Elysium

If I think of Rome, the Trevi fountain immediately comes to mind, and its sequence in Fellini’s film “La Dolce Vita”. “Marcello, comes here. Hurry up! “- Five words in English that anyone still recognizes immediately today. We listen to them, and in a few seconds, the image...

“I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs. A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the wave her structures rise as from the stroke of the enchanter’s wand; a thousand years their cloudy wings expand around me, and a dying glory smiles.” — Lord G. Byron...

“In no place on Earth are there so many opportunities for delicious peace and quiet as on this small island.” Charles Dickens. The world is a place to take your breath away, but there are some pockets of the Earth in particular that are places of indescribable beauty. Capri in southern...

Many, intriguing and sometimes cruel, the Medici family has marked much of the history of Florence. But behind essential characters such as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Cosimo, Francesco, Gian Gastone, and other grand dukes, equally important female figures with mysterious features...

Cleomenes. The climate's delicate, the air most sweet, fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing the common praise it bears. — W. Shakespeare The Winter's Tale. With its appearance of a medieval village, its ancient Greek soul, the colours and scents of the Mediterranean vegetation,...

The Italian cities of art are some of the most visited destinations of international cultural tourism. They are rich in monuments, churches, castles, museums, and historic homes. Of course, there are many Italian cities of art: Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Ferrara, Florence,...