Finding good food in Italy can be a real trick, especially for foreigners. In Rome for example, it is a fact that in the historic centre most restaurants, trattorie and…
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The Rape of Persephone
Of all the Greek myths that there are, this is one of my favourites. The rape of Persephone. As soon as I saw this statue I was completely mesmerised by…
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Looking for Tatooine
When George Lucas heard the name of Tataouine and visited the town he liked it so much that he felt the name inspired him to proclame Luke Skywalker’s home planet…
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The Pending Coffee tradition
Italians are masters of many noble traditions, inventions and deeds, many of them taken from unnoticed customs in other countries where they did not receive much attention, evidently. True: we…
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The Judgement of Paris
Travel with Stanito is not only a blog about real geographic travel adventures. It is also a space where you can travel back in time, when the world was a…