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There is a city in Italy, known all over the world as the king of Italian hams, synonymous with quality. The city is Parma, in Emilia Romagna, a really pretty town. Around Parma, there are eleven officially recognized production areas for the ham: the famous Prosciutto di Parma.

Castel Sismondo in Rimini, Emilia Romagna, will host, from next October to March, works of extraordinary artistic value. Among them, visitors will find the very famous Caravaggio “St Francis in Ecstasy.”  The masterpieces come from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the oldest American museum and surely one of the most important. It is hard […]

The Palio di Siena is a horse race that takes place twice yearly, on July 2 and August 16, in Siena, in which ten horses and riders represent ten of the seventeen  city districts  (in Italian: Contrade). The Palio is one of the most popular and spectacular Italian events. 

Giarratana and Castelbuono are two villages in Sicily and can be considered virtuous places. In fact, some months ago, these villages gave a lesson of civility and environmental sensibility to many larger towns in Italy….

CICERO No. 4 – Anno MMX Introduction of Italy Aprile 2010 – Vol. 1 Dear Trips2italy’s Friends, Welcome back to our newsletter! I would like to introduce you to a little, but delightful, region: Umbria, a peaceful land. Seldom included in the classical Italian tours, its beauty is sometimes underestimated due to its proximity to […]

Umbria is the Region of the spirit. The beauty of the landscape – with welcoming mountains and sweet hills – is luminous. The region offers superb art and architectural treasures that reflects thousands of years of history. An ideal destination, both for those who love culture and for people more interested in nature, Umbria has […]

The wonderful church of Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Dominican convent of immense architectural value and a rich testament to the Renaissance in Milan.

Miles of unspoiled, white beaches, crystal clear water, vine covered cliffs and fishing villages where time stands still: all of this, and much more, is Basilicata. The area is soaked in history and tradition, ridged by mountains and dark, forested valleys, marked by ancient trails and paths.

CICERO No. 3 – Anno MMX Introduction of Italy Marzo 2010 – Vol. 1 Dear Trips2Italy’s Friends, Although winter’s images are yet vivid in our eyes, spring is slowly approaching and Italy is ready to welcome you with a variety of offers.

The National Museum of Italian Emigration, a new museum promoted by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Culture, has opened in Rome. It covers every aspect of the emigration phenomenon, from the economic, social and cultural points of view. The museum is laid out in chronological order and covers themes such as recruiting, boarding, […]

Her name is Wanda Palumbo and she lives in Naples with her many cats. No matter if a cat has a problem, if it has been abandoned, if it is looking for a home, something to eat or just a little bit of love, Wanda welcomes any cat warmly and give them hospitality in her […]

Venice Carnival began in the 15th century but the tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th Century.  Story tells that in the past  even princes from all over Europe came to Venice  and in the Carnival period no differentiation could be made between nobility and the common people.

Very popular with both foreign and and Italian travellers, the delightful Cinque terre – literally translated “the five lands” – is an extraordinary area offering scenarios among the most  charming in Italy. Five villages makes up the Cinque Terre: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.

Year 2010 offers  you the opportunity to live a unique experience in Italy. If you loose it, you have to wait till year 2015 to take it again: as a matter of fact, only every five years, the village of Sordevolo –  not far from Torino – transform itself in a  extraordinary open air theatre […]

From Naples a curious news: in an underwear-shop located in the downtown,  it is possible to buy  for € 50,00 an original lingerie cloth. So far the invention is  reserved to women.

CICERO No. 2 – Anno MMX Introduction of Italy Febbraio 2010 – Vol. 1 Dear  Trips2Italy’s Friends, speaking about the month of February our thoughts immediately go to the most  amusing  event of the year: the Carnival. If Rio’s Carnival is  surely the most crazy among the Carnival all over the world, it is surely […]

CICERO No. 1 – Anno MMX Introduction of Italy Gennaio 2010 – Vol. 1 Dear Friend of Italy, I really hope you will welcome with pleasure and sincere interest this first issue of “Cicero”, our Newsletter.

Although it is an UNESCO site, Alberobello is unfortunately rather unknown. In a place of rolling green hills, dotted with almond and olive trees, not far from Bari and Taranto (Apulia), you cannot miss visiting the town, named for the primitive forests of Arboris belli, which once covered the area, where over 1000 trulli mass […]

Rome hosts till April 2010 the exhibition dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci, the universal talent of Italian Renaissance, and the embodiment of the spirit of his age. An eclectic man, he was engineer, mathematician, anatomist, painter and architect, who wrote and drew all his life long. 

Dolomites are one of the most dramatic spots and a mecca for mountains-lovers. They take their name from the French geologist De Dolomieu, who first studied and identified the composition of the sedimentary limestone. The Dolomites are an ancient coral reef that, over a 100 million years ago, were covered with a tropical forest and […]