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Crazy about Ceramics: Deruta

While vibrant Vietri is a fun entry point into the colorful world of Italian ceramics, its knick-knack universe does not always present itself in bella figura – Italian stylishness. To meet the royalty of Italian ceramics we need to move closer to the renaissance...

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Crazy about Ceramics: Vietri Sul Mare

Few landscapes embody the ‘Italian dream’ of pastel colored villages nestled between lush hills and turquoise waters more than the pearls of the Amalfi coast between Positano and Salerno. Yet, as picture book perfect as fabled Positano, Amalfi or Ravello may look and...

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Eat, Love, Pray the Roman Way: Fortuna at Praeneste

Palestrina has definitely seen better times. Today it is – on the surface – a rather nondescript (if not rough) Italian country town of some 20000 inhabitants in the foothills of the Appenin mountain range about 35 km East of Rome. Back...

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A Spiritual Stroll Through Milan

Milan as Italy’s commercial powerhouse, home to its stock exchange and some of the world’s big names in fashion may not sound like the first address in matters of the soul, but scratch a little under the surface and you may discover...

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Day Trip to the Great Saint Bernard Pass

Although the actual Grand Saint-Bernard Pass is a stop-over magnet for travelers between Italy and Switzerland to grab some fresh mountain air and have a peek around the amazing setting or get a cuddle from the gentle giant St. Bernard rescue dogs,...