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Giant Street Art adds spice to Rome’s Creative Scene

December 18, 2019 By Fabio Barilari Leave a Comment

Tor Marancia- Io Saro by Guido Van Helten: Photo by Fabio Barilari

Fabio Barilari discovers the dynamic street art that is giving a local perspective to Rome’s creative scene

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Rome, Street art, Tor Marancia, tourist attraction

Ferrari Museum, Maranello: Secret and Unique

June 13, 2018 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Museo Ferrari Maranello

A glimpse of some of Ferrari’s most exclusive and secret cars A glimpse of some of Ferrari’s most exclusive and secret cars, Eric Clapton’s was a one-off and another had a production run of just TWO! The Cars SP12EC (2012) : The “EC” stands for guitar maestro Eric Clapton, who ordered this car and loves […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: barchetta, Eric Clapton, Europe, F150 Laboratorio, ferrari, FXX K, Italy, LaFerrari, maranello, Sergio Pininfarina, travel

Teatro Olimpico – A Palladian Masterpiece

February 21, 2018 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza

Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza is nothing short of spectacular: Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza is a masterpiece! Imagine a Roman style amphitheatre that’s been transplanted indoors, a Roman theatre stage with a Porta regia (triumphal arch) and trompe l’oeil street views that give the illusion of looking down the streets of a city from […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: andrea palladio, renaissance theatre, scamozzi, teatro olimpico, vicenza roman theatre

Carnival Time in Viareggio!

February 14, 2018 By Sarah Humphreys Leave a Comment

Italian Masterchef Judge Antonino Cannavacciuolo features in this year's parade

A thought-provoking spectacle of colour, irreverence, satire and entertainment: “Rifiuti da Incubo” which roughly translates as “Nightmare Waste” is supposed to be a comment on the laws that force restaurants to throw away excess food and the taxes and bureaucracy which prevent chefs from being truly creative (photo: Fondazione Carnevale Viareggio) The theatrical splendour of […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Carnival, Fat Tuesday, Italy, Martedi Grasso, Shrove Tuesday, Viareggio Carnival

Museo Lamborghini: Home of the Charging Bull

February 11, 2018 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Lamborghini Miura Concept, 2006

You know you want one, here you can dream: “More than a Museum – an Experience” MUSEO LAMBORGHINI To understand the passion and magic behind the Lamborghini brand, a visit to the Museo Lamborghini is a must-do in Bologna.  The Lamborghini Museum is home to a lot more than the Miura, the cars are works […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: bologna, italian fast cars, Italy, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Museum

Mole Antonelliana – Turin’s Temple of Cinema

December 1, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Mole Antonelliana Turin

Camera, Lights, Action at Turin’s Mole Antonelliana: A mole in Italian is something of monumental proportions. That’s exactly what the Mole Antonelliana in Turin is. This Turin architectural landmark is home to the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin’s National Cinema Museum. At a soaring height of 167.5 metres, it claims to be the tallest museum […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: cinema history, mole antonelliana, museo nazionale del cinema, turin museum, turin national cinema museum

Milan Cathedral – The Most Iconic Milan Landmark

November 16, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Milan Cathedral

Milan Cathedral is grand and imposing, an architectural marvel: Milan Cathedral – “So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so delicate, so airy, so graceful…”  That was how Mark Twain described the Duomo in his travel book “Innocents Abroad”.  The cathedral (Duomo di Milano) is one of the top attractions of Milan city. If you […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: duomo di milano, gothic cathedral, milan cathedral, milan duomo

Coming Face to Face with Egyptian Mummies, Sphinxes and Pharaohs in Turin

November 15, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Egyptian Museum, Turin

Turin’s Egyptian Museum collection of Ancient Egyptian Artefacts is Impressive: The Egyptian Museum in Turin (Museo Egizio) is located just a few metres from our Piazza Carignano apartment. We walk past the museum everyday, not realizing that contained within the walls of the building is a huge collection of ancient Egyptian treasures. It is in […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: egyptian antiquities, egyptian artefacts, egyptian museum, museo egizio, Torino, Turin, turin museum

A Night at the Opera – Italian style!

July 18, 2017 By Sarah Humphreys 3 Comments

Madama Butterfly by Caterina Zalewska/Fondazione Puccini

Flamboyant, emotional, dramatic – Italian opera is so unapologetically…Italian! It is surely no coincidence that opera, with its flamboyant, emotional and dramatic style, was born in Italy. Opera is the perfect medium for appreciating the beauty and musicality of the Italian language and there is no shortage of stunning venues where you can take in […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: italian operas, la fenice, la scala, opera venues in italy, operas in italy, verona arena

La Rotonda – An icon of Palladianism

July 12, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

La Rotonda, Vicenza

La Rotonda is a representation of Palladio’s ideals of the perfect villa: In the words of Andrea Palladio, the La Rotonda site “is one of the most pleasing and delightful that one could find because it is on top of a small hill which is easy to ascend; on one side it is bathed by the […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: La Rotonda, palladian architecture, Palladio, Vicenza, villa almerico capra valmarana

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