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The Art of Slow Travel in Ragusa Ibla

June 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

Ragusa is a lovely town located in Baroque Sicily, the South-Eastern part of Sicily known as the Val di Noto, comprising

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The baroque towns of the Val di Noto: a walk in Sicily’s flamboyant past

June 5, 2018June 10, 2018 Slow Italy

The baroque towns of Sicily are a group of nine towns of Medieval or pre-medieval origin located in South-Eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa, Ispica and Scicli. They were all rebuilt in a unique late Baroque style after the 1693-earthquake that partly or entirely destroyed them.

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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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Caltagirone, the colorful capital of ceramics

October 28, 2014June 19, 2015 Slow Italy

Caltagirone is one of the eight towns of south-eastern Sicily known as the baroque towns of the Val di Noto,

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5 Italian Towns for chocolate lovers

October 9, 2014August 6, 2018 Slow Italy

Italy may not be as famous for its chocolate as Switzerland and Belgium, yet the country has a long tradition

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Ode to a Sicilian icon: the Carretto Siciliano

March 25, 2013March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

(updated May 12, 2014) The Carretto Siciliano (or carrettu sicilianu in Sicilian) is a lavishly decorated and colorful, horse-drawn cart,

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Top 5 most amazing and unusual Chapels in Italy

December 10, 2012May 11, 2016 Slow Italy

1. Cave chapel of Genga (Marche) In 1971 a group of speleologists from Ancona discovered a complex system of

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Top 10 most unique churches of Italy

August 16, 2012May 11, 2016 Slow Italy

1. Multicolored, russian orthodox Church (San Remo, Liguria) The multicolored Russian Orthodox church of Christ the Savior, St. Catherine and

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Top 5 favorite restaurants in South-Eastern Sicily

August 8, 2012March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

Sicily boasts one of the most savory cuisines of Italy, from their antipasti to the delicious pastries and desserts. Sicilian

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In the footsteps of Inspector Montalbano: Andrea Camilleri’s Sicily from Siracusa to Agrigento

July 18, 2012June 6, 2018 Slow Italy

Visiting the south-eastern angle of Sicily, from Siracusa to Agrigento is like taking a tour behind the scenes of a

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