How to plan a dream trip to Italy
October 28, 2009I’ve been planning dream trips to Italy for a couple of decades, and have been getting paid to do it since 2008, when I started Italy Beyond the Obvious. I’ve personally created over 300 such trips, and I can tell…
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Doing business in Italy: 5 Tips for Foreigners
October 08, 2009When I moved to Italy for the third time, it was for an expatriate assignment at a company I’d been at for 4 years. It’s not an overstatement to say that the first few months were traumatic: finalizing my work…
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The Best Things About Autumn Travel to Italy
October 02, 2009It’s October, and so I’m working on autumn departures. If autumn travel to Italy is possible for you, do it! Travelers get warm temperatures, fewer crowds, and it’s a fantastic time to go if you’re a foodie. On the other…
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The Sounds of Italy: Tapparelle
September 16, 2009There are certain sounds I associate with Italy: cicadas, from my summer in Brisighella; church bells, because I miss them every time I leave; the cacophony of a market; and – believe it or not – the sound of tapparelle…
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The 5 Best Things to Do in Italy, Regardless of your Itinerary
August 26, 2009It doesn’t matter whether you’re visiting Rome, Florence, and Venice or whether you’re spending 2 weeks in the countryside; whether you’re going to Italy in the height of summer or the middle of January; or whether you’re museum-hopping or spending…
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Art appreciation in Italy: Prioritize In Situ
July 16, 2009What do the Sistine Chapel, the mosaics in Piazza Armerina or Ravenna, Coreggio’s masterpiece in Parma, and Milan’s Last Supper have in common? The art is all in situ (on site), meaning it was created for a specific place. And lucky for us, it is…
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The Best Museums in Italy
July 01, 2009The Touring Club Italiano released its list of the 30 most visited museums in Italy. The top 30 museums saw a total of 23 million visitors, and the top 3 accounted for more than a third (8.2m) of…
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