Travel GuideNaples is famous for its Nativity scenes, in particular the via San Gregorio Armeno is the way of the Neapolitan Presepe here are the workshops of the artisans of the Nativity, where they build the wonderful figurines that make up the Neapolitan cribs. In Campania, Christmas means Nativity scene, the artisans of the Naples Nativity […]
The Christmas market in Florence fills one of the most beautiful squares of the city, Piazza Santa Croce, which overlooks the beautiful Gothic Franciscan church that holds immense works of art (frescoes by Giotto and Taddeo Gaddi, Cappella de’ Pazzi by Brunelleschi, tomb of Leonardo Bruni of Rossellini, Crucifix by Cimabue), and the tombs of […]
The most important airport in Italy is Rome-Fiumicino. If your flight arrives late in the evening or leaves early in the morning one of the most interesting options is sleeping near the airport. This time I have to take a flight that leaves from Rome-Fiumicino airport in the morning and start looking for the hotels […]
Ferrari is the symbol of racing cars and children are crazy about it. From an early age the brum brum attracts him without exception. Then growing often continue to be passionate about engines. My two children are no exception and are passionate Ferrari fans. For this reason we decided to visit the Ferrari Museum in […]
The city of Florence one of the most important tourist destinations in the world. It is also among the top three Italian tourist destinations together with Rome and Venice. But despite this, absurdly, it does not have a large international airport, but only a small city airport served by flights with some European cities but […]
Venice is a historic and splendid city of almost three hundred thousand inhabitants, which with the metropolitan area reaches about 1.6 million inhabitants. The city is the capital of the Veneto region in northeastern Italy. The Republic of Venice was an important seafaring power, as well as an important trading center (especially the spice trade) […]
Florence is one of the most popular and sought after destinations by world tourism. This city of about 400,000 inhabitants, whose metropolitan area reaches about 1,500,000 inhabitants is the capital of Tuscany. The city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance and is world famous for its magnificent art and architecture. Built on the site […]
Sicily is the largest island (25,710 sq km) in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the center of the Mediterranean, south-west of the Sicilian Channel. This channel divides it from Africa (Tunisia), while, to the east, the Strait of Messina separates it from Calabria. The island is bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea to the […]
Sardinia is the second largest island (24,090 sq km) in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily. It is located between Italy, Spain, and Tunisia, south of Corsica. The population of the island is around 1,650,000 inhabitants. Sardinia with around 1,900 kilometers of coastline is one of the most famous and popular seaside destinations for sea lovers. […]
The Pantheon is an ancient temple of ancient Rome. Originally built to pay homage to the pagan gods worshiped in the Roman Empire, it is now a cult building of the Roman Catholic church. The original Pantheon building was built in 27 BC. under the Roman Republic, during the consulate of Marco Vespasiano Agrippa. The […]
This area of the city was at first the market square, and later the civic center of ancient Rome. The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. Here the commerce, business, market and administration of justice took place. The market, the court and the most important religious buildings were located in […]
The Trevi Fountain is certainly the most famous of Rome’s fountains, located in the historic center of the city, a short distance from Piazza Colonna and the Quirinale palace. The fountain was built – under the popes Clement XII, Benedict XIV and Clement XIII, between 1732 and 1762, first by Nicola Salvi and after 1751 […]
The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater, is an amphitheater, which could hold up to 70,000 spectators. This structure was once used primarily for gladiator fights as well as a variety of other events. The building was built between 72 A.D. and 90 AD, during the reigns of the emperors of the dynasty Flavia, […]
Rome is the capital of Italy, but it is also the capital of faith and culture. This city in fact represents the birthplace of western civilization, where past and present meet together. Capital of an immense empire that dominated over much of Europe, the Middle East and north Africa two thousand years ago. The city […]
Milan (approximately 1,350,000 inhabitants, approximately 7,400,000 the metropolitan area) is the industrial, commercial and financial capital of Italy, and is one of the largest commercial and financial centers in the world. Founded by the Insubri Celts (probably in 396 BC), it was temporarily occupied by the Romans in 222 BC. and then definitively annexed in […]