As we all know, this Christmas is unlike any others. In order to make the best of it, here are some suggestions for concerts that will be streamed live online in Italy on December 23rd and 24th. December 23rd "Natale in Viterbo" at 9pm with Antonella Ruggiero accompanied by the ...

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 ...

In the heart of the upper Molise region of central Italy lies the village of Agnone. With its just over five thousand people, the tolling of the oldest bells in the world is the soundtrack to winter and ancestral traditions survive.  The village of Agnone is preparing to rekindle the ...

Italy's cities are not giving up despite the enormous difficulty faced in 2020. Cities across the country, big and small, have decided to light up their historic centers for the Holiday season bringing cheer to their citizens. Florence's Firenze Light Festival is back again this ...

A winding road climbs the mountain, gradually becoming narrower and narrower, the colors of the changing landscape, passing from the warm shades of red and orange to the cold ones of green, white and gray. The road seems to never end, you have the impression of ...

After the Christmas banquets and New Year's parties, it's time to start eating healthier. In this article I'm going to give you the recipe for a light, but tasty dish, typical of the Teramo area in Abruzzo: the scrippelle 'mbusse,  Forever contended between France and Abruzzo, this ...

There are many traditions that unite the regions of Italy in the Christmas period, some vastly different from each other and others very similar. Abruzzo, with its snow-capped mountains and the streets of the villages lit up with Christmas lights, is full of traditions that are ...

Venice is losing its identity, more and more overwhelmed by mass tourism that is distorting its places and transforming it into a large playground. Just yesterday I was in the historic center and a Venetian doc told me: Even now that it is December, Venice is ...

Every year in Oratino, a village bearing the prestigious title of "One of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy", one of the most ancient and well-known traditions of the Molise region is celebrated: the Faglia of Oratino. The so-called faglia is a lighting ritual of a 13-meter ...