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Italy began to allow regional and some international travel on Wednesday June 3rd, and scrapped a 14-day mandatory quarantine period as it continues to ease lockdown measures. But not all the rules have been removed yet.  Italy is now in phase two, which authorities say means “living alongside the virus”, with social distancing and other precaution...

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When Italian towns began offering houses for sale for little more than $1, they inspired legions of dreamers to take a gamble on moving to a remote corner of Italy. Although spending a few thousand dollars extra on renovating the property was usually part of the deal, it was sweetened by the prospect of a new life in an idyllic spot in a beautiful...

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Puglia, Southern Italy’s shining star and the second most researched region (after Tuscany) by overseas buyers when looking at real estate. So what makes Puglia so special and in such high demand?  Could it be the stunning coastline which connects the Adriatic Coast with the Ionian Sea; hundreds of kilometres of crystal clear warm turquoise waters,...

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This ancient Greek colony, dating back to the 6th century BC, reopened on May 18th with temperature checks at the entrance and other health measures implemented around the site as lockdown eases. A limited number of people are allowed on the site at the same time, they must disinfect hands and wear masks, and one-way routes have been marked out, sa...

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Nestled in the shadows of the Italian alps is Lago d’Orta, a slender, 8-mile long lake in the Piedmont region of Italy that has long been a tourist destination. Its Renaissance and Baroque-era villas, cobblestoned streets, medieval churches and crystalline waters led the French writer Honoré de Balzac to call the lake “a pearl, enclosed by the gree...

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È passato un anno dalla firma del protocollo d’intesa, a Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo, tra il Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero (CGIE), l’Assessorato regionale siciliano dell’Istruzione e della Formazione professionale, l’Ente regionale per il diritto allo studio universitario (ERSU) di Palermo. Il documento sottoscritto impegna i firm...

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Rome in Latium, central Italy, is the capital of the Roman Empire. The great city is said to have been founded by Romulus, who was raised with his brother Remus by a she-wolf. He was a descendant of the prince Aeneas, who escaped his home city of Troy after it was sacked by the Greeks. However, the city’s origins are likely to have been slightly le...

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Tucked into a little dead-end that you might otherwise pass right by is one of my favorite hidden wonders in La Serenissima. The spiral staircase of Venice is officially known as La Scala Contarini del Bovolo. In Venetian “bovolo” means snail shell, which is usually known as a “chiocchiola” in Italian. The pretty stairs do indeed give the impressio...

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Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, is, in the words of Unesco, which inscribed it in its World Heritage list in 1993, “the most outstanding, intact example of a troglodyte settlement in the Mediterranean region, perfectly adapted to its terrain and ecosystem.” The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera contains a...

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Ora è possibile viaggiare in Italia con l'app gratuita di Enit Italia Virtual Reality scaricabile da App store e Google Play per percorrere virtualmente la Penisola alla scoperta dell'autenticità italiana. Si tratta di un'esperienza immersiva che pone al centro il viaggiatore e,  attraverso appositi visori o semplicemente con la funzione panoramica...

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