Every year the New Generation Festival brings together all genres, from opera to jazz to pop, highlighting young musicians. This year the festival will open and close with a performance of Le nozze di figaro. In between then, an orchestra performance and a blues a bebop segment that celebrates the spirit of Harlem. Guests also have the option to dine ...
The coastal town of Tarquinia hosts its annual Giostra delle Contrade, reenacting the knighting of three noble men, Cornetani Sante, Alessandro Vitelleschi, and Piergiovanni Paolo Sacchi, in 1452. Tarquinia celebrates the event with equestrian games, banquets, knights and dancing. Knights representing the seven districts of Tarquinia compete against each other and use lances to remove rings suspended from a statue, ...
A night celebrating opera, music and, of course, Andrea Bocelli, this event features choreographed, theatrical opera performances with Bocelli, an orchestra, and a choir. Proceeds will go to charity, supporting the Bocelli Foundation's projects. Celebrity guests will be in attendance, as the concert is part of Celebrity Fight Night, a philanthropic event that raises money for the Bocelli Foundation. Note: ...
Pizza Village, a free event featuring pizza demonstrations and exhibits on the waterfront of Naples, will draw 50 historical Neapolitan pizzerias, 500,000 visitors, and more than 100,000 pizzas. Guests can purchase a menu ticket for 12€ which includes one pizza of choice, one drink, one dessert and one coffee. The World Pizza-making Championship will also take place. Dream of Italy ...
In this, the last Venetian regatta of the season, two-oared gondole for men and mascarete for women compete in races which wind around the island of Burano, starting at the northern end of the nearby island of Sant'Erasmo. Revenge may be sweet for some in this final regatta, which is also known as the Rivincita della Storica, as the losers of the Regata ...
The largest restaurant festival in Rome takes place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica with the participation of a dozen of Rome's best restaurants and 20 master chefs coming from all over Italy. Attendees can enjoy gourmet courses, cooking schools, show-cooking and wine tasting. Dream of Italy is a membership website and award-winning travel publication publishing 170 issues since 2002. Get ...
Step into Babbo Natale's winter wonderland and be sure to have a magical experience exploring and interacting with Santa's world. Guests are greeted by the Snow and Ice Fairy who tell the tale of Christmas and are lead to the Enchanted Forest buzzing with elven life. Here you will find them steadily working on toys where guests can also participate in toy ...
At the Gelato World Cup, gelato chefs from around the world will face off to see who makes the best treat. France and, of course, Italy are traditionally the two frontrunners.
A lot of the gourmet cuisine we know today is a revamped version of famine food that people used to make just to survive in the past and the lumaca is no exception. Lumaca, which means snail in Italian, is the protagonist in this yearly five-day festival in Moiano, Umbria. Visitors can enjoy the massaie’s (local farmer’s wives’) homemade cooking who use this not-so-secret ingredient ...
At the Denver Travel & Adventure Show, join Dream of Italy Host Kathy McCabe on February 22nd at the Destination Theater for a fun interactive seminar: 10 Secrets for Planning Your Dream Vacation in Italy. Every attendee for this session will receive a free membership to Dream of Italy - $47 value! with Kathy McCabe, Travel Publisher and Host of ...
