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Romantic Hotels in Tuscany

Romantic Hotels in Tuscany

by Melanie on 18. Aug, 2010 in Accommodations, Featured Articles, Romantic Travel, Tuscany

Tuscany is, without doubt, one of the foremost locations in the world for your honeymoon. Whether you wish to visit the tiny, romantic, hilltop villages or simply watch the olive groves and cypress trees gently sway in the wind, Tuscany offers some of the most romantic hotels that you are likely to come across and [...]

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A Bribe-Free Holiday in Sicily

A Bribe-Free Holiday in Sicily

by Melanie on 13. Jul, 2010 in Sicily, Specialty Travel

The brave work of the anti-mafia organization AddioPizzo.org was recently brought to my attention. “Addio Pizzo” means “Goodbye, Pizzo,” the latter word meaning the protection money that hundreds of businesses throughout Sicily have had to pay to the powerful, omnipresent mafia. AddioPizzo was formed in 2004 after a group of young Sicilian entrepreneurs, afraid that [...]

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An Italian Wedding

An Italian Wedding

by Melanie on 25. May, 2010 in Romantic Travel, contests and giveaways

June is the classic month in which to schedule wedding, and this holds true in Italy, too. Therefore, with the marriage month fast approaching, I am delighted to be able to provide readers with an excerpt from Susan Van Allen’s wonderful new book 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go. An Italian Wedding If [...]

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Four Great Golf Courses in Italy

Four Great Golf Courses in Italy

by Melanie on 18. Feb, 2010 in Active Travel, Featured Articles, Sports

Golfing has grown increasingly popular over the past decade, thanks in no small part to one Tiger Woods, who has proven to be a diligent, exacting, and exciting player both on and off the green. Woods’ celebrity has meant a ton of new golf watchers and enthusiasts, who jump at the chance to work on [...]

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Italy Insiders Share Their Favorite Spots for Romance

Italy Insiders Share Their Favorite Spots for Romance

by Melanie on 10. Feb, 2010 in Featured Articles, Romantic Travel, Specialty Travel

I like to do a romance-themed post every year around Valentine’s Day for obvious reasons. So given the popularity of crowd-sourcing (and the positive response I received from friends for last month’s crowd-sourced article on Rome When It Rains), I decided to give the power of the people on LinkedIn, Twitter, and elsewhere another try. [...]

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Volunteer Vacations in Italy

Volunteer Vacations in Italy

by Melanie on 29. Jan, 2010 in Active Travel, Eco Travel, Featured Articles, Specialty Travel

The final post in my New Year’s Resolutions series, which includes Health and Fitness and Learning Vacations in Italy, focuses on doing good while on vacation. Of course, Italy may not be the first place you think of when you consider volunteering your time – indeed, Haiti comes to mind – but there are a [...]

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Rome When It Rains

Rome When It Rains

by Melanie on 19. Jan, 2010 in Family Travel, Featured Articles, Rome

A writer of a recent comment on the Italofile Facebook page mentioned that his chief concern for an upcoming spring trip to Rome was “what do I do if it rains?” Here’s his exact words: Am going to Rome in late March/early April with three young kids. I lived there for a year when I [...]

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Learning Vacations in Italy

Learning Vacations in Italy

by Melanie on 14. Jan, 2010 in Arts and Culture, Cooking Schools, Deals and Packages, Featured Articles, Schools and Study, Specialty Travel, Things To Do

Continuing on the topic of New Year’s resolutions: one of the things that people resolve to do with the arrival of a new year is improve themselves by learning a new skill. Italy holds numerous possibilities for the traveler looking for self-improvement (and not just fitness-wise). So here are a few ideas and tours to [...]

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Get Fit in Italy

Get Fit in Italy

by Melanie on 07. Jan, 2010 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Featured Articles, Out and About, Specialty Travel

Here we are, staring down another full year and wondering if or how we are going to make the most of it. For a lot of us, that means giving up vices or improving ourselves. For others, a new year holds the promise of traveling to new places or enjoying more of what life has [...]

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Exploring Italy’s Parks

Exploring Italy’s Parks

by Melanie on 14. Oct, 2009 in Eco Travel, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Specialty Travel

Fall is a great time to explore Italy’s national and regional parks, what with the beautiful foliage changing colors and the majority of tourists – both Italian and international – having packed up their bags and headed home. Italy currently has 22 national parks – with two more in the process of being established – [...]

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