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Sammezzano Castle is located in the city of Leccio, in Tuscany, in the municipality of Reggello, about 30 kilometers far from Florence. The castle is set on top of a hill which is a historical park of 187 hectares of property. Sammezzano is not a private luxury castle to rent to American and Russian ...


Italy boasts many precious monuments and architectural beauties, but the castles are certainly among the most evocative in terms of charm.


Venice has always been one of the most visited cities in the world, not only for its several historical events, such as the carnival or the unmissable Festival of the Redeemer but especially for its history and its art treasures preserved in the museums along with this entire magical city. Among ...


The well-known Italian noble brand such as the "prancing horse" with its road and racing cars, as always makes fans dream, enraptured by the inimitable charm of the world created by Enzo Ferrari.


If you visit Italy for the second or third time, it is really worth discovering Ravenna, where you can find culture, relaxation and amusement.


Lucca is a city of Roman foundation and purely medieval, as it still bears witness to the walls of its beautiful Old Town.


Another extraordinary discovery in Pompeii: in the new excavations, a perfectly preserved Thermopoly resurfaces with the image of a sea nymph on horseback, and animals with colors so bright as to seem three-dimensional. But what is a Thermopoly?


In Umbria, there are 170 museums, with a population of just over 900 thousand inhabitants. Each town and city has its own.


Oct 52020 The Uffizi Gallery
If you're short on time visiting Florence, this is the best place to come.  The Uffizi Gallery was designed by Giorgio Vasari and constructed between 1560 and 1580. Uffizi is one of the world's most famous museums, renowned for its collection of art from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.


Canosa di Puglia, a small town located on the top of the hill of Puglia, became very famous and wealthy between VI and III century B.C. when it was one of the most important places of the terracotta pots production.


The most beautiful stretch of coast in Italy and, according to many, even the most beautiful in Europe. We are in Campania, to be precise in the province of Salerno, south of the Sorrento peninsula. The Amalfi Coast extends for fifty kilometers of hairpin bends and cliffs overlooking the sea, in ...


It is on this side of Lake Como or Lario, its ancient name, that the great Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni spent part of his childhood. The family in fact had a property in Lecco. It was here that the novelist set the events of his most famous work "I Promessi Sposi", with that incipit that made ...