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Whether it’s for leisure, relax or pure fun, a trip is always exciting, especially if the place is full of unusual and spooky stories. Ghost Tourism offers to the most adventurous visitors, a completely original way to admire amazing places, full of art, history and ... legends! Here are 5 places in Italy for perfect ghost tours. What is Ghost Tour...

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Lecce is often defined as the Capital of Baroque. An artistic trend the was born in Rome in the 17th century, spread in Spain, then returned to southern Italy through Naples. In Lecce it takes on such special characteristics that we have to talk about Lecce Baroque. It is present in most buldings of historic centre, but in churches it reaches its p...

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Monopoli is a beautiful Apulian town in Bari province, on the southern Adriatic coast. There are various theories concerning the origin of the town's name. Some refer to the term “Manopoli” (mano meaning hand) because of the 'hand shape' of the promontories and indentations of the urban coastline. This word had already been used by the Piedmontese...

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In early 2016, Giovanni Melcarne, an agronomist and the owner of an extra virgin olive oil farm in Gagliano del Capo, walked through the southern Italian countryside of Puglia. He was with a fellow olive-oil farmer who had called and told him there was something he had to see. The two approached a centuries-old olive tree growing at the edge of the...

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Made in Italy is a hallmark all over the world and covers a wide variety of products. What we want to talk about today is the excellence of Italian craftsmanship, more specifically that of Salento (the southern part of the Puglia region), because it deserves special attention. We are now going to show you 4 productions of Salento handicrafts. 1) Ca...

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Just after I decided to move to Italy from Sydney Australia, I started taking Italian lessons. Our teacher was from Puglia. I remember most of us in the class looked rather puzzled when she told us where she was from, as none of us had even heard of Puglia. That was back in 2014 and Puglia was still rather unheard of amongst foreigners. Today, it's...

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Ciao from Rome, my dear friends readers of We the Italians. This new editorial has a lot of news regarding the activities and family of We the Italians. The first is that after Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Anchor, from this month you will find an account of We the Italians also on Tik Tok. It's an experiment, luckily it won't...

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Apulia is truly a fascinating Region, and to discover some of its most beautiful places by bicycle makes traveling it an unforgettable experience. Apulia, given its gorgeous and diverse natural settings, and its numerous history- and culture-rich towns and cities, offers numerous delightful itineraries.  Vacationing by bike all over the Region lets...

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Cows, bees, fruit trees, entire fields can be adopted online in Italy, all to be followed from a distance in exchange for food products delivered to your doorstep. For some time now there have been similar initiatives, united by a shared objective: to support the territory and the work of small producers. With the same purpose Coltivatori di Emozio...

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We're in San Nicandro Garganico, Italy, and today we're going to see how caciocavallo cheese is made. Caciocavallo is one of the most popular cheeses here in southern Italy, and it's famous for its elongated shape. What we're going to see today is a special kind of caciocavallo, the Podolico kind, which is made with the raw milk of Podolica cattle,...

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