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3 Tips to Help You Plan Your Puglia Summer Accommodations

Planning a summer trip to Puglia? These three tips will help you avoid a hotel disaster.

From Foreign Language to Lingua Franca: Italian Immersion Programs in Italy

Take your Italian language skills to a new level with an Italian immersion course in Italy.

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 ...

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Saint Valentine of Terni

Saint Valentine, a Christian bishop from Terni, Umbria, was martyred in Rome during the 3rd century AD. Learn more about his life, death, and legend.

More Than A Mocha: Turin’s Sweet, Rich Bicerin

The bicerin is an important part of the coffee culture in Torino (Turin). Learn more about the bicerin.

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 ...

Five Lessons Learned While Living and Traveling in Italy

Reflection is part of the prescription for moving from one year into the next. So while I wanted to write a year-end round-up a month ago, I realized ...

Best Places to Live in Italy: The Quality of Life Index 2017

Considering a move to Italy? The annual quality of life index will provide you a starter checklist of factors to keep in mind.

Ancient Greek Temples and Mozzarella di Bufala in Paestum

If you tell a Roman that you are going Paestum for the weekend, invariably he or she will tell you: "Make sure you pick up some mozzarella di ...

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.

Will Work For Wine: Luca Signorelli’s Orvieto Duomo Contract and His Intoxicating, Apocalyptic Fresco Cycle

In 1499, Tuscan artist Luca Signorelli signed a contract to paint two remaining sections of the Cappella Nuova (new chapel) of the Duomo in the ...

In Rome, Communing Over Coffee

In the mornings after I've sent the kids off to school and tidied up the house I go down and have my morning cappuccino. I have my pick of ...

Visions of Veronese Green: In Search of the Sublime Shade in Venice

Veronese Green is named after Verona-born painter Paolo Caliari, also known as Veronese. I used the color to guide me on my travels in Venice.

Everything is Authentic

Trying to decide if a travel experience is authentic or not is like trying to separate “travelers” from “tourists.” That debate separates those who ...

Lost in Translation: A Look at the Gruesome Stories Behind Rome’s Monuments and Art

We admire Italy's art and monuments for color, style, and the skillfulness of their creators. But the gruesome stories that many of these famous ...

Rome Revisited: What Has and Hasn’t Changed

Rome is changing. Rome has changed. You hear those phrases around Rome all the time these days. Crime, corruption, unemployment, immigration, ...

August in Italy: The Things You’ll Need

The prevailing travel wisdom about Italy has always been to avoid going to the country in August. "Don't go to Italy in August!" they say, ...

Writer’s Block, Italian Style

This is what happens when you have writer's block and you are supposed to write about Italy.

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