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What’s On in Italy: August 2008

What’s On in Italy: August 2008

by Melanie on 07. Aug, 2008 in Arts and Culture, Destinations, Festivals and Events, Lazio, Museums and Exhibits, Rome, Siena, Tuscany, Umbria

Lots of summer festivals are winding up this month. Then, after Ferragosto on August 15, most Italians head for the hills…or the beach. Stay tuned for a full slate of fall events beginning next month. Puccini Festival. This festival in Torre del Lago (near Lucca, Tuscany) is a must for opera buffs. It runs through [...]

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Summer 2008 Cell Phone Deal

Summer 2008 Cell Phone Deal

by Melanie on 29. Jul, 2008 in News

Gone are the days when you needed a gettone, or token, to make a phone call in Italy. In fact, Italians have been using cell phones since way before they became “necessities” for Americans. Thanks to locked phones, roaming restrictions, and myriad other technological and corporate roadblocks, it has always been hard – and outrageously [...]

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What’s On in Italy: July 2008

What’s On in Italy: July 2008

by Melanie on 01. Jul, 2008 in Destinations, Festivals and Events, Florence, Lazio, Rome, Siena, Trentino Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto

As we noted today in an earlier post, tomorrow, July 2, will be the first of this year’s Palio races in Siena. But, that’s not all that’s happening in Italy this month. Here’s the rundown: Music and Performance Festivals: Roma Estate 2008 continues with various music, comedy, and sports events. Throughout July, Rome will also hold [...]

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What’s On in Italy: June 2008

What’s On in Italy: June 2008

by Melanie on 04. Jun, 2008 in Festivals and Events

Sorry, folks – we missed Italy’s first big event of June, Republic Day on June 2. (Guess these warm summer days had us daydreaming!) But, there are still plenty of other events to catch this month. Notice, too, that from now on we’re going to differentiate our “What’s On” monthly posts with the year, even [...]

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Renaissance Florence According to Rushdie

Renaissance Florence According to Rushdie

by Melanie on 31. May, 2008 in Destinations, Florence, Tuscany

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 [...]

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Swimming in Sardinia

Swimming in Sardinia

by Melanie on 29. May, 2008 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Destinations, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Sardinia, Specialty Travel, Sports, Travel Articles

An article today in the New York Times on Swimming Vacations inspired us to see if there were any swim adventure tours in Italy. In fact, one of the companies profiled – Swimtrek (located in London) – offers a one week swim trip around Sardinia’s Maddalena Archipelago. The tour features: Swimming from Maddalena to Spargi. [...]

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Eating Your Way Through Le Marche

Eating Your Way Through Le Marche

by Melanie on 28. May, 2008 in Destinations, Festivals and Events, Food and Wine, Le Marche

Ladies and Gentlemen – start your appetites! Chowhound.com has begun a year-long series titled “Eating Your Way Through Le Marche,” starting with an entry about food festivals in the region during June 2008. If you’re in the area during June, vist Cartoceto’s Sagra dei Vincigrassi, a festival celebrating a marchigiana-style lasagna on the first Sunday [...]

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An Unspoiled Beach in Abruzzo

An Unspoiled Beach in Abruzzo

by Melanie on 21. May, 2008 in Abruzzo, Destinations, Travel Articles

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, [...]

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Even More Italian Beaches Get the Blue Flag

Even More Italian Beaches Get the Blue Flag

by Melanie on 08. May, 2008 in Italy News, Out and About, Parks and Nature

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 [...]

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Beaches of Lazio

Beaches of Lazio

by Melanie on 21. Apr, 2008 in Destinations, Eco Travel, Family Travel, Lazio, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Specialty Travel

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. [...]

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