Two-stroke vehicle – If you are not a local in Italia this would probably be the name you would call for a vehicle that is a mix of a typical motorbike but sounds like a two stroke lawnmower. It is actually three-wheeled. It has room for one fat person but can fit in two for thin ones, and a flat deck at the back resembling a mini truck. It is commonly used as a mode of transportation in the little towns of Italy. The tourism administration obviously has its aim on the preservation of roads by the use of these mediums. I can only wonder why. The good thing about this kind of transport is that because of its size, they seem to be very comfortable trekking the narrow lanes common in old Italian towns. You can see this kind of vehicle in Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre, Monterosso, Liguria, Riviera di Levante and National Park Cinque Terre. You can recognize them as they are three-wheeled and has color.
Highway System – Run by expressways. It causes heavy traffic along the routes of Venice-Padua, Milan-Como-Varese, Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples and Naples-Salerno. Because these are the busiest cities of Italy they mostly carry around thousands of passengers each route. A major highway runs through Mont-Blanc tunnel that connects France and Italy.
Waterway System – The regular automobile-ferry and ferry train runs between Messina and other ports in Sicily. There is also a ship that carries passengers from Palermo to Naples. The regular shipping is served in Sardinia. A Hydrofoil is for the regular passenger service in the areas between Naples, Capris and Ischia, and Calabria and Sicily.
Merchant Vessels – The vessels serve the places of Savona, Genoa and Venice. For the central and southern Italy Naples is the main port. Other chief ports connecting other Italian cities to each other are Livorno, Cagliari and Catania.
Airports – There is only one national air transport in Italy and it is called Alitalia. It is said to be government-owned and maintains a wide domestic and international network of air routes. The two most important airports served by most international air carrier are Malpensa and Fiumicino that is both in Milan and Rome respectively.
Indeed, Italy has many modes of transportation that can take you to its various gorgeous cities. But even if you don’t get yourself a ride, it remains pleasant touring any city of Italy on foot.
There are a lot of festivals that you can check out in Italy. For every town in Italy they have their own festival to celebrate; these events mostly are based on the historical events.
Tour Italy and check out the traditional festivals that each towns and villages celebrate, such as the towns of Agrigento, Arezzo, Ascoli-Piceno, Asti and Firenze. These are just some of the places in Italy where they celebrate the traditional festivals every year; some of these traditions have been celebrated for more than a hundred years. In the town of Agrigento, they celebrate the Almond Blossom Festival in the month of February. This festival is celebrated by having programs showcasing regional folk dance, songs and with costumes and also some fireworks displays. However in the town of Arezzo, usually in the month of September, they have this jousting contest, which they call the Joust of the Saracen. This is in commemoration during the medieval times. This festival is colorful and for three days the participants for this event are dressed as 13th century knights. They are going to do some flag tossing, pageantry and on the last day, jousting competition takes place. The town of Ascoli-Piceno, is also celebrating their own Joust of the Quintana Festival, unlike the town of Arezzo, here in Ascoli-Piceno , the high light of their celebration is the historical pageants that they have. This is The Quintana which the participants are dressed in costumes from the15th century. This is celebrated in the month of August.
In the town of Asti, the festival dates back from 1275, this is the oldest celebration that has been recorded in Italy; this is called The Palio at Asti. It is a 700-year-old festival that starts with a procession with 800 participants dressed in costumes from the 13th century. And there is also a community parade where there are twenty one communities that are in colorful medieval costumes. The parade opens and closes the Palio celebration. In Firenze, they celebrate the 16th century football in their town; it’s called the Calcio Fiorentino. The event is held at the Piazza Santa Croce where the 16th century game is played in medieval costumes. This venue is where the real match was held in the medieval times. The teams are divided by the four neighborhoods in Florence. This game is a combination of soccer and rugby. This festival is held during the third week of June every year.
Italy is rich in traditions; you can see it through the festivals that they celebrate. They value its history and culture. They still celebrate historical events up to this day. Tour Italy and experience their culture through the festivals that they celebrate.
For the first time traveler in Italy, surely they will be amazed of the various kinds of Italian foods abounding the country. In fact, Italian foods have more variety compared to the spaghetti and meatballs. Italy is surrounded by many Italian food specialties which are mostly found in famous Italian restaurants. However, for a change of tastes you can as well taste the Italian’s regional cuisine. Travelers of Italy should experience this new level of visiting the country if you really wanted to experience Italy aside from wandering around its metropolitan area.
On the other hand, the Northern Italian cuisine mostly less used of olive oil, pasta and tomato sauce while they mostly used butter or lard, rice, corn as well as cheeses for the cream sauces. Most of the Northern Italian specialties reflect the pride and culture of the Italian unspoiled countryside. And due to that they are as well included some games or perhaps wild rooster such like quail or grouse. The most famous in the Italian’s coast and rivers and streams are seafood and shellfish, and if these tasty seafood are abundant in such area travelers will surely seen them in the plate.
The region of Lombardy is famous for its rice dishes that include Minestrone alla Milanese which is made of vegetables, bacon and rice. The Risotto alla Milanese is described as a creamy dish of braised short-grain rice mixed with meat stock, cheese and saffron. Other cuisines that you can see in Lombardy region are ravioli with a pumpkin filling from Montova, and some small quails with polenta from Bergamo. While the famous appetizing cheeses of Lombardy are the luxurious blue Gorgonzola, Grana Padana, the gluttonous Mascarpone, and the alpine Bitto creamy Crescenza. Italy is composed of various regions that have various specialty of cuisine as well; these regions are the region of Veneto, Trento-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Liguria.
