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Portofino, Italy's pearl: Swide mini-guide
In Liguria there is a place you will never forget if you visit, sheltered in the Tigullio Gulf, dotted with colourful houses and cradled by the sweet sound of the waves. Want to go? Here is what not miss.
Italian craftsmanship: Burano’s lace
The history – between reality and legend – of the lace tradition in Burano, the oldest place in the world for embroidered lace.
From Italia with love: How ‘Made in Italy’ can save the world
Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the flagship design event in Milan, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world, year after year the week-long design event cements Milan’s status as one of the design and innovation hubs of the world.
Celebrating the Irish Italian love affair on St. Patrick’s Day
I’m an Irishman who lives and works in Italy and this year I will be celebrating St. Patrick’s on the streets of Milan, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be missing home. The Italian’s love the Irish and I’ll be celebrating with them.
The Madonna: the processions throughout Italy
In Italy this is the month of the Madonna: on December 8th the Country celebrates l'Immacolata Concezione, the Immaculate Conception of Mary. But the Madonna is present all year around in Italy through processions that deserve to be seen…
5 Alternative Christmas Holiday Destinations by Swide
With the Christmas Holidays creeping ever closer it is only right that Swide serves up some alternative ideas for where to welcome in the festive feelings.
It's ski time! 7 glam spots to enjoy it
It's the right time of the year for skiing. But where to do it glamorously? Swide has picked 7 spots between Italy, United States and Spain where snow awaits…
Freshly picked restaurants by Swide
The season is changing, and so are restaurants. If you are eager to taste something new, here is Swide's list of 10 restaurants within the high-end cuisine world.
Italian fashion meets Italian food: the recipes…to be glamour
From Dolce&Gabbana dresses’ prints to the table. Eggplants, zucchini, onions, tomatoes: here is why food, in fashion, matters.
Stumbling on a Book at Mantova's Literature Festival
On the holy month of the most important fashion weeks, squeezed somewhere in there, a very important literary event took place in one of the jewels of Italy, Mantova. We asked why one should put this event on the calendar.
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The ‘Sport of Kings’ provides some of the best all day entertainment in the world. It’s where fashion, sport, the super rich, rural tradition and of course, horses all merge in an adrenaline and champagne-fuelled spectacle that really gets the heart pumping. Swide picks for you the top 5 horse races in the world.
Canadian Ben Johnson won the gold medal in the 100m final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics with an awesome display of power with a world record time of 9.79 seconds. However three days later his urine sample tested positive for a banned substance and was stripped of his medal and record. Johnson was sent home in disgrace, but that wasn’t the end to the Johnson story.
Moto Guzzi are lining up their latest reboot of their best-selling series with the California 1400. It’s a bit of a departure form the cruiser look of previous models with a more vintage Art Nouveau style.
Known for being quite the straight faced beauty on the red carpet, Kristen Stewart was the one making us smile when she revealed details about when she stripped off with Garrett Hedlund on the set of ‘On The Road’ and how shock was replaced by being at ease…
Graceful like the women he depicted and powerful like the stories he recounted through his works, Botticelli is among the Renaissance men who changed the world forever.
When I was a child, my parents used to take me to a little village, where we would have almond “granita” and collect fresh water form a little drinking fountain, afterwards. This little place is called Scopello and it was time for me to return to my childhood and explore as an adult.
The scenario is…you are only in London for 24hrs. This doesn’t have to mean being stuck in your hotel wanting but not knowing what to do. Enlightened travellers continually ask the question - What would a Londoner do? Have no fear Luxury London is here…
There’s no need to go far afield to exotic locations to find adventure. In recent years adventures have been rediscovering urban winders right on our very doorsteps. Urban Exploration, known also as Urbex or UE, is an (often illegal) activity that explores unseen or unknown sights in the urban environment.