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Recipe of the Week: Risotto with Gorgonzola cheese


This week we present to you our video recipe pick from Academia Barilla — how to prepapre Risotto with Gorgonzola cheese

And this time all the explanations are in English, so no reason not to try it!
Buon appetito!

I Love Touring Italy – Eastern Sicily


By Levi Reiss
If you are looking for a European tourist destination, consider the island of Sicily, a region of southern Italy. Depending on your interests, this beautiful area can be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash it down with fine local wine. And parts of Sicily haven’t yet been [...]

I Love Touring Italy – Palermo, Sicily


By Levi Reiss
If you are looking for a European tourist destination, consider the island of Sicily, a region of southern Italy. Depending on your interests, this beautiful area can be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash it down with fine local wine. And parts of Sicily haven’t yet been [...]

Recipe of the Week: How to prepare Pesto


For those of you who love cooking and enjoy the Italian cuisine, here is our weekly pick from La Cucina Italiana – How to prepare Pesto.

The explanations are in Italian, but it is presented in a very quick and simple way – enjoy and try it at home!

I Love Touring Italy – Turin, Piedmont


By Levi Reiss
If you are looking for a European tourist destination, consider the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Depending on your interests, this beautiful area might be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash it down with fine local wine. There are even some parts of Piedmont that haven’t yet [...]

Sicily, Italy – A Perfect Place For Travel Photography


By Paul Symonds
The Island of Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy, on west of the southern end of the Italian peninsula. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, separated from the mainland Italy by the Strait of Messina. An island of great natural beauty, this is a great location for travel photography [...]

Recipe of the Week: Involtini alla siciliana


For those of you who love cooking and enjoy the Italian cuisine, here is our weekly pick from La Cucina Italiana — Involtini impanati alla siciliana.

You do have to speak Italian to understand all the explanations, even if only watching you can get a lot of culinary inspiration.
Buon appetito!

Travel in Tuscany Italy – Free Guide of Siena by Flashbooking


By Michele De Capitani
Freshly issued is the Free Pocket City Guide of Siena that contains, in just 9 printable pages, all the essential information and very good suggestions about this famous Italian and Tuscany Art City as its renown leather shops and flea markets, Museums, Academies and Art Galleries, budget Siena restaurants and cheap lodgings, [...]

Top 5 Italy Survival Tips


by Shawn Everett
I just survived my first trip to Italy. I have never been to Italy or another non English speaking country before. Here are my top 5 tips for making your trip to Italy a success.

Know your trains
Traveling between cities is very easy if you take the trains. Trains are well [...]

7 must see places in Calabria


by Vincenzo Galli
If you are headed for Italy and you are to choose where to go and what to see, Calabira might not be your first choice for a number of reasons: there is rarely a direct flight to reach it, it is very much on the south and sometimes perceived as very hot and [...]