Italian designer Giorgio Armani will dress Charlene Wittstock for her wedding to Prince Albert of Monaco. This is at least what Giorgio Armani told reporters at the end of his fashion show in Milan yesterday. For more news on Charlene Wittstock ’s bridal gown stay tuned!

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Planning a romantic Christmas away from the noise and traffic jams? if so this post can help you find the right place. Set atop a lovely hill, the Due campanili relais has a lot to offer; from a superb service to rooms elegantly furnished in Art Noveau Style. Guests can enjoy a warm atmosphere redolent of years gone by and take romantic strolls through the lovely streets of Montemaggiore al Metauro, an old village in the Marche region which looks like a postcard from the past. For further information click here.

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Dreaming of escaping the stress and pressures of every day life? Well don’t dream, but act and take a well deserved time out! The 500 square metre Excelsior hotel and spa in Pesaro has plenty to offer; from unique body therapies to breathtaking views over the Adriatic sea. Guests can benefit from both traditional and innovative beauty treatments plus natural holistic therapy. At this luxury hotel you will discover a place with an atmosphere of complete calm!

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Jason Priestly has just arrived in Rome with wife and children in tow! The American actor who became famous thanks to his role in the Beverly Hills 90210 series back in the 1990s is spending a short holiday in Italy’s capital! Despite the heat wave which has hit the Eternal City, the Priestly Family is bravely touring the city and enjoying every single minute of it (as you can see from the pics!)

Jason Priestley’s roman summer

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Tourists’ love affair with Italy has a long history behind it and more often not tourists get to know the country very well! A few days ago I had the pleasure to talk to Pizzodisevo (this is just a nickname), a tourist who years ago decided to leave behind his own country and live in the Marche region. His knowledge of the place is quite amazing and the pictures he took of the road that from Sarnano leads to Fiastra are really good, capturing the essence of the whole area (Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini); a magic place where there are no cars and everything is quiet and beautiful. So if you want to relax and enjoy nature, you may be interested to know that in Fiastra there’s a lovely agriturismo entirely made of stone and called Degli Alti Pascoli (situated at 800 metres above level see) where you can stay for only 40 euros pr night. Many outdoor activities are available; from hiking and riding to fishing and mountain biking.

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Just a few weeks ago Borsalino announced a partnership with Sergio Tacchini. It goes without saying that this agreement marks a new development in the field of fashionable hats! For years Borsalin0 has designed headgear for the mighty including popes and heads of state while Sergio Tacchini was and still is a great favourite with sports stars (among his clients are John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Lea Pericoli, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras and Novak Djocovic. Now to celebrate the up coming tennis season they have launched a new hat collection which includes two exclusive models respectively called Roma and Wimbledon!

Source | Borsalino.com

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If you have a passion for street art you will be glad to know that the Ferrara Buskers Festival is not the only event dedicated to this form of art here in Italy; in fact every year the small town of Pennabili in the Marche region organises an International festival which never fails to draw thousands of talented artists from all over the world; from Japan and America to Mexico and Iran. This year more than 300 artists will perform at the festival Internazionale dell’Arte di Strada which, as I have just said, will take place in Pennabili (the town is located near the beautiful Natural Park of Sasso Simone) from 17 to 20 June! Don’t miss it!

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The town of Carpegna, in Pesaro and Urbino, in the region of the Marche, celebrates its “Sega la Vecchia” Italian sagra in the form of the town sports festival every year. The four parishes of the town get together for a traditional meet, challenging each other in games, followed by a huge country banquet. The whole festival takes place on March 27 and involves sack races, hoop races, tug-of-war for both men and women, wood sawing, sled racing, and other old fashioned games.

At the end of the of this Italian festival, the team who wins parades through the town with the “vecchia”, meaning old lady - a folkloric statue figure who returns every year for the games - before burning the figurine in the piazza outside the town’s “palazzo”. Afterwards, the mess hall and benches are made available for the post-victory dinner. For more information, see the Carpegna site.

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The famous Chocolate Festival which takes place in San Benedetto, near Ascoli Piceno, has now reached its fourth year. As you can well imagine, we are not talking about one of those ordinary chocolate festivals which have recently sprung up like mushrooms all around the world, but about a chocolate festival which aims to shed a new light on this nourishing product by putting a special focus on its different aspects and characteristics. The Festival - which can also bee seen as a moment of social aggregation and a new and fascinating way to explore the beautiful Marche region - will take place from 27 - 28 March 2010; the program includes shows, tastings, workshops, exhibition markets and topical debates; for further information please lick here.

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Dustin Hoffman speaks Italian in this video where he tries his hand at reciting a poem by famous Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi. The poem in question is described as Leopardi’s greatest work. Called “L’infinito”, it is about eternity and from the native Marche poet, works well as a tribute to the region.

The video above is a commercial to promote tourism in Italy’s beautiful Marche region, but it has been met with criticism from Italy’s intellectual elite due to Hoffman’s difficulties with the language. I actually think it works quite well, but perhaps not for an Italian public.

Imagine this in America and you’d have more than one Italo-American all of a sudden discovering their Italian roots and rushing back to the Marche. The region is Italy’s unsung beauty, and this commercial won’t do it any favours in keeping it a secret for the rest of us. I still give kudos to Hoffman for the effort, and think that of all American actors doing a publicity stunt, he is one of the few who would genuinely understand and appreciate the literary work at hand. See the poem in Italian after the jump, along with an English translation of “L’infinito”.

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