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In the baroque town of  Caltagirone, Sicily, the main attraction is its ceramics industry. The name of the town derives from the Arabic word qal’at-al-ghiran, meaning Castle of Vases. There are ceramics everywhere you look: tile murals on buildings, as signs, and in the many ceramics shops just waiting for a savvy voyager to select a few special pi...

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Continuano a crescere le offerte di voli low cost per gli Stati Uniti e il Nord America. Voli in partenza non solo dalle principali città europee, ma anche dall’Italia. La prima ad inaugurare le rotte low cost per gli Usa era stata la Norwegian Air, con il primo volo da Roma a New York decollato a novembre 2017. L’offerta è subito cresciuta con l’a...

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La Provincia Autonoma di Trento si è presentata a New York per promuovere l’offerta turistica del territorio insieme a Trentino Marketing e al Consorzio Trento Doc. Il programma di iniziative ha permesso di raggiungere lusinghieri risultati sia promozionali per la prossima stagione estiva 2018  che strategici con riferimento alla prossima stagione...

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The Italian region of Emilia-Romagna is the best place to visit in Europe for 2018, according to a prestigious travel guide. It saw off competition from destinations across Spain including Cantabria which came second, the UK, France and Greece to top Lonely Planet's Best in Europe list for 2018. And a surprising entry on the list is Scottish city o...

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Kneeling before St. Sigismund, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta looks proud and dignified, reflecting his fame as a skilled and daring condottiero: thus Piero della Francesca portrayed him in the fresco he was asked to produce for the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, a landmark monument of this seaside city in Emilia-Romagna and the symbol of the power...

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Le statistiche parlano chiaro. Un turista americano spende in media 5.000 euro per un viaggio di una settimana in sella a una bicicletta. Una spesa paragonabile, tra le spese per passatempi, solo a quella dedicata al golf. Questi dati (e una grande passione personale) devono aver pesato nella decisione di Beppe Salerno, torinese, 46 anni, di ciment...

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We stood on the deck of the hulking cargo ship, through the bluster and drizzle in the Strait of Messina, both of us feeling something like sailors docking at an unfamiliar port of call. My new acquaintance, a Genovese Ph.D. student in anthropology named Giacomo, explained to me that he’d rarely ventured south of Rome, much less ever been to Sicily...

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Questa mattina la Commissione Europea ed Europa Nostra hanno annunciato i vincitori del premio dell'Unione europea per il patrimonio culturale / Europa Nostra Awards 2018. 29 vincitori provenienti da 17 paesi diversi hanno ottenuto un riconoscimento in 4 categorie: conservazione, ricerca, contributi esemplari ed istruzione, formazione e sensibilizz...

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When I was first asked about going to Cinque Terra, I didn’t have a clue where it was. “Northern Italy – on the west coast, north of Pisa,” I was told. “Not quite on the French border. At the top of the boot!” I consulted my iPhone Google atlas and read some travel essays. What first clicked, oddly perhaps, was that Cinque Terre was where Percy Bys...

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There are plenty of beautiful places to explore in Italy, and now you can take a tour of the country from the comfort of your sofa. These 13 stunning drone videos will provide beautiful inspiration for travellers - armchair or otherwise. Cinque Terre: High up on everyone's bucket list are the picturesque coastal towns that make up the Cinque Terre....

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