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Christmas in Tuscany (November 2017)

This article originally appeared in the November 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. As if you need another excuse to visit Tuscany, Christmas is a truly magical time to visit this beautiful region. I feel so lucky to live in Florence, which becomes even more special during the Christmas period. This Renaissance city comes alive with bright lights …

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Winter Family Fun in Cortina (November 2017)

This article originally appeared in the November 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. The snow-peaked tips seemed a finger’s touch away as we landed over the Dolomite Mountains, which provide a northern barrier to Venice. They are a natural shield protecting the city for centuries as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Dolomite Alps, or “Pale Mountains,” …

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Swirl the Glass Wine Experiences (October 2017)

This article originally appeared in the October 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Find the main article, The Unexpected Vineyards of the Amalfi Coast, here. Don’t know your Aglianico from your Falanghina? Do you love discovering local wines while traveling? Whether you’re new to wine or a connoisseur, Swirl the Glass takes travelers on in-depth tours of the coastline’s top vineyards. …

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The Unexpected Vineyards of the Amalfi Coast (October 2017)

This article originally appeared in the October 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Find the sidebar, Swirl the Glass Wine Experiences, here. This is the time of year in Italy when the air smells like mosto — the heady scent of must fermenting to create wine. Often you’ll find it unexpectedly coming around a corner while climbing a winding staircase or while …

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Mystical Matera: Italy’s Most Ancient City (September 2017)

This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. One doesn’t just happen upon Matera. Basilicata’s most famous city is isolated among billowing wheat fields where the scrub-dotted hills of Basilicata give way to the stark limestone plateau of Puglia. It isn’t “on the way” to any destination; you have to deliberately go there. But …

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Villa Oplontis: Shedding Light on Ancient Rome (September 2017)

This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. In 2016, at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, visitors were shocked to encounter a marble sculpture of a satyr and Hermaphrodite, their limbs entangled in a beautiful, sexual and violent scene. It was one among several sculptures that would have …

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Cheat Sheet: San Niccolò (August 2017)

This article originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article, Florence: Live It Local Across the River, here. Updated 2018. Stay: Palazzo San Niccolò Via di S. Niccolò, 79 39 055 244509 www.palazzosanniccolo.com Rates: 125 to 320€ per night, depending on the season. Ask about special rates for longer stays. Drink: Rifrullo (Via di S. Niccolò, …

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Cheat Sheet: Santo Spirito (August 2017)

This article originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article, Florence: Live It Local Across the River, here. Updated 2018. Stay: Palazzo Belfiore Via dei Velluti, 8 (39) 055 264415 www.palazzobelfiore.it Rates: 180 to 330€ per night, depending on the season. Ask about special rates for longer stays. Drink: Ditta Artiginiale (Via Della Sprone, 5r; www.dittaartigianale.it) offers …

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Florence: Live It Local Across the River (August 2017)

This article originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance and home to one-third of the most revered art on Earth, attracts some nine million visitors per year. With its compact size and ancient infrastructure, Firenze increasingly feels the squeeze trying to balance tourism with preservation. During high season, the hordes …

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The Fertility Chair: Miracles in Naples (August 2017)

This article originally appeared in the August 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. The Spanish quarter of Naples reveals nothing sinister at 7 a.m. Even the o’panar, the buckets that top-floor residents lower down to the street to the fruit and bread vendors, are idly dangling in the thin morning light. The narrow laundry-draped streets were built in in the …

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