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I'm Valerie Schneider, the Italy Correspondent for International Living. I wanted to take a few minutes to talk to you about connectivity, because this is a question I get asked frequently, both at the IL conferences and by email...
Italy offers endless sights and historical attractions; I could list a hundred just in Rome alone. There’s so much to see no matter where you go.
One of the great things about Italian cuisine is that it’s never boring. Each region, even small swaths within regions, have their distinct dishes and food specialties, so traveling around gives you new things to sample...
My enchantment with Italy was sparked on my first visit, as it has happened for so many travelers to this romantic land. It wasn't a flirtation or a fleeting attraction, but a visceral, soul-stirring amore, a sense of destiny. There are so many reasons to love Italy...
Close your eyes and dream of your perfect Italian hill town. Tidy brick buildings with pretty piazzas and romantic lanes, lounging on its hill amidst a dreamy countryside striped with vines and bathed in that inimitable ethereal light. Picture it?
When the writer Dante Alighieri was unceremoniously kicked out of Florence, he wandered around for a few years, finally finding refuge in Ravenna. In this city in the Emilia-Romagna region, Dante found such hospitality and care that he praised Ravenna in his most famous work, The Divine Comedy...
It started on a whim. Angela Paolantonio was traveling in Italy back in 2000 when she made a spur-of-the-moment decision to hop on a bus to her ancestral town...
Many travel guides and forums tell you not to travel in Italy in summer. I disagree. Summertime is a great time to be here. Everything ramps up, and while it’s hot, like anywhere in summer, the rewards make up for it. Plus, the cool-down options are plentiful...
With the heady fragrance of fresh truffle wafting from the kitchen, my mouth waters as I await the plate of handmade tagliolini pasta that will soon be coming my way, while sunlight filters onto the patio. It’s easy to think that this is the perfect Italian hill town...
I’ll see your town in Provence and raise you one splendid city built of travertine limestone in Italy. I’m sure the ingrained rumors of French indifference toward foreigners aren’t really true, especially in Provence, where warm smiles and genuine hospitality are the norm. But Italy—ah, la bella Italia...