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Rome restaurants and cafes: the Caffè Universale

2 April, 2020
Just a few days ago I came across a very nice place called the Caffè Universale in via delle Coppelle not far from the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. A warm and elegant café in the heart of Rome in which…

Italian pornstar Rocco Siffredi signs woman's breast

2 April, 2020
And more, if you’re thinking that that’s not all the former Italian pornstar did. But this time Rocco Siffredi was not ‘on duty’ so to speak. At a disco in Genoa, Siffredi showed he’s still got it when it comes…

Roberto Cavalli Mesh Mary Jane Pumps

2 April, 2020
Leaves are falling and in the air there’s a new chill, but thanks to these Roberto Cavalli Mesh Mary Jane pumps you can sweep it all away and enjoy the charm of a new and unexpected spring! These romantic shoes…

Italian actress Manuela Arcuri always bumps into Mr Wrong

1 April, 2020
Italian actress Manuela Arcuri, famous abroad for her curvaceous body and dark looks, debuted in a film called I Laureati and directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni, a young movie director very famous here in Italy but almost unknown abroad. Miss Arcuri,…

Obama to meet Pope in Italy

1 April, 2020
US President Barack Obama is set to meet Pope Benedict XVI in what is set to be an interesting meeting on July 10th. Obama is currently under fire in the US for his pro-abortion stance, though any discussion with the…

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…

Valentine's Day in Italy: Rome's most romantic spots

1 April, 2020
With Valentine ‘s Day just around the corner, many of us are now racking their brains in the hope of coming up with some nice idea, but sometimes it’s the simple things that work best so why not take a…

Italian opera song "O Sole Mio" in punk version

1 April, 2020
“O sole mio” is one of Italy’s most famous songs, originally written in 1898 in the language of Napoli. It has since become a world renowned song, performed by operatic artists such as Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti (and The Three…

Romantic winter getaways for two: Ambra Hotel, Cortina

1 April, 2020
With winter looming on the horizon (the first snow has just fallen in the Alps), Hotels are getting ready to receive their guests. So if you are planning to spend a few days in Cortina, the lovely Ambra hotel could…

The Original Sofa by Mario Spinelli

1 April, 2020
The Original Sofa, this the name, created by the designer Mario Spinelli is a rather versatile piece of furniture. A sofa which seems to mould not only to your body but to your mood as well and this thanks to…

Italian cult movies: Gli Onorevoli

1 April, 2020
Another irresistible scene from one of Toto’s most famous movies Gli Onorevoli or MPs; a funny, witty comedy directed by Sergio Corbucci in the 1960s. This time Toto pokes fun at the Italian political scene and no one seems safe…

Introducing Mr Italy: Gabriele Morra is Italy's sexiest man for 2010

1 April, 2020
Italy’s premier male beauty pageant finished up recently with Gabriele Morra elected as “il piu’ bello d’Italia”, or “Italy’s most beautiful [man]”. Unlike the Miss Italy contest, this is not actually televised, to the disappointment of many female Italian television…

Weekend breaks in Umbria: Nun spa hotel, Assisi

1 April, 2020
As you can easily infer from its name, the Nun hotel in Assisi was a 13th century convent which was converted into a poshy spa hotel a few years ago. There’s something magic about the place. All cells have been…

Leonardo's Mona Lisa inspired by literary images

1 April, 2020
Throughout the centuries, art historians have speculated over Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa; the famous portrait with its rather enigmatic smile and mysterious landscape behind the sitter has always triggered the strangest conjectures; conjectures, mind you, without any firm…

Vasco Rossi's new single out

1 April, 2020
Fans have finally come to the end of their agonising wait for Vasco Rossi’s latest single “Il mondo che vorrei” (The world I’d like), recently released on radio in Italy. Vasco is the greatest singer-songwriter, without qualification, Italy has ever…

Ice Master World Cup ice climbing in Trentino

1 April, 2020
The second day of the Italian round of the Ice Master World Cup is taking place today in Val di Daone, Trentino. It is the only Italian round of the international ice climbing championships, and should provide a fantastic spectacle…