Urbino, despite its modest scale, is one of the most picturesque, multifaceted and generally interesting cities in Italy. With deep historical roots and a number of impressive achievements, the city has been and remains a significant cultural and educational center of the Marche region for hundreds of years. Due to Urbino alone, Italy attracts millions of tourists every year.

Capitoline museums will be interesting to lovers of Roman history. The collection is awesome. The buildings were designed by Michelangelo himself and convey all the greatness and style of the Baroque era. It is better to visit museums in the afternoon, when there are not many who want to. Moreover, the exhibits are more expressive in the rays of the setting sun.

The Palazzo Medici Riccardi, formerly the ancestral castle of the Medici family, is the first Renaissance building to be built in Florence. This attraction is located near the Duomo Square. The palace became an architectural model for such buildings in the future, turning into a classic.

Milan is located in the subtropical climate zone, which is typical of the inner plains of northern Italy, with fairly high humidity regardless of the time of year. However, due to the proximity of the mountains, there are elements of a continental climate characteristic of the foothills of northern Italy. As a result, the climate of the capital of Lombardy suggests hot humid summers and no less humid cold winters.

A study of eight million tweets showed what foreigners are talking about when it comes to Italy. From tourism to politics. Balotelli (Italian football player - author's note), Capri island, Berlusconi and pizza: such Italy is seen by foreigners in a line of 140 characters. On Twitter, the world talks about Italy, and the most talked about topic is sports (40% of utterances), followed by tourism (15%) and politics (8%).

Rome in May is unusually good - wonderful spring weather offers pleasant walks along the streets and squares, visits to flowering parks and gardens, trips for excursions. May in Rome is already considered the high season, and therefore the city, literally, is simply awash with tourists; this is especially felt at the beginning of the month - those wishing to combine the May holidays with a trip to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum are a dime a dozen.

Italy is not a very large country, but the weather in the north and south of the Apennine peninsula can differ very dramatically at the same time of the year. The vagaries of the weather are explained both by the length of the country from North to South, and differences in the relief between the regions. Therefore, it makes sense to prepare for the trip in advance, having studied the conditions in that particular area that you are going to visit.

LuxuryEstate.com posted an announcement on the sale of a villa owned by Al Capone, one of the most famous mafiosi in the world. The price is eight and a half million dollars. More than six million euros will have to be paid to the person who wants to move to live in a beautiful villa that once belonged to Al Capone, an American gangster who left a wide mark in the bloody history of the world mafia.

The Golden House of Nero (Domus Aurea) is an imperial residence, occupying the 2nd place in Eurasia in its area (after the Forbidden City in the capital of China - Beijing). History Nero (Nerō Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) dreamed of the greatest palace in the history of Rome (Roma). However, the center of Rome was built up, and the only opportunity to perpetuate its name was seen in the construction of the palace in the form of a passage (domus transitoria), which would stretch from Palatine (Mons Pălātīnus) to Esquiline Hill (Mons Esquilinus).

The new year 2020 in Venice is definitely one of the most fun and exciting nights of the year. This is the time when people forget about their problems and experiences and plunge headlong into the festive atmosphere, give gifts and celebrate the New Year with their friends and relatives. The whole world celebrates this holiday, so if you decide to change the situation and go to another country - be sure: you will have a great New Year's Eve there too.

BlogoItaliano continues a series of articles on Italy's most interesting places to buy tickets online. Having talked about Venice and Florence in previous posts, today the topic of our review is Sights of Rome. Since there are a lot of those in the Eternal City, we selected only the most interesting ones.

The budget of any trip is significantly dependent on hotel prices. Therefore, BlogoItaliano decided to deal with this in detail: how to reduce the cost of housing as much as possible. And it will not be about choosing hotels with fewer stars, the location is not clear where or the ability to steal slippers. These are working methods that can help anywhere, and which we ourselves regularly use.

Sassari (Sassari) - a city in Italy, in the island of Sardinia (Sardegna), the second largest in the province of the same name. The resort town is located on a plateau of limestone rocks, where picturesque valleys alternate with wild gorges. The surrounding area is famous for its sources of pure natural water. Artesian wells provide moisture to fields with vegetable crops, orchards, vineyards, olive groves.

The Sicilian Cassata (Cassata Siciliana), perhaps the most famous sweet islet, is a layered cake made of sponge cake soaked in liquor, combined with ricotta, fruit and marzipan. Born in Sicily (Sicilia), cassata has become a traditional Easter dish in all of Italy. Despite the apparent simplicity, a recipe for a unique dessert is in almost every city on the island.