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One of the thrills of living in Italy is being immersed in a nationwide passion for wine. This is a country that — with a massive 400-plus grape varieties and a string of constantly emerging globally-acclaimed wines — inevitably hovers close to the top of the list for wine aficionados.  Wine is enmeshed in the very fabric of Italy. Viniculture had...

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Sardinian cuisine may be simple in its ingredients, but it’s packed with flavor and boldness: it all comes down to the island’s Mediterranean climate and how it positively affects agriculture, but also to its history. Over the centuries, Sardinian cuisine managed to maintain a very distinct and well-defined personality, perhaps also because of, wel...

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If still waters run deep, they also run delicious in an aquifer on the Italian island of Sardinia. A line of bottled water from that region was recently named best water in the world at The Berkeley Springs International Blind Water Tasting, held annually in West Virginia. The Smeraldina brand of artesian water is available at select specialty groc...

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When: Tuesday, May 23 · 6 - 7:30pm EDT - Where: I AM Books 124 Salem Street Boston, MA 02113 United States The second largest Italian island and a keystone in Mediterranean history, Sardinia is known largely as the playground of the global jet-set, the Blue Zone phenomenon and bandits. Award-winning historian, journalist, travel writer Jeff Biggers...

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The first two figures in Alys Tomlinson’s photo book Gli Isolani (The Islanders) (GOST Books, 2023) offer us something between a greeting and a warning. Covered in shaggy animal skins and wearing enigmatic wooden masks, the figures seem ancient and insular. Their confrontational stances and curved staffs suggest that the rocky landscape around them...

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Celebrity hot spot Sardinia – from the food, to the lifestyle of locals, here’s why it’s one of the healthiest places in the world and why its population contains a high-concentration of centenarian’s Hotel and resort spas come in all shapes and sizes. From understated, low-key sanctuaries to spectacular star-studded complexes. Delphina hotels and...

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There are many municipalities looking for residents in 2023. For years, in fact, there have been several boroughs, north and south, paying citizens to incentivize relocation and try to reverse trends that see them increasingly deserted. For some time now, there have been various tax incentives to encourage housing resettlement and repopulation of s...

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Pasqua (Easter) is perhaps the most celebrated holiday in Italy, with La Settimana Santa (Holy Week) rites commencing on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday. Sicily and Sardinia are particularly well-known for solemn displays of religious devotion during this period. Local customs blend with Catholic rites to create unique traditions celebrated...

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This weekend, from the 17th to the 19th of March, we will be following our ambassadors Holly and Maria on a Slow Tour in Iglesias, in the south of Sardinia, where they will act as correspondents for Italia Slow Tour and Gate Magazine! Holly Fizer is an Italian student at Indiana University, the American university that, as you may recall, has inclu...

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When you hear about Elba island, the first thing that probably comes to mind is, "oh, that's where Napoleon was exiled!" You guessed it right. But besides this historical moment, Elba has plenty of fascinating things in its arsenal to amaze its visitors. Called a true jewel of the Tuscan region, Elba keeps holding a low profile and has often been o...

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