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Five of Italy’s Best Ski Resorts Reachable by Train

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/10/2021 - 02:55

Ski season is already in full swing in Italy thanks to early abundant snowfalls and ski aficionados are happily back on the slopes. Going on a ski vacation…

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Eat Your Way to Restoring an Ancient Italian Forest

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 09/16/2021 - 06:14

On the night of 29 October 2018, winds travelling at 200 km per hour (124 miles an hour) hit northern Italy. Codenamed Storm Vaia, it was the largest single…

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Record Snowfall Welcomes Winter in Italy (In Photos)

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/11/2020 - 05:37

Unusually large quantities of fresh snow have fallen in the Italian Alps during the first week of December. In a different trend from the past years, when snow…

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View of mountains and of the Great Dolomites Road

Great Mountain Roads: Driving Along the Grande Strada delle Dolomiti

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/18/2020 - 00:00

The Strada Statale 48 delle Dolomiti (SS 48 - State Road of the Dolomites), also known as the Great Dolomites Road, is a scenic mountain road that runs through…

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6 Lakes to See in Trentino

by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 07/03/2020 - 00:00

[Photo: Lake Toblino.] There are almost 300 lakes in the region of Trentino, from big ones like Lake Garda, Lake Caldonazzo or Lake Molveno, to small alpine…

Lifestyle

Locked Down in Paradise, with Nowhere to Go

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:59

I temporarily relocated to the northern region of Trentino from Bologna on March 1, a week before the lockdown was announced. I had no idea of course. I had…

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Italy's First Plastic-Free Ski Area To Launch This Winter

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 11/21/2019 - 00:00

Beautiful Val di Pejo, in the northern Italian region of Trentino, has announced a complete ban on plastic starting with the upcoming winter season, making it…

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View over the Marmolafa glacier and Fedaia lake in Italy

Exploring the Marmolada, Queen of the Dolomites

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/11/2019 - 00:57

Located about 100 km northwest of Venice, at the border between Trentino and Veneto, the Marmolada is known as ‘la regina delle Dolomiti’, the Queen of the…

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Escape the Crowds with a Lake Como Day Trip

by Kristie Prada | Wed, 05/15/2019 - 23:03

When you think of Lake Como it’s hard not to conjure up images of boat trips, George Clooney and Bellagio for Bellinis! These are all very enjoyable things to…

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Above Bolzano, The ‘Divine Beauty’ of the Renon Plateau

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/26/2019 - 03:18

[The idyllic Renon plateau has breathtaking views of the Dolomites.] “Here on the Renon it’s divinely beautiful,” wrote Sigmund Freud as he vacationed on the…