For centuries, the travelers arriving in Italy from the northern countries have praised our mild climate, so much that the italian good weather became a sort legend. Today, however, the scholars observations about the climate tends to reverse the reputation of our country of the sun. Here are two steps: the first is the German writer J. W. Goethe, who arrived in Italy in September 1786, the second summarizes the positions most common among scholars today.

"The winter here lasts only two months, December and January. Then comes a rainy April. Regarding the seasons the weather is nice, I'm not experiencing any persistent rain. This September has been even hotter than August, but here people are complaining in general a very bad summer. Probably it hasn't been so clear as in the previous years, but i can notice that people here are very impatient. Accustomed to the weather, everyone runs in shoes, socks and thin clothes, and now they rant a bit of wind and rain, while we would be happy to have this season a time like this. "

Well we can say everyone knows that any coastal town, plain or hill, of our peninsula's climate is warmer than any city or territory of northern Europe. But not everyone knows that Manchester, for example, in England, has a milder climate than Milan, because it has less warm summers and winters less cold. In our alpine villages located between 1,800 and 2,200 meters as Cervinia for example, falls each year a quantity of snow that is 2-3 times higher than than one that Siberia receives, which has the reputation of the realm of snow. We must therefore abandon the idea that Italy is characterized by a single climate.
The opposite is true: Italy, for its geographical position, has a great variety of climates, some of which are similar to those of central Europe, others to those of  Mediterranean countries. For this reason we must add that in every place there are significant contrasts between the seasons: in Palermo for example a summer hot and dry is usually following a winter wet and rainy and  in Cortina a rather cold and snowy winter is opposed to warm and sunny summers.

Surely Naples is one of the most dangerous cities of Italy but this doesn’t mean that the tourists here risk their life. According to the TripAdvisor ranking Barcelona is most dangerous of cities in Europe in 2010. Las Ramblas, the famous promenade of Barcelona and the flea market of the Boqueria are perfect places to be robbed, indeed it is necessary to do attention. Rome is in the second place and Paris conquers the bronze medal. Ville Lumière, always crowded by tourists, is a ideal place if you want to be a victim of a robbery,  this happen as well under the metro. Madrid is fourth especially in market El Rastro flea. Completely different the podium if we look for other sites. Moscow wins the first position, Bucharest conquers the second place, then there are Tirana and Nottingham, and Naples? In these internet websites Naples isn’t mentioned; will it be a omission? Is true its rate of danger?! The stereotype that Naples is a city inaccessible to tourists isn’t a acquainted element by those who draw up the classifications.I prefer to think to the kindness and friendliness of the Neapolitans. I think  to the their way to make feel at home all the tourists also if they aren’t in the them country. The Neapolitans are true masters in the hospitality. The warmth that characterizes them will makes them unique in Italy and in the world. I think that, for a tourist, feel himself at one's ease is very important. This doesn’t mean that you can carefree walks but definitely you don’t  hazard your life in every corner  of the city. You must always keep your eyes open, be discrete,  to be careful and  don’t be deceived. These aren’t useful recommendations only if it goes to Naples but in any city.

Pescasseroli (L'Aquila), 4 February 2012 - In the last 24 hours have been recorded numerous wolves sightings in the lands of Abruzzo National Park, driven by the abundant snowfall to find easy prey in chicken coops and pens set up in the margins of Pescasseroli, Opi , Villetta Barrea, Civitella Alfedana and Barrea.
 In four cases the powerful animal, has been watched even in the center of the village, attracted by the waste in the bins that weren't emptied due to the impassable roads.
In Pescasseroli a wonderful adult was photographed by residents during the day just 30 meters from the main square.
The snow blanket also makes life difficult for the deers, pushing them at low altitude to search for weeds that remain uncovered by the snow around the trees in private gardens.
No fear, however: the wolf at the sight of man scrutinizes him suspiciously, but then fled after a few seconds.

A new Etna Eruption is actually running in Sicily. This is an extraordinary show: Etna in fact is the only big Vulcano in Europe, other smaller Vulcanoes are situated in Italy altough.

This time the vulcano is erupting over the snow due to the recent heavy snowfalls and this make the experience more and more beautiful.

 We remind that Catania is the closest airport to the vulcano, and from there it's not difficult to reach te slopes of the mountain.

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It's march...and in Italy the winter is fading quickly and in most of regions we start having warm and pleasant temperature. For this reason march is considered a month of rebirth with a lot of traditions still living. 
One of those traditions wich are directly connected to the seasons cycle is the St. Joseph day, in wich is tradition to light big fires in the fields made with the wood of the trees that have been cutted to produce more fruits in the new year.
In many areas of italy you can watch at this tradition, but in some town you have very special show to see.
It's the case for example of the Pitigliano procession with torces in Tuscany, where capped people with torces in the hand go throught the old and narrow street of the village and at the end of the procession turn on the fire in the middle of the main square.
Or the parade of St. Joseph in Sicily, a revival of  Joseph Escape in Egypt. During the parade Joseph is riding a horse in the middle of the ancient baroque town, and the other actors have very beautiful costumes.

What's "GAVETTONE"?...If you're a girl, and you hear this word when you're at the beach taking sun...stand up and quickly move from your place, because someone is arriving and will throw you frozen water on your body...

...but if you receive this terrible typical italian joke it means that a man appreciates you...

Gavettoni are a common joke in Italy during the summer on the beach expecially when temperatures are very high and weather hot, but expecially the 15th august every one do that like a sort of battle, so everyone that day has to expect that sort of unexpected frozen shower.

Bronze head of a Lion was discovered yesterday in the Ionian Sea, south Calabria coast, in an area close to where many years ago Riaces Bronzes were found.
The important discovery has been made by Leo Morabito, a passionate about diving, who noticed the bronze shape beetwen other rocks.
He revealed with a very exemplary behavior his discover to police.
Other Morabito's friends have noticed other objects, like an harmour, in the same area and the rests of a ship, that probably sinked approaching to that coast thousands year ago.
Calabria indeed was a greek colony more than two thousands years ago, and important exchanges of goods occurred in these seas.
Now other important researches will be made from italian marine police to find all the rest and goods that the ship brought.

Stay tuned!... 

Hi to all our follower!...Trip Advisor has elected the “Rabbit Beach” in Lampedusa, (Spiaggia dei Conigli for Italians), the most beautiful beach in the world. We had just saying that from a long time, because Rabbit Beach, at least for my experience of traveler, it’s the most beautiful beach I have never seen. 

I have seen many beautiful ones, with transparent sea, great scenery, rocks etc., but the feeling I tried watching that clear water the time I stand up on the top of the cliff over that bay I have never tried anymore.
In this article anyways I don’t want to celebrate the beach again, but simply tell you how to get there!...because it’s not that easy how you could expect. The Rabbit Beach is indeed on a little Island called Lampedusa wich is very far from another island (Sicily), and it’s one of the southest lands of Europe, very close to Libic Coast. In Lampedusa practically never rain during the year, and the sun hit always very strongly, during the winter temperature can be around 25° and during summer when arrives hot air from Sahara desert also over 40°.
To get there so it’s pretty complicated but not so impossible and it fully worth the price of tickets we think. There are substantially two ways, one more comfortable, and one more romantic and adventuring.

First solution: just airplane
The first, the comfortable one is to get there directly with the airplane, there is a small airport in Lampedusa to land. Until some year ago there were just few flights from few italian cities, but now for example we can get there directly from Palermo or Catania with Darwin Airlines. You can book also directly from Rome or Milan but it might be pretty expensive. If you are in north Italy the best airport to get to Lampedusa will be Bergamo Orio al Serio.

Second solution: airplane+boat

I’ll show u another solution, I think more long but also more funny, adventuring and also interesting. You can get to Palermo or Catania airport with the airplane, and then take a train there and get to Porto Empedocle, born town of Luigi Pirandello. Porto Empedocle it’s very near to Agrigento and you can see there probably the most beautiful site in the world with original Greek Temples. The railway that will bring you there it’s also so beautiful because has just two tracks and passes in the middle of Sicily, between cactus, ghost towns, dry fields and desert mountains like a sort of “Far West” experience.
When arrived in Porto Empedocle there will be the boat that we will bring you there every night. You can sleep comfortable on the boat and be to Lampedusa at the twilights of the day after.
I strongly suggest this experience!...

If you are interested to rent a house in Lampedusa check also Lampedusa Rentals