Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Understand
Italy
From financial woes to a fragile coalition: the
bel paese
(beautiful country) continues to
long for better days.
Incestuous emperors, scheming popes and a delusional dictator: Italy's story is prime-time
drama.
For centuries Italy has set the aesthetic standard, from Caravaggio's canvases to Renzo Pi-
ano's auditorium.
Fashionable, fastidious and
molto, molto
sexy - meet the people who put the
dolce
in
vita
.
From divine comedies to divine divas, Italian creativity is the stuff of legend.
In Italy, food is sacred. Loosen your belt, pop the
prosecco
(sparkling wine) and prepare for
the feed of your life.