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When you start dreaming about moving to Italy, it’s easy to imagine sun-drenched piazzas, fragrant morning coffee, and those long, chatty dinners that stretch late into the night. But once the fantasy starts meeting reality, the choice between northern and southern Italy can feel surprisingly tough.  There’s no one-size-fits-all when deciding where...

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Just a few hundred meters off the Calabrian coast, opposite the town of Praia a Mare, lies the Isola di Dino, a small island that many Italians have heard of, but few have actually visited. With its sheer limestone cliffs, ancient sea caves, and lush Mediterranean scrub, it is the kind of place that appears unexpectedly along the horizon, quiet and...

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For sure, it is true that if you are travelling with very young children, going around with a pushchair can be a nightmare – too many bridges to cross, many narrow calli to squeeze through – not to mention crowded boats, especially during high season. However, if your children are a bit older, then family holidays in Venice get much easier, and lio...

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Ferrara is an Italian city with an exceptionally rich artistic and urban tradition. This place, brimming with top-class monuments, boasts a rarity – the Palazzo dei Diamanti. The Palazzo dei Diamanti is one of the world’s most recognisable masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. The striking edifice has stood on Corso Ercole I d’Este for more than...

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In 1787, Goethe wrote: “To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.” I’d go one step further and claim it’s impossible to really understand what makes the island tick without visiting Catania. Located on the east coast of the island, Catania is Sicily’s second-largest city an...

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I feel like we should go to Italy that weekend.” It had become a small tradition in my home to get the hell out of Dodge after important or stressful medical appointments—a welcome distraction from the interminable waiting for results delivered bloodlessly by a no-nonsense nurse. And so, in advance of another tedious interlude that April, I stuck m...

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One of the most fascinating historical icons of Lake Maggiore, suspended between myth and memory, is about to reopen its doors to the public. Indeed, next June 28 marks the official opening of the Castles of Cannero, ancient fortifications dating back to the 15th century located on three rocky islets off the town of Cannobio, in the heart ofPiedmon...

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Italy is a top summer travel destination for Americans; that’s really nothing new. What could be as alluring as the idea of sipping Aperol Spritzes, gorging oneself on pasta, and strolling sun-drenched cobblestone streets? And while major cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice will always be popular for those experiences, other destinations across...

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Is San Marino a heroic ode to liberty or just a glorified souvenir shop that declared independence?  My skepticism toward the world’s oldest republic — a small enclave bordered by Italy (but mostly the province of Rimini) on all sides — had put me off visiting, despite living a short train and bus ride away. The Italians I know harbor generally bad...

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  Aperti per Voi sotto le Stelle 2025: a nighttime journey through Italian beauty Acquiring citizenship in Italy is not hard just for the Italian Americans Europe’s boldest AI project has a Latin name and an Italian brain behind it Italian parents deal with the problem of a too long summer break in schools When memory fails us: early detection of A...

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