Italy Heaven
‘Zu’ Sarino’ (‘Uncle Sarino’ in dialect), or more properly Rosario Santamaria, was a self-taught ‘outsider’ artist who was born, lived and worked on the island of Favignana (Sicily).
Before my most recent visit to Favignana I watched an Italian TV … Read the rest
Netflix movie The Love Scam (Mica è colpa mia is the Italian title), is set and filmed in the southern Italian city of Naples (Napoli). Directed by Umberto Carteni, the Italian-language film stars Antonio Folletto, Laura Adriani and Vincenzo … Read the rest
Italy as a tourist destination excels in pretty much every area, from art cities to mountain adventure. The country’s great attractions, like Venice and the Amalfi Coast, are rightly celebrated. But with the increasingly-publicised problems of overtourism, travellers might understandably … Read the rest
My Italy travel in 2024 was severely constrained by limited finances. As I pay my own way on research trips, I am always looking for good value and moderate-to-low prices. But this year, with barely any income, I really had … Read the rest
Last week I attended the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, a huge travel industry event where tourism boards, travel operators and businesses hope to make connections, market their regions or services and hopefully catch the attention of the media. … Read the rest
In this article I write about finding fabulous ‘secret’ palaces and sights in Venice to visit during the Biennale. Including a ‘vampire palace’ I explored for the first time this year. Although 2024’s Art Biennale is nearly over and some … Read the rest
One of the main attractions of the Netflix movie Jumping from High Places is its beautiful locations in the southern Italian region of Puglia. The film (Per Lanciarsi dalle Stelle in Italian) is the story of Sole, a … Read the rest
This is a story, one of countless Italian stories which circulate, retold over years and over centuries.
This particular story is a love story; always a good subject, and a convenient one for tourism marketing boards. It … Read the rest
Welcome to the new-look Italy Heaven! It’s been a long time coming; essentially the old website was little changed since I taught myself html and began creating pages using a dial-up connection in my rented room in Rome twenty years … Read the rest