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With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an iconic road trip destination. A little too iconic, perhaps -- because these days, it has become as legendary for its traffic as for its spectacular setting. Tales of miles-long backups abound, as do those of journey time...

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“I am in love with this area,” gushes Roberto Bruno, walking along the top of his flagship vineyard, called Quattro Venti, in Campania’s tiny Greco di Tufo appellation. The vineyard dramatically slopes down from the hilltop in all directions, with a mix of soil layers that include sedimentary stones from an ancient lake, volcanic pumice and tuff, a...

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In southern Campania, on the border with Basilicata, we find the Vallo di Diano. The Vallo di Diano is a flat basin dotted with fifteen municipalities, all located in the province of Salerno. Among these fifteen municipalities we find the small village of Padula. Padula, among the most enchanting villages near Naples, is famous for the Saint Lawren...

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Procida la Capital Italiana of Culturenbsp;di questo 2022, an island that is not an island and is also a model icon of relational dynamics, of inclusion practices as well as the care of natural assets. Procida, along with Vivara – to which it is connected by a bridge – is part of the Flegree Islands, and is within walking distance of the city of Na...

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Growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, an area with a vibrant Italian American community, Stephanie Longo first became intrigued by her heritage when she was five years old when her mother took her to Dino and Francesco’s restaurant in Clarks Summit, PA, which had a large map of Italy on their placemat.  While they were there, her mother, Ann Mar...

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In the placid days that followed the relaxation of the first wave pandemic restrictions, my then-boyfriend and I decided to head to the very heart of the dolce vita. The conditions were simply ideal. It was June, so the heat was still bearable. American tourists were still locked out of Europe, and the general scarcity of international tourists mea...

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Ah! The Costiera Amalfitana! The beautiful Amalfi and the charming Positano, but also Ravello and the historical wealth of Pompeii. And then, out there, just a stone-throw away from the coast, there are its islands: Ischia, Procida, Ventotene, Ponza, and Capri, of course. Capri today is synonymous with old-school glamor and the years of la dolce vi...

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“I’m in Sorrento. Don’t want to go home to a dead cat,” Ariane read out loud from her Twitter Feed, sitting up in her bed, silhouetted against the aquamarine sky and the unmistakable mound of Mount Vesuvius. “Top Gear is being filmed in Sorrento,” she continued, having established from a single Tweet that the crew were in the same town to produce t...

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Only last week, our Prime Minister Mario Draghi, during his intervention at the Verso Sud forum, held in Sorrento to discuss the role of our Southern regions in the future development of Italy, emphasized the importance of the Mediterranean in our economy, and how we should return to focus on it as we used to do throughout our history. Needless to...

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The Italian kitchen stays fervently loyal to its characteristic ingredients. Although every region across the country takes pride in different dishes, they are united in the fundamental feeling that the ingredients must speak for themselves. Each ingredient is used wisely and sparingly. Nothing should overpower; nothing should be hidden beneath str...

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