""You're going to Bologna? Mmm, spag. bol., nice." There cannot be many cities that are overshadowed by a stew, but Bologna is certainly one. It might have superb medieval architecture and an ancient university, as well as works of art by..."
The Best Travel Writing About Italy: Page 4 of 28
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Dark Arts of Bologna
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Rebecca Ford
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Italy
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Emilia-Romagna
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Bologna
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Trieste with James Joyce
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Simon Busch
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Italy
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Trieste
"They arrived at crowded Stazione Centrale in a cloud of steam but it might as well have been a cloud of scandal. He was only 22 and she 20; they were penniless and he did not even have a job to go. Worst of all, though, they did not have a ring. And..."
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Do Oar Die: The Venice Regatta
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Marc Zakian
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
"‘Buona regata’, declared the bulbous doorman as I left my hotel. He had no idea that I was in town for the annual waterfest, but it mattered not; Venice had only one thing on its mind - the annual splash down the Grand Canal. I..."
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The Art of Looking Good
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Rebecca Ford
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Italy
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Tuscany
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Florence
"She was in front of me in the queue for the ladies. Perfectly cut jeans over perfectly cut legs, cigarette hanging casually from her fingers and a slim black mobile phone clamped to her ear. When a cubicle became free she wafted in, shut the door..."
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San Remo
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Norman Miller
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Italy
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Liguria
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San Remo
"Light, dark, light, dark - the tunnels come every few hundred yards as the coast road sweeps west from Genoa towards France, causing the sunshine to flicker like an old movie as I slice through each hill. Liguria is where the Alps reach..."
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Fishy Business on the Rialto
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Mary Lussiana
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Italy
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Veneto Region
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Venice
"“What news on Realto?” When Shylock asked Bassanio this at the end of the 16th century, it was no more that an echo of similar questions reverberating down 300 years. All Europe wondered at the same thing, jealously watching this commercial..."
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Roman Demons
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Fiona Dunlop
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Italy
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Lazio
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Rome
"It is the start of a sweltering summer’s day as I join a motley group of tourists on the steps of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. In front of us stands our straw-hatted guide, Dion, a bright-eyed, diminutive New Zealander who we later learn is a..."
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Toytown in Late Summer
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Graham Reid
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Italy
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Amalfi Coast
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Alberobello
"The undistinguished slice of autostrada is almost deserted. Just us, and a gun-metal grey Mercedes - a minute ago but a dot in the rear-view mirror - disappearing into the distance ahead. We’re in no such hurry so pull off to the Adriatic Coast..."
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You Have Been Warned
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Graham Reid
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Italy
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Campania
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Naples
""The thing with Napoli,” said Alfonso leaving a pause for effect, “is the tourist people they love it or they do not. But I understand why they do not. The city, she is . . .” To be honest, I can’t remember exactly what he said next about his..."
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Jetsetter's Guide to Milan
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Sally Howard
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Italy
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Lombardy
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Milan
"Spend a day in Milan and you’re left with no doubt as to why Rossini’s compositions are prestissimo. The Italian capital of business and fashion, Milan is the country’s engine room; fuelled by lofty ambitions and a generous shot of caffeine (a..."
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