Emilia-Romagna, sometimes simply called Romagna, in northern Italy is considered to be the cradle of true Italian cuisine. For foodies, the impressive repertoire of delicacies would be enough to warrant a trip, but there's more. It is where the world's finest luxury vehicles have been ...

It's not Christmas in Italy without the famous pandoro and panettone desserts, but in Abruzzo, the real stars of Christmas are the sfogliatelle, caggionetti and bocconotti. All three of them are filled with grape jam and coated with powdered sugar.  Sfogliatelle not just Neapolitan Sfogliatelle, although commonly associated with Naples, are a ...

In the extreme south of Puglia lies the Salento region: a land where the wind changes constantly and the dialect varies from village to village. The recipes are handed down from generation to generation and rather than written, they are spoken with technical terms like ...

Cavallucci cookies (sometimes referred to as Cavallucci di Siena) are an ancient Tuscan cookie. The name ("little horses") probably derives from the fact that they were offered to passers-by and pilgrims, who were probably often on horseback, by the countryside taverns. They were already known at the ...

Almost everyone on earth has tasted, or at least heard of, one of the most famous and delicious desserts on the entire planet: the one, the only- tiramisù. Most people don't know that the word tiramisù literally means 'pick me up'. Let's find out what all ...

I arrive in Volterra in the dead of winter. It's truffle hunting season. Driving along the old Volterranean road is like climbing a hill through a fairy tale wood. When rounding one of the last bends, the old medieval town comes into view at the ...

Castiglione dei Pepoli is a small town located in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines immersed in nature. It is the ideal place to spend a relaxing holiday outdoors, visit nearby Bologna, enjoy the lakes and other nearby attractions. And the Hotel La Torretta is the ideal place ...

The island of Sicily is one of the most interesting, diverse, and beautiful places in the entire world. Its strategic location in the Mediterranean Sea brought the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the list goes on and on. From ancient Greek temples to Baroque ...

You can picture it now. You and your friends chicly dressed sitting at an outdoor cafe in an Italian piazza sipping a colorful drink with a sprig of rosemary or some other exotic herb. Laughing. Life is good. You may think the aperitif culture is ...

©Proloco Serra San Bruno Today we're going on a discovery of a unique mountain village in Calabria called Serra San Bruno. It's part of the province of Vibo Valentia which boasts the famous coastal paradise, Tropea. This village of about 7,000 draws tourists to its ...