The month of August marks a drastic change in cities across the Italian peninsula as Italians take respite in cooler destinations and celebrate Ferragosto on August 15th of each year. The holiday has ancient pagan origins from the first century with Emporer Augustus as a holiday to celebrate the end of harvest. Today the summer period […]

“Ferragosto”, from the latin Feriae Augusti (meaning “Augusts’ rest” after the emperor who instated the holiday in 18 BC) has a long history of being a period for relaxation. August 15th marks the actual holiday, but in most recent decades it signals the beginning of the Italian vacation period where most businesses close allowing families to […]