The island of Sardinia is a part of Italy steeped in tradition and a good place to experience festivals and holidays. During the week before Easter, or Holy Week, there ... Read More

Slow Food and the city of Genoa host Slow Fish 2009, April 17-20, focusing on fish of the Mediterranean. At Slow Fish you can taste local foods, wines that go ... Read More

During la Settimana della Cultura, culture week, all state museums and sites in Italy offer free entrance. This includes archaeological sites, monuments, galleries, and some places not even normally open ... Read More

Italy is well-known for fantastic festivals and some of them are pretty unusual. For example, the day after Easter there's a cheese-rolling contest in the Umbrian town of Panicale, on ... Read More

Taking Italian language classes in Italy is a fun way to learn Italian and it's easy to practice in a small town that's not filled with tourists. Country House Parco ... Read More

April is filled with Easter week events, this year from April 5-13. While Rome and Vatican City are the most popular places to celebrate Easter, there will be processions and ... Read More

Venice holds the top Carnevale festivals in Italy and is known as one of the top five places in the world to celebrate Carnival. Enjoy these photos of Carnevale costumes ... Read More

Pitigliano is gem of a hill town in the Maremma, a hidden corner of Tuscany. The views of the town in the distance are some of the most stunning I've ... Read More

Kayaking is a unique way to experience Venice and the Venetian lagoon and usually less expensive than a gondola ride. You can kayak alongside gondolas, under the Rialto Bridge, or ... Read More

Rome and Florence are popular Italian cities for travelers with much to see and do. It's also nice to take a day trip to visit hill towns or see the ... Read More

Betsy Malloy, our guide to California Travel, just returned from Carnevale in Venice. She stayed at a convent, Istituto San Giuseppe, about five minutes from Saint Mark's Square, for 37 ... Read More

Saint Joseph's Day, or Feast Day of San Giuseppe, is celebrated all over Italy on March 19. Father's Day in Italy is a part of Saint Joseph's Day to commemorate ... Read More

Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March - March 15, 44 BC at the Portico of Pompeii in Rome, now part of the Torre Argentina archaeological site ... Read More

Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, is one of the top sights in Florence and one of the most picturesque. Ponte Vecchio, the only surviving bridge from Florence's medieval days, ... Read More

Galileo - Images of the universe from antiquity to the telescope celebrates 400 years since Galileo's first observations of the night sky. More than 250 objects are on display including ... Read More

Lance Armstrong was in the Cinque Terre yesterday (see Twitter photo) preparing for the May 2009 Giro d'Italia, the Italian bike race similar to the Tour de France. This year's ... Read More

More than sixty mummies from around the world join the Ice Man in northern Italy for a special exhibit called Mummies, the Dream of Everlasting Life. Mummies include those that ... Read More

Azzi Hotel (book direct) is an inexpensive 2-star hotel in the San Lorenzo pedestrian district of Florence, a five minutes walk from the train station and Piazza del Duomo. The ... Read More

Italy has many intriguing and evocative ancient sites ranging from prehistoric and Etruscan times to ancient Roman sites about 2000 years old. Almost anywhere you go in Italy, you're bound ... Read More

Raffaele La Scala, master Sicilian cart maker, will be remembered through an evening of music and dance March 14 at Pirandello Theater in Agrigento, Sicily. Raffaele made Sicilian carts in ... Read More

March 8 is the Festa della Donna, or Women's day, in Italy. Bright yellow mimosa flowers and yellow balloons decorate shops and women are recognized with gifts of mimosa flowers ... Read More

Modena's Este Gallery painting collection and the Municipal Museums: Archeological and Ethnological and Municipal Museum of Art are offering free admission through March 31. Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region of ... Read More

Rome is the most popular travel destination in Italy but while many tourists travel north of Rome, far fewer venture south. Naples and the Amalfi Coast are the most popular ... Read More

Dramatically perched atop huge tufa cliffs, the hill town of Orvieto makes an impressive sight. Dug into the tufa are fascinating underground passages, some dating to the Etruscan period. Orvieto's ... Read More

Looking for something different for your Italy vacation? Here's a sampling of special interest tours in Italy. Farm to Fork, Roman Food Culture for Families - Context Travel's 6-day sustainable trip ... Read More