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Italian B+B best in the world

If you are thinking to come visiting the country, this may be the best moment to do it: Italian B+B and hotels have fared very well in this year’s Tripadvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Awards. ANSA reported the news yesterday and, just as those related to Italy’s excellenceinhealthcare reported by Bloomberg, they mark […]

Emilia

Emilia Romagna on a pocket

Nowadays travel apps are considered an essential tool to improve holidays and avoid any bad experiences: you can keep all your travel details on your device and have easy access to all sorts of useful information when traveling in Emilia Romagna. See the best travel apps for Emilia Romagna! If […]

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Senegalese admits killing American Woman

Ashley Olsen was found dead in Florence on January 8, 2016   On Saturday January 8, 2016, the American Ashely Olsen was found dead in her apartment in Florence. A few days later the police arrested a suspect.   The detained man is Diaw Cheik Tidiane, a 27-year-old undocumented Senegalese migrant […]

Emilia

Things to do in Rimini

Rimini is famous all over the world for its nightlife; in fact its many bars and discos close at dawn! You can start your night by having an aperitif in one of the street bars where people of all ages meet: here you can taste a nice glass of wine (the […]

Sardinia

Carbonia

Secluded beach in Carbonia Iglesias   Carbonia is a small town located on the island of Sardinia about one hour away from Cagliari, in the province of Carbonia-Iglesias. Mussolini himself had given orders for building this city and he had been present at its inauguration in 1938. This small town had […]

Tuscany

Montecatini Thermal Baths

Montecatini Thermae – Town Center Montecatini has often been described as a rich treasure chest which is full of culture and art and is considered to be one of the most important tourist destinations in Tuscany. Montecatini is a charming town which is known to be the capital of spas […]

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Summing up Italy’s 2015

2015 is about to end and Italy has been summing up its achievements and losses. It hasn’t been an easy year for the world and neither has it been for the Bel Paese. In spite of an economical crisis that fails to end, an army of scoundrels leading the country and an increasingly […]

Travel Diary

Diary: Rome and Calabria

Diary of Italy   The Roman Forum (Maurizio Mori/flickr) On a bright and sunny morning, my airplane from Melbourne landed at the airport in Rome. My summer holiday was finally beginning. I had decided to take a trip to Italy because my mother arrived from there to Australia, and this was her homeland. […]

Skiing

Macugnaga (Monte Rosa)

  Macugnaga is a small mountain village located in the Piedmont region of Italy in the province of Verbania-Cusio-Ossola. The village is located along the Anzasca valley in the Monte Rosa mountain range. The village was first inhabited by the Walser, which are German natives belonging to the Swiss Canton […]

Move to Italy, Schools

School System in Italy

Have you ever wondered how the Italian school system works? We in Italy tend to despise it and if there is a certain truth behind the critique, especially when it comes to the way people are hired and the rampant instability of education jobs in the country, it is also […]