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All the way down the Apennines, gli Italiani are surrounded by a sheer embarrassment of riches. From Puglia to Piedmont, Trieste to Trapani and everywhere in between, they live among some of humankind’s most exquisite achievements in art, music, architecture and gastronomy. But beyond frequenting its opera houses, osterias, and blithely passing by forums and forts, the Italians also get to play among envy-stirring natural assets, including soaring alps, volcanic islands, fog-enveloped vineyards and turquoise grottos. La dolce vita indeed.
All the way down the Apennines, gli Italiani are surrounded by a sheer embarrassment of riches. From Puglia to Piedmont, Trieste to Trapani and everywhere in between, they live among some of humankind’s most exquisite achievements in art, music, architecture and gastronomy. But beyond frequenting its opera houses, osterias, and blithely passing by forums and forts, the Italians also get to play among envy-stirring natural assets, including soaring alps, volcanic islands, fog-enveloped vineyards and turquoise grottos. La dolce vita indeed.
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The Forgotten Fruits of Emilia Romagna
The region is home to some of Italy’s most famous and widely exported products—parmigiano, balsamico, and prosciutto. But it was the privately cultivated fruits that first made it great.

Best in Glass
Murano glass, a revered craft made by a small group of artisans on the tiny Venetian island for the last 700 years, is suddenly everywhere— from ateliers in Paris to this week’s Milan Design Fair. What was once an endangered art form has been embraced by a new group of designers putting their own modern, whimsical twist on the glassmaking tradition.

6 Spots You Can Visit from Famous Roman Films
The Eternal City has served as muse to so many Italian filmmakers, whose work both captured and created wildly different views of it. Revisiting these enthralling locations from their famous scenes, you can’t not feel the allure and mystique of Rome as powerfully as they did.




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Walk the marble floors of the Sistine Chapel and see the Pope’s usually off-limits private chapel during a private, after-hours tour with a Vatican lecturer.
Walk the marble floors of the Sistine Chapel and see the Pope’s usually off-limits private chapel during a private, after-hours tour with a Vatican lecturer.

Experience an authentic Venetian banquet in a 16th-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal.
Experience an authentic Venetian banquet in a 16th-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal.

Stand before a display of lights and fireworks in honor of Saint Domenica during the notte delle luci (night of lights) in the Puglian town of Scorrano.
Stand before a display of lights and fireworks in honor of Saint Domenica during the notte delle luci (night of lights) in the Puglian town of Scorrano.

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