Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Everyone is talking about coronavirus. Marika addresses frequently asked questions about this recent, ongoing phenomenon.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika talks about how one can contract coronavirus, the symptoms, and the guidelines to avoid getting infected.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Besides working as a journalist, Francesca is involved in some international projects for sustainability. Here, she tells about a hospital in Gaza.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
"Sunshine for Palestine" has set in motion an innovative project for teaching the latest scientific theories to young people, and it has been enormously successful.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A visit to a sumptuous palace in Palermo which incorporates a variety of styles, from the Gothic to the Baroque.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marino tells about Marechiaro, a small village in the area of Naples called Posillipo. Marchiaro gives its name to a very famous Neapolitan song by Salvatore Di Giacomo.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
To take a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome, there is a place waiting for you, just 40 minutes away, where horses and cows graze in the wild, and where there is plenty of interesting flora and fauna to observe: The Sorbo Valley.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Water is a precious resource and is as necessary to life as the air we breathe. Take a tour of some of the most spectacular natural sources of fresh water on the planet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
UNESCO counts the Aeolian Islands, off of Sicily's coast, among its World Heritage sites. The seven islands that make up the archipelago are: Vulcano, Stromboli, Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea, Lipari and Salina.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The Aeolian Islands are a favorite destination for divers from all over the world because of the underwater grottoes and ancient shipwrecks.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Rossellini's 1949 movie Stromboli put the Aeolian island on the cultural map forever.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The "Sciara del Fuoco" is a stream of red-hot lava that travels from Stromboli's volcanic summit to the sea. Seeing it is an unforgettable experience.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A guided exploration of seabed flora and fauna that live, against all odds, in a volcanic environment.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Sport fishing is a great way to discover Stromboli's hidden corners, including Strombolicchio. The little island is a kilometer and a half off the main island.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A marine biologist takes us down to the seabed of Strombolicchio to show us some rare and beautiful specimens of marine animals.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ginostra is a little village you can only get to by sea and whose harbor is the smallest in the world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A visit to another Aeolian Island, this time, Salina, with its twin volcanoes. Its strategic position makes it a good starting off point for a visit to all of the islands of the Aeolian archipelago.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pollara is one of the villages on Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands, and the only one to boast fresh water with the resulting vegetative mantle. In fact, its important crops include capers and grapes (in the form of Malvasia wine).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Panarea is the smallest of the Aeolian Islands, and is sometimes called the island with the sea inside it. Its transparent sea, steep bluffs, volcanic eruptions and quaint village make it very attractive to tourists.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In the usually quiet waters of the island, where the fishing is good, an unusual phenomenon was witnessed by fishermen and divers, an underwater volcano!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lipari, one of the Aeolian Islands, is famous for it pumice stone.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pumice stone has been mined for years on the Aeolians. Divers went there to explore the effect on marine life.
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