Category: Experiences

Tours, outdoor recreation, and other activities to consider for your Italy itinerary

  • Slippery Business: A Look at Olive Oil Fraud in Italy and Beyond

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    Olive oil “fraud” in Italy is rampant. In fact, tons of so-called “extra virgin olive oil” is made from “illegal importations of seed oil and cheap olive oil from outside the E.U.” In the most recent New Yorker, Tom Mueller discusses the increasingly corrupt business that has become the olive oil trade. In 1997 and…

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    Melanie Renzulli
    selective focus photography of green leafed plant

  • Valentino Retrospective Opens Ara Pacis In Style

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    The event of the year for 2007. Valentino exhibit features 45 years of designer fashion in Rome’s newly open Ara Pacis Museum.

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    Melanie Renzulli
    Valentino at the Ara Pacis

  • Italy’s Most Scenic Drives

      Today’s tip from Fodor’s looks at the best driving tours in Italy. They include the Via Aurelia, the Grande Strade delle Dolomiti, and – my favorite – the S222 through Tuscany, also known as the Via Chiantigiana. I’m certain there are more than just three drives in Italy that will make your jaws drop.…

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    Melanie Renzulli

  • Ancient Rome Rebuilt and Reborn

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    Rome Reborn, a digital model of Rome within the Aurelian Walls, is one of the most comprehensive representations of the ancient city ever assembled.

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    Melanie Renzulli