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On your next trip to Italy DO NOT miss a Home Food dinner in a local Italian home – one of the most authentic Italian travel experiences you will ever enjoy. Love books? Don’t miss Europe’s first public library and three other must-visit libraries in Italy. When it is time for R+R, head to this new Puglia Resort. In Rome, visit the Swiss Guards Armory at the Vatican or take a mosaics class. Plus, a great service at Italian train stations to help the mobility challenged. (8 pages)

While Italian Carnevale in Venice gets plenty of notice, there’s a very special and colorful pre-Lenten celebration in Muggia, Friuli – find out how to take part. Ready for a culinary adventure in Rome? Don’t miss this food tour in Testaccio. And we visit a renovated castle in Maremma Tuscany where you can take Tuscan cooking lessons with the cookbook author owner. (8 pages)

Our November issue explores the wines and vineyards of Emilia-Romagna, takes us meandering through a corner of Le Marche (home to the Rossini Opera Festival, the Renaissance jewel of Urbino, a truffle-filled landscape and the house of the Virgin Mary) and gets into the world of prosciutto with a factory and museum tour and over-the-top tasting. (8 pages)

Find out why John Steinbeck famously said “Positano bites deep.” Explore the enchanting hotels, restaurants, shops and nearby day trips of Positano. Then head to the mountains of Piedmont for a rustic and riveting cooking lesson. Relax with a massage and stupendous view at this new luxury hotel overlooking Florence. (8 pages)

Venice is home to some of the world’s greatest art treasures. Our writer plots her art tour through Venice’s churches and museums along with some help from some expert Venice guides. Then meet Jean Salvadore and read the incredible story of her 40-year relationship with Lake Como’s Villa d’Este, serving as the hotel’s international ambassador. (8 pages)

If cars and racing are your thing, don’t miss Monza, the home of one of Italy’s most famous racing track — where you can get behind the wheel. But there’s even more to Monza including a royal palaceeven and one of the largest walled parks in Italy. Want to try a different way to get around northern Italy? What about a hotel barge. Plus from our new Rome app: a children’s museum, private shopping guide and awesome gelateria. (8 pages)

Get ready for a mouth-watering tour of Italy. First we start in the region of Le Marche where an American couple are living out a dream hosting guests and giving cooking lessons in their very own agriturismo. Then we’re on to Florence, where noted foodie Elizabeth Minchilli lets us in on a handful of her favorite places to eat from a restaurant selling Ligurian specialties to a gelateria selling flavors like Earl Grey sorbet. (8 pages)

We have had so many subscribers asking for travel advice on visiting the Tuscan Coast that we put together this special report. First, we travel to the lovely coastal town of Castiglioncello for a fish festival. Then learn what makes Forte dei Marmi a great choices for Tuscany beach vacations with kids. Looking for romance? You will find it in Porto Ercole at a very special resort. Finally, we head to Napoleon’s island of exile, Elba, for ten special experiences. (8 pages)

Italy is truly one of the most beautiful places on Earth. So how do you capture it in all its glory? Whether you’re an amateur photographer or more experiences, master photographer Brad Mikel lets us in on his secrets for capturing the magic of “la dolce vita.” Then we meet Debi Mazar and her Tuscan husband, Garbiele Corcos, and learn what makes their TV show Extra Virgin so special. Finally, Assisi has a truly luxury hotel of its own with a spa you won’t want to miss. (8 pages)

In this issue we explore the northern city of Vicenza, where the great architect Palladio did much of his work. We return to Rome for more hotel reviews of places to bunk down in the Eternal City. Our writer takes us to what is said to be “the most beautiful wine cellar in the world” in Montepulciano. (8 pages)