Claudia Astarita

Dec 5, 2024 | wetheitalians.com | Claudia Astarita

Sardinia is home to one of the world's rare "blue zones" where a greater number of people live to 100 or more. The zone consists of a cluster of villages on the Italian island, which bluezones.com says are inhabited by locals with a rare genetic "quirk" linked to exceptional longevity. The blue zone areas of Ogliastra, Barbagia di Ollolai and Barbagia of Seulo are home to one of the world's greatest concentrations of people who live to 100 or more.

Dec 4, 2024 | wetheitalians.com | Claudia Astarita

Homesick Sicilians have an affordable and sustainable new way to get home for Christmas this year: the Sicilia Express. The sleeper train has been organised for "workers or students...who wish to reach their loved ones to spend the Christmas holidays together" Sicily's regional president Renato Schifani said. The Sicilia Express will leave Turin in northern Italy just before Christmas, on 21 December, and travel overnight to the island in the south.

Jun 26, 2023 | wetheitalians.com | Claudia Astarita

Would you like to relax in enchanting, romantic locations, benefiting from an open-air lifestyle without giving up the comfort of a magnificent, cosy hotel? Glamping in Italy is a new form of tourism, appreciated by those who dream of spending a fantastic stay in an environmentally friendly, sustainable, and adventurous way in beautiful landscape settings. It offers the opportunity to combine the sense of freedom of traditional camping with luxury, sophistication, creativity, and adventure.

Jun 26, 2023 | wetheitalians.com | Claudia Astarita

You probably haven’t ever heard of Luca Cava. Most visitors to Italy are eager to visit the country’s iconic monuments – the Colosseum, a national landmark in Rome; hunky David, Michelangelo’s masterpiece in Florence; and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. But in a country with so many layers of history, it shouldn’t be surprising that lesser-known monuments are scattered throughout smaller cities and towns, waiting to be found.

Jun 26, 2023 | wetheitalians.com | Claudia Astarita

If you ever found yourself in Florence, or Firenze as the locals call it, it was probably hard to miss the name of the Medici family. The story of how its three generations almost single-handedly influenced the prosperity of an entire city-state is still an interesting one, six centuries on. Some credit the Medicis for Florence’s rebirth – renaissance – even if the nature of their intention varies, depending on who you ask.