Category: Italy
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Bari, Italy – The Hidden Gem Tourists Always Miss
With seaside charm, a quaint old town, narrow meandering alleyways lined with trattorias, cafes, and local boutiques as well as Italy’s longest promenade … Bari has it all. Yet, this hidden gem along the Adriatic Sea is so often overlooked! The medieval port city of Bari has a fascinating history dating to the Bronze Age.…
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Pompeii – When Life Stood Still
With the hot Summer days finally over, people in Pompeii were enjoying the cooler temperatures of Fall. Wagons and chariots traversed the streets, merchants were open, the sidewalks busy with shoppers and workers. Then ash and volcanic debris began to drift down from the sky. It was that day in October, 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius…
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Exploring Pisa, Italy
We boarded Frecciarossa’s High Speed Train at Bologna‘s Centrale Train Station for the 37-minute trip to Florence where we transferred to Trenitalia’s Regional Veloce Tuscany Line for the final one hour leg to Pisa, most known for the 9-hectare (22 acre) Campo dei Miracoli. Entering the walls of the Campo dei Miracoli, we were struck…
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Cinque Terre – Best Places To Visit, Best Things To Do
Carved into the cliffs of the Maritime Alps and the Apennines as if created for a Disney movie, sit the Italian Riviera villages of Cinque Terre (in fact, it was the inspiration for the Disney animation film”Luca”). Consisting of five ancient fishing villages – Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore – Cinque Terre…
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ITALY’S MILAN-LECCE OVERNIGHT TRAIN SERVICE
ITALY’S TRENITALIA BEGINS A NEW NIGHT TRAIN SERVICE Italy is rapidly expanding its highly successful rail service. Italy’s national railway Trenitalia announced a new high speed Milan – Lecce Overnight Service. The Schedule Launched in June 2024 and operated by Frecciaroosa between Milan in the north and the Puglia city of Lecce in…
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Venice, Italy – Best Things To Do In A Day
“La Serenissima”, the serene city. That is how Italians refer to Venice, Italy.While much has been written about Venice, it is only when you visit you begin to truly understand the city’s connection to La Serenissima. Looking beyond the streets, the piazza and campos filled with tourists, you will find a city draped in history and…
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Five Ideas For Leftover Pasta
Reprinted From La Cucina Italiana Five Ideas That Take Leftover Pasta To New Heights Recently, we ran across this pasta article in La Cucina Italiana in honor of Stop Waste Food Day that we want to share. Yes, you can always nuke up some leftover pasta – but these five ideas will transform leftovers into…
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Bologna, Italy – 15 Top Things To Do
La Dotta, La Grassa e La Rossa Bologna, Italy – a city rich in history where every alley and building tells the tale of a glorious past could easily be called the stepchild of Venice and Florence. Situated roughly an hour from two of Italy’s most visited cities, it is often overlooked by travelers. That is…