Cities of art

It is impossible to think of Verona without seeing it as the tragic setting for the love story of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s drama...

Milan is commonly known as Italy’s economic capital — a label that can make it sound as though there is plenty of money here,...

At a certain point, Lecce stepped out from the crowded ranks of Italy’s art cities and established itself as a destination no longer limited...

Naples traces its origins back to the siren Parthenope. It is no coincidence that the city’s character has the strange nature of a hybrid:...

Thanks to its enchanting seaside setting, its landscapes, and its rich historical, cultural and archaeological heritage, Taormina is one of the island’s most famous...

“Melior de cinere surgo”, “I rise from the ashes more beautiful than before”, is written on Porta Garibaldi in Catania. It was the motto...

There are two ways to visit Venice: you can follow the stream of hurried visitors who, in just a few hours, complete a fixed...

More than 100,000 students from the ancient university of Krakow look for an escape from the boredom of lectures by roaming through clubs, pubs,...

If, as in Troisi and Benigni’s film Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Non ci resta che piangere), you could travel back to Florence...

Rimini is not just a city, but an entire collective imagination. Postcards, films and songs have, for decades, handed down the dream of a...

The beauty of Siena can only truly be appreciated a few days after leaving it.When you are there, too busy trying to see as...

Carlo Levi and Giovanni Pascoli are just two of the many artists who were struck by Matera, one of the oldest cities in the...

Wrocław, also known as Breslau — choose whichever is easier to pronounce — is a beautiful Polish city that, for many centuries, belonged to...

"If Paris had the sea, it would be a small Bari," says a Bari proverb. Even though this is objectively difficult to claim, it...