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Peschiera del Garda – a walled city on the south bank of Lake Garda – was mentioned by Dante Alighieri in Canto XX of his “Inferno”, when the poet has Virgil describe the journey undertaken by Manto, a fortune-teller from Thebes and the daughter of the mythological prophet Tiresias. After her father’s death, Manto traveled at length in Northern Ita...

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If the marvelous beaches and azure waters of Sardinia are reason enough to plan a trip, once you’re there, take some time to explore the region’s inner area, and especially Barbagia, where you’ll find the heart and soul of this magical island. Barbagia is a vast mountainous region of central Sardinia (province of Nuoro), extending alongside the Gen...

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Milan, once a central nexus for air-travel, may regain that distinction thanks to the efforts of Air Italy. Formerly known as Meridiana, nearly half of Air Italy was purchased by Qatar Airways in 2017. Qatar Airways is one of the world’s top-ranked airlines. With a hub in Milan, Air Italy is taking steps to re-center the city as an international tr...

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We have recently introduced a new section to our online magazine to help you discover pleasant walking and trekking itineraries to explore the natural beauties of Italy. It seems only fair to begin our adventure with the dama bianca, the white lady, of the Alps: the Mont Blanc. We will start with a series of easy-to-walk itineraries, perfect if you...

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In Sicilia le belle spiagge non mancano. Qualunque sia il vostro stile di vacanza sull’isola troverete di certo il vostro personalissimo angolo di paradiso. Basta solo scegliere. Come? Abbiamo selezionato per voi le 30 spiagge più suggestive dell’isola. Lasciatevi ispirare. A due passi da PalermoPartiamo da un luogo davvero imperdibile, la Riserva...

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Nei primi quattro mesi del 2018 gli arrivi turistici internazionali sono cresciuti del 6% rispetto allo stesso periodo dell'anno scorso. A inizio anno le previsioni dell'Unwto oscillavano infatti tra il 4 e il 5% ma oggi sono state superate, a conferma di un trend in crescita dal 2017. E ci sono ottime notizie anche per l'Italia nello specifico: il...

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In central Italy’s Umbria region, the small village of Castelluccio sits atop a hill overlooking a broad, flat basin surrounded by the Sibillini Mountains. In October 2016, a significant earthquake struck the area, badly damaging the village and roads—but farming still takes place in the Piano Grande below, where fields of lentils and poppies bloom...

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On a balmy summer evening in the late 1990s, Daniel Elow Kilhgren, a young philosophy graduate of Italian-Swedish descent, took a trip on his motorcycle among the mountains and valleys of the Gran Sasso-Monti della Laga National Park in the heart of Abruzzo. He suddenly came upon the little village of S. Stefano in Sessanio and the discovery change...

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Campania’s birth and growth can be traced to the merger of two of the greatest civilizations in world history—the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks initially occupied the region as early as the 7thcentury B.C., at which point it became part of Magna Graecia. Several hundred years later the Romans arrived, and the region assimilated into a Greco-Roman c...

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“Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me,” Federico Fellini once said. The Academy Award-winning director of La Dolce Vita(1960) and Amarcord(1973) devoted a great deal of his art to reviving memories from his childhood, which was spent in Rimini, an old Roman town in the southeastern part of Emilia-Romagna (th...

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