Brescia city guide

Brescia is a hidden gem of a city, tucked at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy. There’s a lot going on here, with a miniature La Scala-type theatre, lots of culture, art and shopping. Most famously, Brescia has four sensational historic squares within a few minutes’ walk of each other: a Roman Square, […]

66% Of Expo Tourists Visit For ‘Food, Culture’, Says Survey

Florence, April 27 – Two out of every three foreign tourists to Italy consider food and culture their primary reasons for visiting, planning to spend collectively 1 billion euros on eating out and dedicating one-third of their entire travel budget to food, according to a tourism study released Monday by agricultural group Coldiretti for Expo […]

Does Italy care enough about its crumbling artistic treasure?

Italy is home to the most UNESCO world heritage sites and offers a phenomenal amount of artistic gems, including archaeological areas, monuments and museums. It is also one of the cheapest cultures when it comes to entrance fees to these historical attractions, as most museums only require a small entrance fee and religious sites are […]

All (mozzarella) roads lead to Paestum: the 2014 event report

What is territory? What is a great product? What does culture of gastronomy mean? These are simple questions an event that has been going on the gourmet calendar every year has been trying to answer: Le Strade della Mozzarella (Mozzarella Roads). Three days of meetings, discussions, contaminations, rielaborations of an Italian symbol: Buffalo Mozzarella from […]