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Carnival of Venice
Two weeks of feast and joy before the fast – that´s the sentence of the Carnival. And even though it´s celebrated all over the world (or at least where you find Catholics), there is no place more connected to it than Venice.
The Carnival, or Carnevale in Italian, starts about two weeks before Ash Wednesday and [...]
Open-air market in Milano
In Milan, at Porta Genova and adjacent streets, you will find the “Fiera di Senigallia” – probably the most well-known of all of the street markets in Milan. Located in Milan’s picturesque canal zone “the Naviglio“, this is a great place to wander around- and save a few quid after visiting the hot, high-priced fashion boutiques.
Last chance to see Carravaggio-Bacon at Galleria Borghese
Just over a week remains of the fantastic exhibition at Galleria Boreghese in Rome where they let Carravaggio and Francis Bacon meet for the first time. If you are in Rome the coming week, do not miss out on this really innovative study.
Call +39 06-328 10 directly to reserve tickets.
Spring time brings Opera to Sicily
Going to Sicily this spring? Don’t miss the the Opera at Teatro Massimo in Palermo. They have an interesting program this spring.
January 2-31
NABUCCO – Giuseppe Verdi
February 23 – March 7
LA BOHÈME – Giacomo Puccini
March 18 – 23
COPPÉLIA – Léo Delibes
April 14 – 21
DIE GEZEICHNETEN – Franz Schreker
May 21 – 28 maggio
MARIA STUART – Gaetano Donizetti
June [...]
Easy and cheap trains in Italy
Planning to drive on your vacation in Italy? Don’t. Take the train. Driving in Italy is not easy if you are not used to the intense traffic. Parking and tolls keeps it from being cheap and do we really have to add the environmental issue? In the last few years, Rome, Milan, Florence, Torino and [...]
Sagra delle Frittelle in Florence
Like fried food? Going to Tuscany soon? Good. Then don’t miss out the weekends in San Donato in Collin, just outside Florence. Every weekend, from January 9th to Sunday, March 28 the renowned Festival of Frittelle is back to fill your stomach.
Saturday from 15:00 and Sunday the whole day this special fried sweets will [...]
Christams with the Pope
In Rome for Christmas and you didn’t get tickets for the Midnight mass with the Pope? You still have a chance to see him. At 22:00 he will hold mass on the 24th of Deceber in S:t Peter’s Square in Rome.
The Power and the Grace
A saga of the encounter and the clash between power and religion, between the Civics and Ecclesiastes, including crowns and halos. It can be found in Rome at the exhibition “Il Potere e la Grazia” – The power and the grace, where for the first time the story of the Christian West is told [...]
Swing in the New Year in Palermo
New Year’s Eve in Palermo will be a swinging one. At Teatro Massimo you can welcome 2010 with a gala dinner and swing music band – the Swing Dance Orchestra – plays swing music from the 1930s and 1940s.
The orchestra, which comes from Germany, together with singer Bettina Labeau, clarinett David Rose and the Skylarks [...]
Italian winter sale dates
The Italian winter sale dates have now been decided. Business owners, mostly in Milan, wanted to put the starting date before Christmas in these bad times but the government turn it down. Coming to Italy after New Years? Here are the dates to remember:
ABRUZZO – January 5
BASILICATA – January 2
CALABRIA – January 3
CAMPANIA – January [...]
