Chip-and-PIN credit cards

Chip-and-PIN credit cards

NEWS Very soon, before traveling to Italy and Europe in general, you may want to take into consideration upgrading your magnetic-stripe credit cards to a chip-and-PIN card, as less and less merchants have been accepting the swipe and sign credit cards. This type of...
Arena Opera Museum

Arena Opera Museum

PERMANENT EXHIBITION, Palazzo Forti, Verona ‘AMO’ means ‘I love’ in Italian, and this acronym fits perfectly with the spirit of the permanent exhibition “Dall’Idea alla Scena”, which first opened in 2012 at Palazzo Forti in Verona. The passion and love that Italians...
La Primavera del Prosecco

La Primavera del Prosecco

WINE, ART & NATURE FESTIVALMarch 15th to June 8th 2014.With the arrival of spring, the villages surrounding the city of Treviso in Veneto are bustling with many events, starting with the famous Primavera Del Prosecco, which will take place throughout springtime,...
Claudio Abbado, Conductor, dies at 80

Claudio Abbado, Conductor, dies at 80

NEWSClaudio Abbado is one of those many artists Italy is also known for and proud of. This great conductor – perhaps the greatest in Italy after Toscanini – was born in Milan in 1933 from an educated middle class  family. The father was a talented...