Chances are that you have never heard of the small Italian towns called Qualiano, Giugliano, Marigliano, Pianura or Acerra, however you have probably seen them on the news buried under a pile of garbage. While each of these cities is between 10 and 23 kilometers outside Naples, a lot of the media reporting about [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Italy'
Garbage isn’t heaping ‘IN’ Naples
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Rome: 10 Infamous crime scenes
February 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Map and videos of famous assassinations and attempts, kidnappings and a heisted corpse.
For over 2700 years Rome has been the stage of countless important events. Walking through Rome, one could wonder about past residents that have walked its well trodden streets, the palaces, which once housed royalty, but are now ignored and the historic and [...]
Tags: Europe · Interesting · Italy · Rome
St. Valentine’s Day and Skull
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Hello Travelers!
Happy Valentine’s Day! We thought that you might be interested to know that every Valentine’s Day a small church in Rome called Santa Maria in Cosmedin (also famous for housing the Mouth of Truth) displays a relic which is supposed to be St. Valentine’s head (pictured).
The origins of what we know as Valentines Day [...]
Tags: Interesting · Italy · Rome
Rome: Best photo opportunities
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Ciao Travelers!
Let’s face it, when the traveling is finished and the experiences fade from memory, all that will be left are the photos. So why not get the best ones? Frequently tourists waste time and energy trying to find the perfect angles of monuments only to snap shots of strangers’ heads. iKangaroo [...]
Tags: Europe · Italy · Rome · Vatican
Unabellavista Rome, Campo de’ Fiori: Eating and drinking
January 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Ciao Travelers!
Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, Italy has great nightlife, delicious restaurants, worthwhile happy hours, a huge market plus it is rich with all the history that makes Rome so special. The Campo thrives in the morning with its fantastic market and bakery, in the afternoon there are a number of places to get [...]
Tags: Italy · Nightlife · Rome · restaurants
Rome Podcast Tour with Unabellavista
December 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Hello Travelers!
Anthony from Unabellavista has some great podcasts of about a few off-the-beaten sights in Rome. Unabellavista has over 70 podcasts on iTunes which give a comprehensive tour of Rome including St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Museums, Borghese Museums and other sights throughout the Eternal City.
On our short walking tour, which if were in Rome would [...]
Tags: Europe · Italy · Podcast · Rome
Naples: Pizza and restaurants
December 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Ciao Viaggiatori!
As prices rise across Europe people are starting to make their way to off-the-beaten-path places like Naples. Once upon a time travelers would go to Naples only as a connection for going to Positano, Pompeii, Capri or perhaps lands further south.
Admittedly, a place like Naples can be intimidating because of all the chaos [...]
Rome Film Festival 2007 kicks off
October 18th, 2007 · No Comments
[ October 18, 2007 8:00 pm to October 27, 2007 8:00 pm. ] Monica Bellucci kicked off the 2nd edition of the Rome Film Festival which runs from October 18th to the 27th. The festival will screen 140 films from 40 countries including the first one from Francis Ford Coppola in 10 years called Youth without Youth. The star power will be bright with Sofia Loren set to achieve a lifetime achievement award and actors like Cate [...]
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Pope John Paul II “The Great” seen in flames
October 16th, 2007 · No Comments
The Vatican News Service is saying that this photograph, via Herald Sun, taken in Poland is the real deal. London’s Daily Mail reported that the Vatican’s news station manager Father Jarek Cielecki, also a friend of Pope John Paul II, traveled to Poland after hearing about the photos which were taken during a ceremony to commemorate the second [...]
Tags: Interesting · Italy · Poland · Rome · Vatican
Introducing Elizabeth: iKangaroo’s Rome expert
October 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments
iKangaroo is proud to add Elizabeth to our team of city and travel experts. Elizabeth, a NYC native and Columbia graduate, has been living La Dolce Vita in Rome off-and-on since 2001. Currently our newest expert has been juggling a number of things including writing a book, earning her master’s degree in Fine Arts, teaching [...]
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