Is This Italy’s Best-Kept Hotel Chain Secret?
UNA Hotel & Resort Logo Italy is home to some of the most ravishing, historic and downright unique hotel properties, square mile per square mile, than perhaps any other country in the world. So in...
View ArticleMeet Select Italy Team: Philip
Philip, our lovely accountant Let’s meet Philip: 1. Name and What do you do at Select Italy? Philip Kinsella – Coordinator of Accounting Services. 2. What’s your favorite Italian destination? If you...
View ArticleTaranta Night: the Biggest Folk Music Festival in Europe
The Origin Taranta dancer La Notte della Taranta Festival (Taranta Night Festival) is one of the most popular summer events in Italy. It is dedicated to the Pizzica, a popular Italian folk dance that...
View ArticleBecome Your Own Indiana Jones: Dig in the Etruscans!
Warning! What you are about to read will tell you how you can live your Indiana Jones dreams. Select Italy IS responsible for every little ounce of excitement you are about to endure. Don’t say we...
View Article6 Simple Do’s and Don’ts of Risotto
It was a cold, winter night in Boulder, Colorado. The roads were icy, the cars snow-covered and the house freezing—regardless of our plug-in electric fireplace. Such a frigid evening would seem...
View ArticleWhy go to Naples When There’s Fratelli La Bufala NYC?!
Cheese, the world’s most appreciated blunder, is said to have been invented more than 4,000 years ago. The myth of this dairy-goodness’ origin begins in Arabia, in the pouch of a traveling merchant....
View ArticleMeet Select Italy team: Alessandro
Alessandro enjoying a day outdoors 1. Name and What do you do at Select Italy? Buongiorno! My name is Alessandro and I am an intern in the Sales and Operations department at the Select Italy Chicago...
View ArticleWhen in Italy, no regrets: get a guided tour
There are countless things to see and do in Italy, therefore, it’s quite impossible to see the entire country in just two weeks. That’s why when preparing your trip to Italy, you should make sure to...
View ArticleTalk With Your Hands: Italian Style
Italians are gesture professionals. Really though, what other language has its own set of crazy unique gestures that basically compliments every and any phrase or word? Those Italians; just when we...
View ArticleItaly Tour Packages
If planning a trip to Italy has endlessly been weighing on your mind, now is the perfect opportunity to take some action! One of the greatest ways to explore this amazing country while receiving the...
View ArticleItaly Train Tickets
Taking a train in Italy can be one of the best decisions you make while planning your unforgettable Italian getaway. Convenient, affordable and reliable, traveling by train in Italy is a great way to...
View ArticleBar Therapy with Jacopo Falleni: The Vespatini
Jacopo Falleni, celebrated Florentine mixologist Jacopo is back this week with a drink perfect for a leisurely ride in the open air through the his home region of Tuscany. We sat down with Jacopo to...
View ArticleMeet Select Italy Team: Misha
Misha fell in love with Italy’s cuisine! 1. Name and what you do at Select Italy? My name is Misha Medvedev – IT Manager, Web Developer, and Designer. If you happen to curse while surfing through the...
View ArticleIntroducing 3 Croatian Regions: Istria, Slavonia, and Dalmatia
The vast landscapes of stunning Croatia are spread across a myriad of regions with each their own story to tell however, most commonly, Croatia can be divided into three main regions; Istria, Slavonia,...
View ArticleThe Italians Are Coming! [VIDEO]
Warning! What are you about to read and see make actually make you roll on the floor laughing or fall even more in love with Italy. Really though, it’s happened to us so don’t say we didn’t warn you!...
View Article5 Tips for Searching for Your Italian Roots
Were any of your ancestors immigrants from Italy? More than four million Italians came to America between 1880 and 1920. Among many of these immigrants were our ancestors. Each immigrant that left...
View ArticleWine Inspiration For The Holidays
The holiday season upon us, and all sorts special of goodies are being made like panettone and Nonna’s pizzelle, and its time to get excited for all things special and unique to the holidays. These are...
View ArticleLearning Italy at Eataly Chicago
There is a hunger for authentic Italian cuisine in the states is not easily satiated – a characteristic which I myself share with my colleagues here at Select Italy and which often acts as the subject...
View ArticleYour Italy and Croatia Inspired Holiday Wish List
Celebrate the holiday season! Being able to celebrate the season surrounded by family and friends is one of the best feelings in the world. Just imagine the smell of warm gooey cookies baking in the...
View Article5 Alternatives to The Venetian Festival “Carnevale”
Tiepolo’s painting “Fresken in der Villa Vallmarana” (1757) proves Italian Carnival is an old tradition (credits: WIkimedia) If I were to say (or write) the word Carnevale everyone would think about...
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