Category: Experiences
Tours, outdoor recreation, and other activities to consider for your Italy itinerary
‘Monster of Florence’ and ‘Rome 1960’: Two Of Summer’s Most Intriguing Reads Are Set in Italy
I am supremely excited about two new nonfiction books this summer: The Monster of Florence and Rome 1960. Both books describe tumultuous times in central Italy. The first is a period of time in Florence when an unknown predator (or predators) “stalked lovers’ lanes in the countryside.” The second goes in-depth about the 1960 Olympic…
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Renaissance Florence According to Rushdie
Salman Rushdie imagines Renaissance Florence in his new book “The Enchantress of Florence.”
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Eating Your Way Through Le Marche
A round-up of food festivals in Le Marche.
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Italy’s Newest Saint Venerated
On April 24, the new tomb of Padre Pio was unveiled in the Puglian city of San Giovanni Rotondo. The new tomb now features the exhumed body of Italy’s most recent homegrown saint, who died in 1968 and who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002. According to Ian Fisher’s San Giovanni Rotondo…
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