Cultural Italy Blog: Art, Coffee & Love
DAY TRIP
About 8 km from San Remo in Liguria, lies a small town called Bussana Vecchia - a small ghost town with only 66 official inhabitants. These are just numbers, Bussana is full of life and you will love it.
DESTINATION
Liguria - Amazing sea, breathtaking landscapes and Italian architecture indeed magnetize a lot people. Yet, if you are an adventurous soul, it doesn’t take a lot to find a very intimate, almost private paradise veiled from regular sightseers.
DAY TRIP
Piedmont’s main city and one of Italy’s most unsung cities - will surprise and fascinate you. The first capital in 1861 (when Italy was unified and became a kingdom) it still exudes the atmosphere of that époque, thanks to its austere yet elegant architecture and the historic and literary cafés.
ART & EXHIBITIONS
A unique exhibition opens in Milan featuring twenty of the 35 surviving works of Sicilian Master Antonello da Messina. The exhibit, Antonello da Messina: Dentro la pittura curated by Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, gives audiences the opportunity to see works that have been gathered from across the globe.
DAY TRIP
Piemonte is a hidden gem for landscape, food, wine & its proximity to Liguria, France. Still relatively unknown, this region of Northern Italy offers magnificent sceneries paired with also magnificent wines and flavors.
CELEBRATE LOVE!
An Italian song of over 50 years ago recounted of how strange it felt to be in love in Milan, a city "with no flowers or sky, where you go on a date in a shopping mall". But Milan, as we know, is now so much more; not just the most livable city in Italy, but the epicenter of fashion, finance, design, nightlife. And yes, it can be full of romance too. So, on this February 14th, and throuout the year, let it be the scenario for you and your Valentine.