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10 Reasons Why You Should Include Padova in Your Italy Itinerary

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As I’ll never get tired of saying, the true beauty of Italy lies in its lesser-known places. 

Obviously, Roma will take your breath away the first time you see it, Venezia will enchant you with its dreamlike atmosphere, Florence will make you feel the need to change your career and become a painter right away, and you’ll probably never forget the blue of the sea in the Amalfi Coast or the focaccia and wine you had at sunset at Cinque Terre.

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50 Italian Idiomatic Phrases That Are Related to Animals (part 2)

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian idiomatic phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here. 

As I promised last week, here comes the second part of the Italian idiomatic phrases that have something to do with animals.

If you missed last week’s post, you may want to check it out as it contained a list of Italian idiomatic phrases that are related to animals. [Read more…]

50 Italian Idiomatic Phrases That Are Related to Animals (part 1)

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian idiomatic phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here. 

Here comes another round of Italian idiomatic phrases!

Actually, it is more than one round as – exactly as it happened last time – when I started researching for common Italian idiomatic phrases, I came up with so many I had to split this post in two.

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[Places I Recommend] A corner of paradise in Liguria: Art B&B A Crêuza in Borgio Verezzi

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Have you ever fallen in love with a place without actually seeing it? 

Or better, after just seeing it on Instagram? I guess it happens quite frequently, nowadays. I fall in love with places with a special soul, places that are able to communicate such soul through a picture, a quote, some meaningful words, some daily sketches of life. I fall in love with those places and I want to visit them, be part of them and their magic.

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