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Top 15 reasons that make Molise the new coolest region to visit in Italy

February 9, 2018August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

  by Catherine Marien  After Basilicata (Maratea, Matera, Craco), we planned a road trip to another even more uncharted territory

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Blitz visit to beautiful Bolzano

January 4, 2018August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

As the main gateway to the Dolomites, the town of Bolzano is regrettably often overlooked by international guests who usually

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12 out-of-this-world Italian villages that look like a presepe (Italian Nativity scene)

December 26, 2017August 10, 2018 Slow Italy

The tradition by which Italian towns and families reenact their own versions of the nativity scene is a very ancient

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Agnone, home to the world’s oldest family-owned manufacturing company

December 19, 2017August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

  by Catherine Marien  Agnone is a pretty hill-top town at 840 m height, overlooking the verdant Verrino valley in the

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Top 8 Most amazing cemeteries in Italy

October 31, 2017August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

Cemeteries are not commonly considered places of beauty and introspection. Yet, some of them, the Italian Cimiteri Monumentale (Monumental Cemeteries) are

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Van Gogh in Vicenza, hosted in a Palladian masterpiece

October 8, 2017December 26, 2017 Slow Italy

A unique art show featuring Vincent Van Gogh opened in Vicenza on October 7 and will run through April 8

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Italian Harvard genius changed the air you breathe

March 8, 2017October 13, 2017 Slow Italy

Today, on International Women’s Day, we wanted to put one of Italy’s leading female researchers in the spotlight: Francesca Dominici.

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Inspector Montalbano: most popular TV series ever

March 7, 2017October 18, 2017 Slow Italy

Yesterday night’s episode of Il Commissario Montalbano, the police detective created by the Sicilian author Andrea Camilleri, set a record

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21 unusual photos that will make you want to go (back) to Pisa

September 29, 2016November 4, 2017 Slow Italy

Pisa beyond the obvious and the cliches. The famous sights photographed from a not so usual perspective and other off

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The miracle of Ponza: 15 reasons why you should visit this little island at least once in your life

September 22, 2016August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

Author’s note (update August 2017): This article first run on July 4, 2007 on Yourguidetoitaly.com and was redirected and updated

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