This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a crisp summer morning in Degioz, a slate-roofed village in northern Italy, Luigino Jocollè is sharing the local ...

Here's how to climb Gran Paradiso - the highest independent peak in Italy (the Matterhorn shares its borders with Switzerland). It offers outstanding views across the Alps from its summit and is ...

Skip out on the crowds and hustle this summer with these Lake Como alternatives. All are accessible by train from Milan.

Director Giuseppe Tornatore is set to present a 4K restoration of his Oscar and Cannes-winning "Cinema Paradiso" at a new ...