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I’ve heard of budget beds in Milan, but this is ridiculous…
These painted “beds” were spotted in the parking area just outside a hotel on Corso Sempione in Milan, August 28, 2009. And lest you think this is the only way to sleep cheap in this admittedly expensive city, think again. Here are some budget
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WhyGo Italy Interview: James Martin of Wandering Italy
I feel incredibly fortunate to have “met” so many interesting people through my work. And I say that in quotes because it’s only recently that I’ve started actually meeting many of them in person – most of them I meet only vir
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Visiting Florence’s Duomo Museum
There are two things you should know about visiting Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo right from the start. First of all, this museum has nothing – I repeat, nothing – to do with opera music. The word “opera̶
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Autumn in Italy
No matter what you call it – autumn, fall, or the Italian autunno – this season is an excellent time to visit Italy. As is the case with many destinations in the Northern Hemisphere, when the worst of the summer heat has faded it makes way for some o
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Go Galavanting’s Rome Episode
Although the gals from Go Galavanting went to Rome many months ago, it’s only yesterday that I finally got around to watching their Rome episode. To be fair, it’s only a couple weeks ago that they finally posted it, so it’s not all my fau
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Italy News: 13 September 2009
Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
To give you a peek at one of my adventures during the short trip to Italy I just took, take a look at my friend Sara’s blog and her photo from the tour we did of a prosciutto producer – I
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Best Italy Expat Blogs: The Most Helpful Bloggers
When I first started looking around online for blogs and websites written by expats living in Italy a few years ago, I was surprised at how many there were. Since that time, the number has grown exponentially – and I’m still finding out about n
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Winter in Italy
There was a time in Italy when the so-called “shoulder seasons” of spring and autumn were replete with travel bargains just before and after the busy summer tourist season. There was a time when said shoulder seasons were ideal for just showing
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How to Get from Italy to Greece (and Vice Versa)
You’re reading this article because, for whatever crazy reason, you’ve decided that at some point you’ll want to leave Italy and go to Greece. I’ll try to refrain from commentary about why you should just stay in Italy bec
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Day Trips from Florence
Florence is one of those compact, walkable, and packed-with-tourist-sights cities that makes it easy to overlook the idea of taking a day out of your stay to venture anywhere else. Not only that, there are so many idyllic Tuscan hilltowns around
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How to Get a VAT Refund in Italy
How to Get a VAT Refund in Italy
by . It’s detailed – almost too detailed – but after a read-through you’ll certainly understand how complicated the process is.
>> On a related note, make sure you know how much you can spend in Italy duty free before you do a
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Best Italy Expat Blogs: Bloggers in the Travel Industry
I’m back with another list of some of what I consider the best Italy expat blogs, and this time the category is expat bloggers in Italy who work in the tourism industry. By this I don’t mean that they work for Italy’s official tourism boa
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Getting from Rome to Florence (and Vice Versa)
As it happens, there are lots of people out there hunting for information about how to get from Rome to Florence or vice versa. And it’s not just because that trip is included on my perfect 2-week Italy itinerary, either (although that would be flattering). No, it’s that these two cities are incredi
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Recommended Family-Friendly Hotels in Rome
Location is everything in Rome. The city is massive and where you stay in critical for ease-of-use with kids. Although public transportation is abundant, walking and exploring the neighborhoods is a big part of the tourist experience.
Once you
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How to Get from Italy to Croatia (and Vice Versa)
Many years ago, during a trip through Germany with the husband, we saw a television ad on CNN International that stopped us in our tracks. The vacation destinations advertised on that station were quite different than the ones we saw marketed to
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Best Italy Expat Blogs: Culture & Language Bloggers
For the third installment in the series of “best Italy expat bloggers,” I thought I’d highlight the people who routinely look askance at their surroundings and, no matter how long they’ve lived in Italy, are still able to see things
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Things You Should Know About Venice
I love Venice. This should come as no surprise to anyone who’s looked around this site at all, but as I never tire of gushing about how much I love Venice, it bears repeating. And heck, even if it doesn’t technically bear repeating, I’m s
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Best Italy Expat Blogs
I love reading about the expat experience in Italy, especially in light of the fact that I’m not yet living in Italy myself. I’ve got a long list of expat blogs I follow, and so I decided recently to share some of my favorites with you.
Just in
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Italy’s Beautiful Decay
On my very first trip to Italy, I used Venice as my entry point. It made sense at the time based on my itinerary, but looking back it’s quite possible that decision played a huge part in why I fell so completely in love with the country and why Venic
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Italy Featured Prominently on Conde Nast Traveler 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards
The 2009 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards has come out, and – as in years past – Italy is featured pretty prominently in several relevant categories. I’ve gone through the various categories and pulled out the Italy
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