Flame-red Lamborghini in front of the factory
Known as the Land of Motors, northern Italy is home to some of the world's premier motor manufacturers. From Turin (home of Fiat), through Milan, Modena, and Bologna, if it has wheels and an engine, wears a "Made in Italy" badge and makes your pulse quicken, it was most likely crafted here. The nor... Read more...
30 April, 2013
Cappuccino is our monthly newsletter. Select Italy's travel experts provide stories about current trends and happenings in Italy.
Read more...
Once a month, Select Italy's president, Andrea Sertoli, writes a brief article on a hot topic in Italian society or culture.
Read more...
A newsletter exclusively for travel agents, Il Postino contains travel industry news, tips for trip planning and selling points for Italian destinations.
Read more...
HOW TO TRAVEL IN ITALY & NOT LOOK LIKE A CLUELESS TOURIST
How to...
Get Around
Don't plan to drive in Naples. Road rules are different from what you're used to, and despite being incomprehensible to most outsiders, they keep the city going. You'd be the wrench thrown in the perfectly oiled wheel! No right turn on red anywhere in Italy!

View all "How to Get Around" tips...
How to...
Get Around
Save Money
Eat The Italian Way
Not Look Like a Tourist
Not Speak Like a Tourist
Useful Tourist Info...
Visiting a foreign country can feel overwhelming. Don't leave home before reading this essential information on traveling in Italy.

Tips for The Travelers:
Best restaurants, food markets, shops, hidden gems and much more!
La Locanda del Gatto Rosso
Restaurant
Via Ugo Foscolo, 3 , Milan; Tel.: 02-72022411
Inside the glass-roofed Galleria and only a stone's throw from La Scala is this cozy, family-run place that is open throughout the day from 9:00am to midnight, making it the perfect place for a pre- or post-opera meal. The seasonal specialties range from the classics of Milanese cuisine to Mediterranean recipes like chitarra spaghetti with Sicilian prawns and slices of grilled swordfish flavored with mint and capers. Bread, pasta and delicious homemade desserts complete a menu that also includes homemade ravioli, onion soup, Florentine beefsteak and pizza. An exciting wine cellar features more than 200 labels from the best Italian vineyards.

View Details...
Gran Ristoro
Cafe/Sandwich Bar
Via Sottoripa, 27r, Genoa; Tel.: 010-2473127
This tiny closet of a sandwich shop across from the Porto Antico is so small that you’d walk right past it if not for the line of Genoese of all stripes — cops, students, dock workers — extending out the door. The printed menu is minimal so just ask for a toasted sandwich, served on a fresh roll with your choice of one of the dozens of meats (prosciutto, capicola, pancetta, spianata) hanging in the window. At less than 3,00 euros, you won’t find a better lunch bargain!

View Details...


LIBRIVIVI: An Italian literary revolution: the audiobook, becomes the "audiomovie". List all books...

LibriVivi are cutting-edge audiobooks that bring the greatest works of literature to life by means of new, emotionally engaging techniques that transform the book into a veritable "movie."

Living Comics System:
Italian Genius in Digital Art
Digital animation enters the world of comic books. Experience the first release "Sulphur & Dana" depicting the triumph of love over prejudice, discrimination and mistrust.


Introducing Whaiwhai:
New Touring Experience
The New York Times calls Whaiwhai "a high-tech Italian game that is part 'Amazing Race' and part treasure hunt, with a bit of DaVinci Code-style storytelling..."