Hi Luana -
Thanks to you and Cultural Italy for helping us arrange our recent trip to Milan, Lake Como, and Florence! We appreciated your constructive feedback when designing the itinerary and the final version you produced mirrored exactly what we had discussed.
The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy Guide 2023
The Association 'I Borghi più belli d’Italia' (The most beautiful villages in Italy) added 14 new entries from Piedmont to Sardinia.
Hi Marcella, you planned a perfect, first trip to Italy for Aphy and me, thank you!
Your travel suggestions were an outstanding addition to what we wanted to see and experience on our trip.
Palazzo dei Diamanti re-opens with a Ferrara artist-inspired exhibit: RENAISSANCE IN FERRARA: Ercole de' Roberti and Lorenzo Costa.
If you haven’t caught the White Lotus series on HBO yet, be prepared for a front-row luxury seat to some darkly comedic drama.
TRADITIONS
Italians love to talk about food. Men and women alike. At some point in our conversation, whether we’re in Beijing or on an African Safari, either with friends or mere acquaintances, food becomes the main topic, and we engage in lengthy and detailed descriptions of how to make a dish, or nostalgic talks on how much we miss our food back ...
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Te, Larii Maxime, “to you Larius, the greatest”: with these words, Publio Virgilio Marone used to celebrate the beauty of Lake Como in the first century before Christ. Since then, many well known personalities have praised the magnificent landscapes and luxurious villas surrounding its waters.
SUPER LUXURY HOTEL in Milan
Until some time ago, staying at 5-star hotel meant that you were getting the best of the best in terms of comfort and luxury. Well, not many will know, but 5 star hotel amenities and services are surpassed now; scattered around the world, and including one in Italy.
Hello Emmanuela!
We had an absolutely wonderful time! Everything was great. The planning for the trip, transportation, the incredible guides you selected, the hotels, the sites, absolutely everything. Thank you so very much. It was an incredible trip. We really appreciate it.
Hi Luana,
I hope you had a nice holiday! I just wanted to thank you for arranging such a wonderful trip for me and the girls. We had a wonderful time on our trip and really enjoyed the variety that you arranged for us.
ITALY TRADITIONS
In the United States, New Year's Day is the climax and the end of the Christmas holidays while in Italy we have an extra bonus – so to speak - of about a week. On January 6 we celebrate the Epiphany, a Christian celebration that symbolizes the Three Kings’ arrival at the Baby Jesus’ manger, and that only recently has been officially recognized as a national holiday.
DRINKING WATER IN ITALY
Italy has an abundance of mountain springs that have provided the local populations with water for the longest time. Some of these springs actually flow with either naturally still or naturally sparkling water. If you enter an Italian supermarket, you will undoubtedly notice an entire aisle dedicated to tens of different water brands, mostly bottled at source in plastic bottles, then sealed and wrapped up in a cellophane package of 6 units each.