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Italy Travel Magazines
March 14, 2011 By
The following is a list of the top magazines in the field of Italian travel. There are a wide range to choose from, some general and others more specifically covering Italy, and vary according to whether your needs are as a business traveller or holidaymaker, in search of an activity holiday or just after a relaxing time. Look out also for the latest apps for Iphones.
Italian Titles
Italia!
Quality magazine about Italian food, property, holidays, wine and culture
Taste italia
Italian Food and cookery magazine
Italy Magazine
Covers all things italian
General Titles
Wanderlust
This is a magazine for independent and adventurous travellers who want tips on where to go, what to visit and how to get there
Outside Magazine
Adventure, fitness and outside lifestyle
Conde Nast Traveller
Contains browse by country and city guides and hotel recommendations [Read more...]
Italian travel – come fly with me!
March 13, 2011 By
In terms of Unesco World Heritage sites Italy has more than any other country. Visitors are therefore attracted to its cities of art, like Rome, Venice and Florence, However, there is far more to Italy than just its art treasures. You could go hiking in the Dolomites or visit Sardinia. Or how about a skiing trip?
In recent years there has been a growing trend for skiers, especially beginners and intermediates put off by the resorts of Tignes and Couramayeur, to look for resorts with more green, blue and red runs. Add to this pistes which are overcrowded and highly-priced, a holiday for families with children loses its appeal. It is therefore worth considering lesser known resorts such as Montecampione in the Italian Alps – one of the closest ski resorts to Bergamo. It is ideal for beginners and intermediates and also for shorter ski breaks as there are no long transfer times.Lesser known resorts, including Montecampione, offer flexible date packages and often their ski hire and ski passes are included in the price so they can prove cheaper than the more well-known resorts in terms of ski passes and food on the slopes. [Read more...]
Italian Culture
March 10, 2011 By
The cities of Milan, Rome, Venice, Bologna, Padua and Genoa are all great tourist attractions and renowned for their culture. However, if you are in search of Italian culture at its best, you need look no further than Florence, as the following impressive list of famous Florentines shows.
1. Pietro Cimabue
Legendary founder of Italian painting and master of Giotto
2. Dante Alighieri
Author of Divine Comedy ‘Divina Commedia’, Dante’s main purpose in writing the Commedia was to speak on behalf of God to the whole of mankind to preach the necessity of moral and religious preparation for the after-life in heaven.
3. Giovanni Boccaccio
Boccaccio wrote many works but his most famous was the ‘Decameron’ written at the time of the Black Death
4. Leonardo da Vinci
Renowned mainly for his artistic achievement in painting and sculpting, in particular ‘the Mona Lisa’, Leonardo also achieved scientific prominence in designing weapons, buildings and machinery. He designed advanced weapons, including a tank and other war vehicles, various combat devices and submarines. A student of human anatomy and physiology he not only produced studies on cats, horses and dragons but also studies on the nature of water and drawings of various machines. [Read more...]
Italian Property
March 3, 2011 By
With the increase in property programmes on the television, there has been an increased interest in buying property abroad. Many couples and families have therefore chosen to travel to Italy in search of their Italian dream.. The following is a short list of basic steps to follow when buying your chosen property.
1. You should engage the services of an independent Italian solicitor as their knowledge of Italian Real Estate Law is invaluable. If you do not understand the Italian language, according to the law the deed of sale must be in both Italian and English. If he cannot be present in front of the Notary , the buyer can give power of attorney to the solicitor to sign on his behalf. A Notary is a neutral public official who has the authority to validate contracts.
2. Reservation Offer ‘proposta irrevocabile d’acquisto’ is the first stage. This is the first document you will need to sign. At this stage a small deposit is due and the property is taken off the market. This normally lasts for 15 days to enable any necessary searches to be carried out. [Read more...]
Italian Myths
February 27, 2011 By
At what point myths merge into historical facts, no-one can say. But what we do know is that at some point legend merges with history. The following are two such examples .
The Capitoline Geese
Rome had established itself by the fourth century BC but was still prone to attack. In 390BC a tribe of Gauls besieged the city, causing the population to retreat to the Capitoline Hill, the site of the temple to Juno Moneta. Juno Moneta is the Roman Goddess of Good Counsel, whose name means ‘Advisor’ or ‘Warner’, said to give good advice to the people ‘Moneta’ is usually assumed to derive from the Latin word for warn, ‘monere’. Legend has it that a sleeping soldier was awakened by the squawking of Juno’s sacred geese just in time to raise the alarm about an attack by the Gauls. The siege was finally over when the authorities bribed the invaders to go home. [Read more...]