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Whether you're single or in a couple, fantasise about a formal or symbolic union with your soulmate, or even if marriage isn't on your mind at all, our Top 10 of the best wedding venues in Italy in 2024 is tailor-made for dreaming. Foreign couples will find the most welcoming love nest for their perfect Italian destination wedding. We've carefully...

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Set in the heart of Chianti Classico country, this albergo diffuso has brought new life to a quintessential Tuscan hamlet. What to expect If you dream of laid-back luxury in the rolling hills of Tuscany, Borgo San Felice is the place for you. It’s spread out over a series of centuries-old stone buildings surrounded by cypress and olive trees, with...

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April 17, 2024, marks the 500th anniversary of the first entry of someone from the Old World into New York Bay. It was, of course, an explorer from the lands now called Italy: Giovanni da Verrazzano. We the Italians could not miss this very important date with history. We talk about it with admiration, pride and gratitude, hosting a great researche...

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If you’ve been to Florence, there’s a good chance you’ve wandered the hallowed halls of the Accademia Gallery in search of the city’s most famous inhabitant: Michelangelo’s David. Along with thousands of other visitors, you may have picked up a magnet to commemorate the encounter with this nude sculptural icon, completed in 1504. But this time-hono...

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While preparing for my recent holiday to northern Italy, I read that we owe a lot to the city of Florence (Firenze) and the cultural awakening that began in this former city-state. Between the 14th and 17th centuries, Florence and much of Europe experienced a period of cultural enlightenment that we now know as the Renaissance. It was a period that...

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Discovering Florence in two days knowing that the city has almost three millennia of history behind it is certainly a difficult undertaking, but perhaps it is enough to light the spark towards one of the most enchanting cities in the world, a real manifesto of beauty. Just think about its two super ambassadors and what they represent: Michelangelo'...

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In every respectable Tuscan bakery, you will find Tuscan Bread, the "saltless" one, ideal for accompanying the "toasty" flavors of the local cuisine. In 2016, it also obtained PDO recognition: the official recipe calls for soft wheat flour containing wheat germ, water, natural yeast, and, of course, is totally salt-free. Tuscany is not the only reg...

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In a town known for its priceless scenic and historical beauty, a small jewel has distinguished itself by being crowned the 2024 "Village of Villages". Peccioli, a village nestled in the heart of Tuscany, received this coveted award that celebrates not only its beauty but also the vitality of a living, breathing cultural heritage. The "Borgo dei Bo...

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Arezzo is a town of about 100,000 people in Arezzo province, situated near the intersection of Tuscany with Umbria and the Marche. Early Renaissance painter, mathmatician and geometer Piero della Francesca's most beloved artwork is found here; the fresco cycle called "The Legend of the True Cross", a monumental work of the early Rennaisance, is fou...

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Soft, hard and somewhere in between, the types of pecorino are innumerable and produced in nearly every region of Italy. They’re aged in caves and with cherries and chili peppers, but all have one feature in common — ewes. Pecorino comes from the Italian word for sheep, pecora, which grazed freely in today’s Lazio where the cheese was first ferment...

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