A week of spectacular lava sprays on Sicily’s snow-capped Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanos, has drawn thousands of people wanting to see the eruption. But the sudden influx of ...

Pantelleria’s extreme conditions have shaped its centuries-old way of growing grapes—a method that is recognized by UNESCO.

Italy is full of delicious wines – from large producers to smaller local wines – but one wine area that is too often ...

Marsala is a fortified wine out of Italy that we normally just cook with. But with the good stuff especially, it can make for ...

Christopher Nolan will film scenes for The Odyssey on the Sicilian island where Homer’s Greek hero Odysseus came ashore.

Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century BCE.

An alien bird species has landed in large parts of northern Italy, putting local wildlife at risk. The African sacred ibis is an invasive species that is thought to have invaded after it escaped ...

Expect simple refinement at L'Olivella, which has been in the same family for four generations and occupies the graceful rooms of an art nouveau palazzo. Guests are warmly welcomed to this B&B ...

A study by Berkeley scholar reveals that the Sicilian Mafia exploits climate change by orchestrating wildfires in southern Italy, using fires for control and profit. Over 70% of Sicily's 8,000 annual ...

ROME, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority said on Tuesday it was seeking answers from Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model DeepSeek on its use of personal data. The Italian ...

Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc — a string of volcanoes in Italy, including the currently active Mount Etna, that sits on a boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.