exhibit in Rome's Capitoline Museums recreates ancient fragrances. According to USA Today, archaeologists in Cyprus unearthed what they believe to have been a lab for making perfume dating ... Read More

Italian cities hold three places in TripAdvisor newsletter's list of Top 10 European Classics. Rome comes in at third place, followed by Venice at fourth, and Florence at sixth. Rome, ... Read More

March 25 is the date the Treaty of Rome was originally signed 50 years ago, marking the beginnings of today's European Union. The original Treaty of Rome in 1957 was ... Read More

Easter, Pasqua in Italian, is celebrated with Easter mass followed by feasting since Easter signifies the end of Lent. The biggest mass, of course, is held by the Pope at ... Read More

Spring is a great time to visit the Amalfi Coast. The weather is warming up and the high tourist season of summer is not yet here. The Amalfi Coast is ... Read More

Basilicata is an interesting region in southern Italy often overlooked by travelers. Basilicata, often called the instep of Italy's boot, is a mountainous region with bits of jagged, rocky coastline. Probably ... Read More

While Italy has many grand historic opera houses, one of the most exciting places to experience Italian opera is outdoors in the Arena di Verona, the Roman amphitheater in Verona, ... Read More

This morning I enjoyed a zeppole, a pastry traditionally eaten on the Feast Day of San Giuseppe or St. Joseph, March 19. In Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on ... Read More

The Mediterranean Coast is a good travel destination offering mild weather, beautiful scenery, seaside villages, and historic cities. Europe for Visitors has a suggested travel itinerary, The Best of the ... Read More

March 15, the Ides of March, is the date Julius Ceasar was assassinated in 44 BC. The murder took place at the Portico of Pompeii in Rome, now part ... Read More

If you're traveling in Italy over the next few weeks, keep your eyes open for toads on the road. According to Wanted in Rome, toads are in danger of being ... Read More

Italy's northeast corner, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, is bordered on the north by Austria, the east by Slovenia, the west by Italy's Veneto region and the south by the Adriatic ... Read More

About 500,000 artifacts have been uncovered during a 3-year excavation of a patrician villa in the northern Italy region of Lombardy, according to Italy-news, Some of the artifacts are ... Read More

Mary Jane Cryan has a new Central Italy Travel Itinerary on her site, Elegant Etruria. To view the itinerary, click on the itineraries link on the left side of the ... Read More

The Basilica of St. John in Lateran, Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, is Rome's cathedral and is said to be Rome's first church. The adjoining Lateran palace was the ... Read More

Last October, the recently discovered Roman necropolis at the Vatican was opened for public tours along with another part of the necropolis discovered in the 1950's but not before open ... Read More

When I travel to foreign countries, one of the first things I do is search out the open-air food markets. Why? Markets are a great place to learn the ... Read More

Starhotels has two special promotions for travelers to Italy interested in cultural activities in Milan or Florence. Experience La Scala lets you experience opera or ballet at the famous ... Read More

March is the period of Lent, the time between Carnevale and Easter celebrations, but March is not without its share of events. The Feast Day of San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph) ... Read More