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Five Favorite Flavors From Ferrara and Modena

To ring in the New Year, my family and I rented a farmhouse for a few days on the outskirts of Ferrara. Thinking back to the trip, the timing wasn't ...

Italy’s Alpini Corps: The Traditions Beyond the Feathered Cap

The grey felt cap adorned with a black raven feather worn by old northern Italian men and some modern-day camouflaged troops is known as the ...

A Special Harvest: Exploring Anatomical Theaters in Padua and Bologna

Much of what we know today about anatomy was first discovered and documented in Renaissance Italy.

How to Spend One Year in Italy

How do you spend one year in Italy? Here's a month-by-month, personal account of my first year living and traveling in Italy.

In Rome, Hoteliers In Revolt Over State of the City

Roman hoteliers, who write that Rome's 25 million annual tourists is only a quarter of the number that go to London, are less concerned about how ...

The Roman Spring of Tennessee Williams

In the late winter/early spring of 1948, American playwright Tennessee Williams arrived in Rome in need of a change of scenery. Williams, of course, ...

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Posts by Location AbruzzoBasilicataCalabriaCampania – Naples, Pompeii, Amalfi CoastEmilia-Romagna – Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, ...

Carnival in Italy: Floats, Parades, and Other Carnevale Celebrations

Carnevale is celebrated throughout Italy, not just in Venice. Learn more about Italy's most popular carnival cities and traditions.

Avoiding ‘The Law’ While in Italy

By now, you've probably heard about the case of the American girl and her Italian boyfriend accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher. As ...

Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Just in time for late spring and summer romps around Italy comes the reissue of Edith Wharton's 1904 landscaping classic Italian Villas and Their ...

20 Things To Love About Italy: Abruzzo to Lombardy

Part 1 of 20 Things We Love About Italy includes travel ideas for the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, ...

Celebrating a Legend: Farewell to Luciano Pavarotti

Today the world mourns the passing of a titan of music. Luciano Pavarotti, the man who introduced opera to a wider audience than any other before ...

Regata delle Befane, Venice

Venice commemorates the last day of the Christmas season - Epiphany - with the Regata delle Befana, a boat race through the lagoon.

Tourism Boards

Below, in alphabetical order by region, are links to official regional and local tourism boards in Italy. These include 14 "città metropolitane," ...

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