Top ten Italian cities for apartments
Incase you can’t decide on your ideal Italian city to settle in – we have made a list of the top cities for you to make the choice a bit clearer. 1. Rome – population 2,850,000 Italy’s brash, More...
Sicily Regional Guide: Part 2
Summers in Sicily are hot and the weather stays pleasantly warm throughout the winter… Read Part 1 of this series here Aerial view of the villages on the ‘lemons coast’ in Ionian sea of Sicily This More...
Romance and picturesque rooftop views – Italia Moments Week 8
We love to see where you’ve made memories in Italy, whether it’s family holidays, romantic trips or adventurous journeys Tony Dye’s photo of the Juliet balcony June this year, what a romantic More...
From Pisa to Palermo – Italia Moments Week 7
It’s that time of year when holidays seem like a distant memory yet some of our readers have been whisking themselves away to a land where summer never seems to end.. Castello Aragonese in Taranto, Puglia. More...
Sicily – Holiday on the Italian Island
Jane Keighley learns how best to enjoy the Italian island of Sicily in less than a week, from Palermo to the charming town of Trapani and beyond… In the words of a Sicilian proverb “He who goes to Palermo without More...
Past Italia – Santa Rosalia
Italia! uncovers the story of Santa Rosalia, patron saint of Palermo, travelling through the mists of time to a Sicily under threat from an indiscriminate killer – bubonic plague In 1159 Santa Rosalia or La Santuzza, More...
Capuchin Monks of Palermo
In 1599, the Capuchin monks of Palermo made a macabre discovery: some of the corpses they had entombed in their catacombs had become naturally mummified. Then the monks decided to preserve one of their own… When More...
Top Tips For Palermo
Feeling inspired to book a trip to Palermo, after reading 48 Hours in Palermo? Here’s our top tips on where to stay, where to eat and what to see and do. WHAT TO SEE AND DO ➤ il Convento dei Cappuccini Piazza More...
48 Hours in Palermo
Each region of Italy is unique, but there is none quite so different to the rest of the country as Sicily. James Miller finds he can’t keep away from its capital city… They say that Italy is a diverse cultural More...