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10 Reasons Why You Should Include Torino in Your Italy Itinerary

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If you are looking for a cool, off-the-beaten-track location for your holidays in Italy, Torino might be the perfect place for you. 

If you have already been in Italy and want to see something different from the usual Venice-Florence-Rome itinerary or if is your first time in the country but want to add a lesser-known tourist destination to your itinerary, you won’t go wrong if you include Torino in your list of places to see.

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Tips for Visiting Italy: an Interview with Ishita Sood of Italophilia

As natives, there’s always a lot we can learn from foreigners who visit our country.

Sometimes, I come across people who seem to really, really love Italy – way more than I do, in some cases. Speaking with them is refreshing because for a moment I forget about all the problems my country has and just focus on the positive things. It is as if you are looking at your country with fresh eyes and you start seeing things you were not used to noticing anymore. And you fall in love with your country again. 

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[Hidden Italy] Why Camogli is the perfect location for your holidays in Liguria

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Are you thinking of visiting Liguria? I bet everybody told you not to miss Cinque Terre.

Well, they are right. Cinque Terre, the five lands, is actually one of the most beautiful areas in my lovely region – and in Italy in general, actually – but it might not be the perfect location for a holiday in Liguria, if you plan on spending some time in the region.

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Ten Instagram Profiles to Follow if You Plan to Travel to Italy (or Just Dream About it)

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Do you plan to travel to Italy in the future? Is it just a dream of yours?

It doesn’t matter. Instagram is a perfect tool to satisfy both needs. If you have been following me for a while now, you may already know that I am a super fan of Instagram. It is my favorite social media – I only betray it sometimes with Pinterest when I need to further fuel my addiction to lovely houses and amazing outdoors – and I spend a lot of time there.

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Visit Savona in one day: what to see and do to make the most of your time there

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Savona is undoubtedly one of the lesser known Italian cities. 

Right in the heart of the Italian Riviera, the city is often neglected by tourists who focus their attention on the more attractive seaside locations. After all, most of the tourists come to the area for its beaches and pristine waters and do not even think that Savona might be an interesting place to visit.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Include Parma in Your Italy Itinerary

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You know how much I love Italian provincial towns, right? 

If given the chance, I’ll never restrain myself from saying that the real beauty of Italy lies in these often ignored quiet little towns. And even if nobody asks my opinion about that, I’ll always find a way of saying so – you should know that already. But the thing is that I strongly believe that if you really want to know Italy, you should go and spend some time in a provincial town and I am sure that, if you do so, you’ll fall in love with my country once and for all.

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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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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 which 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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A private food tour in Genoa: a perfect way to discover the culinary gems of the city

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Are you up for a little adventure?

I hope so because today I want to take you with me up and down the streets of Genova to discover some real food gems! As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago I was invited by Enrica Monzani, the incredibly talented lady who runs A small kitchen in Genoa (go check her blog, if you do not know it already, it’s packed with recipes and lots of information about Ligurian tradition and food – plus great pictures, which are always a nice thing), to join one of her private food tours.

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[Hidden Italy] The magical atmosphere of the Labirinto della Masone in Parma

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Are you fascinated with labyrinths? I definitely am!

Even though I am always quite scared of getting lost – I know, the kid inside me never goes away – I also find really fascinating to enter a place without knowing what will happen, if you’ll find the right way, how many times you’ll have to start again, and how long it will take to find the exit. Exactly as in life, actually.

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