Bologna city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels
The opening of a foodie theme park will further elevate Bologna’s reputation as Italy’s culinary capital but the city has plenty more to offer, including superb art, music and medieval...
View ArticleElena Ferrante's Naples – a photo essay
We follow in the (fictional) footsteps of the heroines of My Brilliant Friend and its sequels, into the alleyways, gritty apartment blocks and piazzas of this energetic and fascinating city Lenù and...
View Article10 of the best restaurants near Venice’s major attractions
Want to avoid a shock lunch bill in Venice? Follow our guide to great value, traditional trattorie and bars close to the city’s biggest tourist drawsVenice is notoriously difficult for finding...
View ArticleEataly World opens but leaves a bad taste in Bologna
It’s the world’s biggest food park with over a kilometre of shops, big brands, even farm animals. But is Eataly World a betrayal of Italian gastronomy?Italy’s “City of Food” has a new attraction. After...
View ArticleWhy dumplings are rarely off the menu in Trentino-Alto Adige, north Italy
The South Tyrolean people of the Dolomites love canederli – bread dumplings, delicious when filled with tangy cheese and smoky speckFiercely independent and proud of their Rhaetic origins, the Ladin...
View ArticleItalian former winery – in pictures
Toast the good life in this unusual property with stone walls, vaulted ceilings – and a wine press in the kitchenContinue reading...
View ArticleAt last, it’s the real thing as Italy’s skiers delight in white after years...
Dolomites resorts have had to rely on snow machines since the 1980s, but now nature has finally done the jobNo challenge appears insurmountable for the people who live among the dramatic and sublime...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleItalian Dolomites bank on 'bike only' days to boost cyclotourism
Ski resort of Alta Badia enters the craze for cycling sportives allowing amateurs to experience closed-roads settingsA ski resort in Italy is experimenting with closing sections of its mountain roads...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleItalian Dolomites bank on 'bike only' days to boost cyclotourism
Ski resort of Alta Badia enters the craze for cycling sportives allowing amateurs to experience closed-roads settingsA ski resort in Italy is experimenting with closing sections of its mountain roads...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleItalian Dolomites bank on 'bike only' days to boost cyclotourism
Ski resort of Alta Badia enters the craze for cycling sportives allowing amateurs to experience closed-roads settingsA ski resort in Italy is experimenting with closing sections of its mountain roads...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleItalian Dolomites bank on 'bike only' days to boost cyclotourism
Ski resort of Alta Badia enters the craze for cycling sportives allowing amateurs to experience closed-roads settingsA ski resort in Italy is experimenting with closing sections of its mountain roads...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleItalian Dolomites bank on 'bike only' days to boost cyclotourism
Ski resort of Alta Badia enters the craze for cycling sportives allowing amateurs to experience closed-roads settingsA ski resort in Italy is experimenting with closing sections of its mountain roads...
View Article10 of the best things to do in Pisa
A €30m redevelopment has funded the revamp of many of this walkable Italian city’s main attractions – including its tower – and there are great bars, restaurants and hotels to relax in after the...
View ArticleNaples’ Fontanelle cemetery: skulls and silence beneath the busy city streets
In an underground chamber in the Italian city, the skulls of plague victims are stacked high but the traditions surrounding their preservation are ultimately uplifting, telling us a lot about the human...
View Article‘The wind makes Karst people stay in, and gives them character’: walker and...
For the Stanford’s Travel Book of the Year nominee, the Bora wind influences every part of life on this wild plateau – straddling Italy and Slovenia – from the architecture to the inhabitants and their...
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