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Though Umbria has been known as “the next Tuscany” for decades, this small region in the center of Italy has managed to dodge the bullet of tourist crowds and…

I bought my house in a small mountain village in Abruzzo 12 years ago but I still can’t get enough of the views that I see from my balcony: in the south,…

Our philosophy from the beginning has been based on a challenge: to defeat any limits ... Those of religion, of colour, ethnicity and, why not, even those of…

Ferrero, the producer of the world’s most beloved spread, Nutella, has something new in store – literally – for Nutella’s aficionados: the first Nutella-filled…

The brightly painted face of a medieval-knight-turned-marionette. A three-legged Medusa grimacing from the center of a ceramic plate. The wooden wheel of a…

Main photo credit: Squillace view to the sea (c) Jelly CC via Wikimedia Commons.jpg Around the toe of Italy’s boot lies a coastline marked with clear…

Walk through the ancient cobblestoned streets of the city of Florence and you can see that it is quite easy to get lost in its intoxicatingly beautiful…

The famous tart-sweet liqueur known as limoncello requires only four ingredients: lemon peels, grain alcohol, sugar, and water. However, like many of Italy’s…

The hilltop village of Caltagirone rises like a mirage above the parched landscape of central Sicily. Scrubby plants and olive trees eke out their existence in…

Quick: What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever brought home from Italy?  Did you think of something that brings back great memories, or that has lasted for…