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The Pontines, Perhaps

July 14, 2008 – 6:43 am

Unlike Greece, Italy isn’t a land of islands. Sure, there’s Sicily, Capri, and the Tuscan Archipelago, which includes Elba. But there is also a small set of islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Rome and Naples that, according to Guy Dinmore of The Financial Times, “offer a safer and saner way to travel” for those [...]

By mmr | Posted in Active Travel, By Area, Daytrips, Eco Travel, Lazio, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Specialty Travel, Sports, Travel Articles | Comments (0)

Renaissance Florence According to Rushdie

May 31, 2008 – 8:30 am

I was browsing a bookstore on the Upper East Side yesterday when I saw that one of the store employees had highlighted Salman Rushdie’s new work The Enchantress of Florence. Yes, the Nobel-prize winning author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses is now trying his hand at spinning a tale about Florence during the [...]

By mmr | Posted in By Area, Florence, Tuscany | Comments (0)

An Unspoiled Beach in Abruzzo

May 21, 2008 – 1:08 pm

Earlier today, we wrote about the travel potential of the region Puglia, this year’s emerging star of Italian tourism. Well, if Puglia is the new Tuscany then some years from now Abruzzo will be the new Puglia.
Richard Norton-Taylor writes about Vasto, a largely “unknown” beach on the Costa Abruzzese for the U.K.’s Guardian. And, believe [...]

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Even More Italian Beaches Get the Blue Flag

May 8, 2008 – 9:35 am

There are now 104 beaches in Italy that have been awarded the “blue flag” for clean water and sand. According to Italy Magazine, the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE) found that the top beaches in Italy were in Tuscany and the Marches, each of which have 15 blue flag beaches. Liguria and Abruzzo came in [...]

By mmr | Posted in Italy News, Out and About, Parks and Nature | Comments (0)

Beaches of Lazio

April 21, 2008 – 6:57 am

Continuing our series on Italy’s beaches, today we’re highlighting the beaches of Lazio. Most visitors to Lazio, Rome’s region, forget that the Tyrrhenian is as close as half an hour away. In fact, many Roman nightclubs relocate to beaches like Fregene. And, there are also some lovely strands south of Rome in Terracina and Sperlonga.
Province [...]

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Beaches of Tuscany

April 8, 2008 – 8:37 am

With summer on the horizon, we’ve got sun and surf on the brain. So, in the coming weeks and months, we plan to highlight the beaches of Italy.
First up is Tuscany, which has some of the most pleasant beaches you’ll find anywhere. While Tuscany’s beaches are hardly a secret - for example, Viareggio and Forte dei [...]

By mmr | Posted in By Area, Eco Travel, Family Travel, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Specialty Travel, Tuscany | Comments (1)