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Five Favorites: Lucca
Statue of Giacomo Puccini Today I am starting a brand new feature at Italofile called Five Favorites. The segment is a chance for me to invite fellow Italy bloggers and Italophiles to wax poetic about...
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Three Best Travel Secrets
Coming up with three of my best travel secrets for Italy is no easy task. Alas, I’ve been tagged by Robin Locker at My Mélange to come up with my list, just as she has over at her blog. In fact, since...
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Round-up: Martinis in Rome, Skiing Switz-aly, and more
It has been a while since I posted an article roundup. Here are some of the great Italy travel articles you may have missed in the last month or so. Roaming Rome, in a Martini Mood [L.A. Times] Do the...
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Round-up: Italy in Winter, Hidden Salami, Timelapse Tuscany, and more
This installment of Italy travel articles includes two videos that I thought were worth sharing. Enjoy the round-up! Skiing in Abruzzo [The Guardian] Luxury Bargains: Italy in Winter [The Independent]...
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Siena 101
The Torre del Mangia and Palazzo Pubblico on Siena's Piazza del Campo On the other side of the Chianti countryside, some 35 miles south of Florence, you will find Siena, a Tuscan town rife with...
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Five Favorites: Art in Tuscany
To many a traveler, Tuscany and art are synonymous. From the architecture to the numerous galleries to those gorgeous, green, and cliché hills, there’s an element of art in every corner of Tuscany....
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Romantic Hotels in Tuscany
Tuscany is, without doubt, one of the foremost locations in the world for your honeymoon. Whether you wish to visit the tiny, romantic, hilltop villages or simply watch the olive groves and cypress...
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Tuscany First Italian Region to Check In with Foursquare
Tuscany Tourism Checks In With FourSquare If you follow this site or my personal website MissAdventures.com, you know that I am gaga for gadgets, social media, and the latest technology. So, I was...
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Give the Gift of Italian Culture
Flickr/mysza When my colleagues in the Italy Blogging Roundtable and I decided to write on the topic “gifts” for our December post, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I knew straight away...
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The Best Ever In-Depth Video of Siena’s Palio
Inspiration always seems to find me when I’m not looking and that is exactly what happened as I settled in to watch a few minutes of television last night. Lucky for me, I clicked over to Kenny...
View ArticleOne Year in Italy: 12 Months of Memories
Living in a new place, especially for an extended period of time, fills me with a sense of duty that I have to write everything down, commit every moment to memory, take a photo every day if not every...
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Three Best Travel Secrets
Coming up with three of my best travel secrets for Italy is no easy task. Alas, I’ve been tagged by Robin Locker at My Mélange to come up with my list, just as she has over at her blog. In fact, since...
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Round-up: Martinis in Rome, Skiing Switz-aly, and more
It has been a while since I posted an article roundup. Here are some of the great Italy travel articles you may have missed in the last month or so. Roaming Rome, in a Martini Mood [L.A. Times] Do the...
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Round-up: Italy in Winter, Hidden Salami, Timelapse Tuscany, and more
This installment of Italy travel articles includes two videos that I thought were worth sharing. Enjoy the round-up! Skiing in Abruzzo [The Guardian] Luxury Bargains: Italy in Winter [The Independent]...
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Siena 101
The Torre del Mangia and Palazzo Pubblico on Siena's Piazza del Campo On the other side of the Chianti countryside, some 35 miles south of Florence, you will find Siena, a Tuscan town rife with...
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Five Favorites: Art in Tuscany
To many a traveler, Tuscany and art are synonymous. From the architecture to the numerous galleries to those gorgeous, green, and cliché hills, there’s an element of art in every corner of Tuscany....
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What’s On in Italy: July
July is the time for music, and there are tons of festivals throughout Italy this month to keep all kinds of music lovers happy. Some of the best are highlighted below. There are also a few big feast...
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Extra Palio in Siena Will Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the End of WWI
Heads up! There will be an extra Palio – a Palio Straordinario – in Siena on October 20. This extraordinary event will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Siena’s City Council...
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Designer Outlets in Italy
While I revel in writing about Renaissance art, medieval villages, and Ancient Rome on this site, I know that one reason visitors come to Italofile is for information about shopping — in particular,...
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The Iconic Landscape of Val d’Orcia, Tuscany
Pull over at San Quirico d’Orcia to get this shot. You’ll likely encounter others doing the same. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, the hills, valleys, and trees of the Val d’Orcia...
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