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Valentino Rossi legal action against truffle festival

1 April, 2020
The Italian truffle festival at Sant-Angelo in Vado (Pesaro) has encountered an unusual problem this year, in the form of champion sports star Valentino Rossi. The truffle festival has reached its 46th edition, and the logo of this year’s festival…

Paz Vega wears Gucci

1 April, 2020
This is a lethal combination: Italian red carpet fashion in the form of a Gucci dress with plunging back and leg split, dressed by stunning Spanish actress Paz Vega. If you thought Elisabetta Canalis had presence at the Rome film…

Rome to host Architecture Festival

31 March, 2020
The 2009 Rome Architecture festival which aims to assist people in understanding the change taking place to our cities and how that change will influence our lives will be inaugurated on September 8. Paolo Soleri´s lectio magistralis on La frugalità…

Bernardo Bertolucci jury president at Venice Film Festival?

30 March, 2020
Venice film festival artistic director Marco Muller has lots of new ideas for what should be his last festival! In fact, according to Il Manifesto, he’s planning to offer the presidency of the jury to Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and…

Kevin Munroe's Dead of Night to open the Rome Film Festival

30 March, 2020
The Rome film festival is about to ring up the curtain on its fifth edition (October 28 - November 5) but fans of the twilight saga will be bitterly disappointed, the much awaited new movie starring heartthrob Robert Pattinson will…

Weekend deals for Autumn Wine Food Festival in Italy

30 March, 2020
If you’re looking for weekend deals for autumn in Italy, try going to some of the Italian food festivals on in Emilia Romagna in the month of November. The Wine Food Festival is on where you can try all sorts…

Manuela Arcuri wows the crowd at Venice film festival

29 March, 2020
Many of the ladies sizzled on the red carpet at last night’s opening of the Venice film festival, but in a dramatic black dress by Roberto Cavalli, Italian actress Manuela Arcuri outshined them all! Festival del Cinema di Venezia: Manuela…

Naomi Campbell and Vladislav Doronin at Venice film Festival

28 March, 2020
Yesterday Naomi Campbell arrived in Venice with her Russian fiancé billionaire Vladislav Doronin in tow and after spending the whole day shopping, the former top model walked down the red carpet, showing off her perfect pigeon-toed gait for which back…

Easter in Italy: in Tuscany at the thermal springs

28 March, 2020
If you’re staying in Tuscany for Easter, try something different and go to the thermal baths in the Val d’Orcia. Hotel Miralaghi at Chianciano Terme has offers from April 9 to 13 that include visits and treatments at the Parco…

New Year's Eve in Italy at Ischia health spas

27 March, 2020
Combining health spas with New Year’s Eve in Italy is a great way to prepare for 2010, and the island of Ischia in Campania, and its thermal springs could be the place for you. You can celebrate San Silvestro by…

Easter in Italy: traditions and folklore

26 March, 2020
“Pasqua” or Easter in Italy is a very important festival and holiday for the nation, more so than Christmas, as the church and Italians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.The period before Easter, starting with Carnival to mark…

Rome Cinema Festival: red carpet

24 March, 2020
The third Rome Cinema Festival is attracting many stars. The most beautiful? Monica Bellucci who was cynosure of all eyes when all in Black (Dolce Gabbana) she strutted down the red carpet with her husband, the dashing Vincent Cassel, in…

Olive oil Easter egg from Italy

24 March, 2020
While an olive oil Easter egg might not have much effect on Italian children who prefer Kinder Surprise Easter eggs, it could be an interesting match for olive oil buffs who also like chocolate.The unusual oil and chocolate match was…

Puccini Festival: Opera Music and Nature in Versilia

23 March, 2020
This year in order to celebrate Giacomo Puccini´s 150th birthday anniversary Lucca and Torre del lago, the small town on Massacciuccoli lake where the Maestro lived for years, will organize a series of exquisite events. The Puccini Festival will begin…

Tips for New Year's Eve in Rome

23 March, 2020
If you’re spending New Year’s Eve in Rome it’s unlikely you’ll be thinking about the ancient traditions of celebrating a new calendar year. But for the record, the tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve on December 31st, and starting a…

Food festivals and Italian olive oil: Lake Garda olives

23 March, 2020
The best Italian olive oil does not just come from central and southern Italy. While you may be used to seeing the olive groves across the hills of Tuscany and Umbria, there is a pocket in northern Italy that makes…

Red carpet fashion from 2010 Venice Film Festival

22 March, 2020
Here’s a look at all the red carpet fashion from the 2010 Venice Film Festival where we’ve seen some hot numbers from local Italian and international stars alike. Natalie Portman was particular lovely next to a dashing Vincent Cassel from…

Nemi, strawberry capital of Italy

20 March, 2020
Maybe you have never heard of the town of Nemi, near Rome, but here in Europe it’s famous for being the strawberry capital of Italy! In June this lovely town, which lays among the beautiful Albani Hills, hosts the Strawberry…