Fidenza Village Designer Outlet | Parma

A designer outlet inspired by the operas of Verdi:
Chic Designer Shopping’s Fidenza Village is set close to Parma, the charming, artistic and gastronomic centre of Italy. There are 90 luxury outlet boutiques and you’ll find Valentino, Dolce & Gabana, Missoni, Versace, Bikkembergs and many other labels here, with year round discounts of up to 70%.
The [...]

Veneto Designer Outlet | Venice

A Designer Outlet inspired by the palazzos of Venice:
McArthur Glen’s Veneto Designer Outlet in Noventa di Piave opened in September 2008 and is the group’s fourth Italian designer discount outlet, with Naples to follow. With each new outlet, the architectural design gets more elaborate. At the Noventa di Piave Outlet, the architectural design is inspired by the [...]

Serravalle Designer Outlet – Scrivia

McArthurGlen’s biggest and best designer outlet in Europe:
McArthurGlen says that their Serravalle Designer Outlet is the largest in Europe and Italy’s leading shopping mall.  Since its opening in September 2000, there have been four phases of developments, each one adding more retail space and prestigious designer brand names.
Over 20 million people have visited Serravalle Designer [...]

Florence Designer Outlet | The Mall

Designer Outlets – Florence’s other Treasure:
If you’re a designer label junkie, or you’ve got designer label bargain hunting genes, then Florence is the city you’d want to spend some time in. There’s a lot to see and do in Florence so you’ll need to plan well to ensure that you’re not missing out on [...]

Barberino Designer Outlet – Florence

From art, culture to designer shopping:
Travellers to Florence have a choice of two Designer Discount Outlet Malls to shop at.  McArthurGlen’s Barberino Designer Outlet at Barberino del Mugello to the north of Florence, is one of these.
Those who are famililar with McArthurGlen’s Castel Romano Designer Outlet in Rome will feel very much at home at [...]

Venice Festival | Festa del Redentore 2010

Festa del Redentore July 17-18
On the third Saturday in July, the already busy lagoons of Venice burst into a hive of activity.  Fleets of boats and gondolas decorated with colourful balloons, lanterns and streamers gather in the canal in front of Piazza San Marco.  Venice celebrates the Festa del Redentore (Feast of the Redemption), one [...]

Venice – Piazza San Marco

A Piazza full of history:
Piazza San Marco is usually the starting point of any sightseeing tour of Venice. There’s a lot to see here and within this Piazza are some of the greatest historic landmarks of Venice.
At the eastern end are two of Venice’s most important landmarks – the Basilica San Marco which reflects [...]

Venice – Rialto Bridge

Venice’s iconic landmark:
Ponte di Rialto or Rialto Bridge as we know it, is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice and the oldest amongst the four.
Built between 1588 and 1591, this was the only link between the two sides of the Grand Canal until 1854 when the Accademia Bridge was built.
Prior [...]

Designer Shopping on your Rome holiday

You know when you’ve arrived in Italy
We’re on the train from Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport, or Fiumicino as it used to be called, to Roma Termini (Rome’s Central Station). The middle-aged lady sitting facing us looked very elegant. The suitcase next to her seat confirms that she’s just been off a flight, like the [...]

Sassi District’s Cave Dwellers – Matera, Italy

Italy is not all high fashion and fast cars!
It’s hard to believe that up till as late as the 1970s there were cave dwellers in Italy, a country with a reputation for high fashion and sleek fast cars.  In the southern spur of Italy is the town of Matera whose citizens used to live in [...]

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