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My favourite place in Italy The city of Milan, Lombardy

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The Maremma’s Cascate del Mulino (Cascades of the Mill) are fed by hot spring waters

ABBAZIA DI SANTA MARIA DI PULSANO

Pulsano Abbey stands on the spur of Italy’s heel, overlooking the Gulf of Manfredonia

Verona

Our Venice correspondent Sara Scarpa travels west to spend a weekend in Verona, the city of love and opera set in the land of wines

BACK TO the land

Adrian Mourby takes a tour of Puglia to explore its culinary traditions and the land that produces its varied, and often vegetarian, foods…

Una Piccola Sosta

Escape to this restored monastery in the heart of Piedmont and you will find a modern-day sanctuary to soothe the soul

The Mystery Man of Messina

Antonello is credited as the man who brought oil painting to Italy, but how much of the story is actually true?

GAZZETTA ITALIA!

Your monthly Italian lessons have begun again! Tom Alberto Bull explains the latest solutions to tourist overcrowding in Venice…

Sow, Sow, Pick, Pick, Sow

Christine Smallwood meets up with Paolo Arrigo and finds out about his deep-rooted connection with the soil

PERFECT DAY FOR A PICNIC

Every day is a picnic day with these tasty recipes brimming with Mediterranean flavours by Tori Finch

READY-MADE GNOCCHI

These little potato dumplings make a quick, filling supper dish and are readily available from supermarkets and online. But how do they compare? Here are seven of our favourites

La Grigliata

A TASTE OF ITALY

4takes on FASTER PASTA

If you’re looking for midweek supper inspiration, try one of these speedy pasta recipes packed with Italian flavour…

ISLAND WHITE WINES

Welcome to the world of Sicilian and Sardinian white wines – the grapes grown on these sunny Mediterranean islands have distinctive characteristics thanks to their location

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A ready-to-go, fully-restored townhouse on a quiet

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Our indispensable guide to Italy’s main international airports: where they are and, most importantly, how to get from them to where you are really going…

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Ferrari didn’t want to sully the name of its exclusive