San Marco Square is the heart of Venice. For over thousand years it has been the central point of the city. Nowadays, thousands of tourists visit the square every day, and almost all of them fall in love with this amazing place surrounded by outstanding works of architecture. The uniqueness of the square was emphasized [...]

Maybe no wine or tasty Italian desserts. No speaking dirty words. Abstinence from traditional pleasures. How do Italians prepare for 40 days of self-inflicted deprivation? Throw a party that lasts for weeks! From the Epiphany on January 6 to the beginning of Quaresima (Lent—derived from the Latin term Quadragesima, or “the forty days”), il Carnevale [...]

Walks Inside Venice are official Venice tour guides who offer customized and tailor made walking tours of Venice and the surrounding area. Their specialist itineraries are suitable for individual travelers or small groups.
Roberta, Sara and Cristina are also native Venetians with a background in art history, foreign languages and literature and have published books on [...]

The first time Enzo Ferrari witnessed a car racing event, he immediately knew what his life was destined to be. And even if his life-long works are very popular among car enthusiasts, never had he expected that his name would be one that is so coveted by everyone who’s anyone in today’s society.
Around the time [...]

“2007 can be defined as a favourable year for tourism”, stated Riccardo Strano, the Director of the ENIT office in the USA, while discussing the progress of the summer season for incoming from North America.
”We are registering a trend on the rise that is also the result of promotion that is coherent with proposed tourism [...]

Archaeological finds testify the presence of settlements on the Palatino hills, as early as the middle of the 8th Century BC. Little by little, the Roman community suffered change under the Sabina, Etruscan and Greek civilizations.
The legend of a sort around the foundation of Rome on the Palatino (753 BC legend of Romolo and [...]

Italians are very proud of their cuisine and rightly so, for their food is renowned throughout the world. Italians trace their gastronomic heritage to Romans, Greeks, Etruscans and other Mediterranean peoples who elaborated the methods of raising, refining and preserving foods. Italian cooking is still very regional with the different towns and regions having their [...]

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Previously overlooked areas of Italy are becoming more appealing to overseas investors as a result of the growth of tourism, according to experts.
RealPoint Italy said that since areas such as Calabria had recently become popular with holidaymakers, they also offered viable investment opportunities.
The firm stated that options such as holiday homes and restoring existing properties [...]

The Governor of Italy’s southern province of Campania will visit Iran to expand bilateral ties in various fields including tourism.
Mohammad Kazem Khaledinasab, director of the international affairs at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, said the Italian governor will travel to Iran in October.
The Italian official will sign an agreement with Iran’s southwestern [...]