As if Tuscany didn’t offer enough to see and do, there’s also a wealth of natural thermal spas to explore. Indeed, these spas (terme, in Italian) offer an ideal counterbalance to the many hours of gazing upon beautiful building...

Is the Mediterranean Diet (dietà Mediterranea) really a magic wand of beauty?  For decades doctors have been extolling this diet based on olive oil, complex carbohydrates such as fresh pasta and rice, fresh fruit and veg...

With increasing pace have we begun to covet and adopt a more back-to-basics lifestyle, be it with regards to our diets, a detachment from technology, or making an effort to spend more time outdoors.   Read more

If you happen to be in Milan in mid-April next year, a feast of beauty in design presented in uniquely Italian exuberance awaits you. For this is when the Milan Design Week takes to the streets. Not just the streets, though, bu...

It was a breathtaking performance in the piazza. Representing birth, the cycles of nature and the arch of the human experience, the troupe captured both the wellspring of tradition and the spirit of innovation in their moving dance ensemble…