Italian desserts

Sicilian sweets

Sicily is a paradise for the sweet tooth. If you think you don’t like sweets, then you are mistaken! Sicilian desserts will convince you of this. In Sicily, it is impossible to resist sweets, because their variety is amazing. Almond, pistachio cookies, marzipan fruits, Sicilian cannolo, torrone, cassata, crostat, gelato, pasta di mandorla, tortofini, Sicilian kiss - this list goes on and on.
Verona

Verona Card - how to save money in Verona?

How to save an active and curious tourist in Verona? Verona Card (Verona Card 24H) is an official project of the Italian Ministry of Culture to attract tourists who want to spend a profitable and efficient day in Romeo and Juliet. The card allows you to save tens of euros by visiting the main attractions.
Salerno

Amalfi - an embodied fairy tale

Geographically small, Amalfi seems to be literally “kissed by God,” because with its history, sea beauties and characteristic features it resembles a fairy-tale city from a magic novel where there is unearthly love, battles, inventors, sages. Isn't that a fairy tale?
Naples

Herculaneum - the city that died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Herculaneum (Ercolano) - an ancient Roman resort town on the shores of the Gulf of Naples (Golfo di Napoli), in the province of Naples (Napoli). Now on the part of its territory is the modern city of Ercolano. History According to legend, Herculaneum was founded by Hercules himself (Ercole). In reality, most likely, the first settlements on the territory of the city belonged to the Oscans - the ancient Italian people.
Cities of Italy

Russian-speaking guide in Milan: a guide review by BlogoItaliano

The guide search history in Milan has its own preamble. I used to be in the city, but the first impression of it was ambiguous. Perhaps because I ended up in Milan myself, in late autumn, I also plunged into history there. Plus, then I was a student, and my budget did not allow me to appreciate all the delights of local shopping.
Society

Italian banker killed his family

Sixty-seven-year-old banker Lamberto Albuzzani (Lamberto Albuzzani) killed his wife and 23-year-old son in his own house, and then shot himself. According to local media, the head of the Credit Cooperative Bank of the Prato Region (Banca Credito Cooperativo Area Pratese) fired only five shots from his hunting rifle.

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The first years of life in Rome, the idea of ​​climbing the dome of St. Peter's Basil was constantly, but constantly postponed. Followers of my Instagram know that I conduct individual tours at dawn to enjoy Rome without crowds of tourists, and there are always enough of them on the main square of the Vatican. We usually start our walks in Rome at 6 am, depending on the time of the year and at ten o’clock, when the bulk of the excursions begin, we are already far from the main attractions enjoying the atmosphere of the Eternal City, for example, Villa Borghese.
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Sightseeing buses in Rome | 2019
Italy

Sightseeing buses in Rome

Lena and I like to use double-decker sightseeing buses using the Hop-on Hop-Off system. They are in almost all major cities. Buses run along one or more ring routes. We will analyze the main ones. Red sightseeing bus City sightseeing Roma Lena and I like to use double-decker sightseeing buses according to the Hop-on Hop-Off system.
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3 most interesting lakes in the vicinity of Milan | 2019
Cities of Italy

3 most interesting lakes in the vicinity of Milan

There are many beautiful lakes in the vicinity of Milan. Many travelers have heard so much about their charm that, coming to Northern Italy, they often try to make visiting the lakes one of the main elements of their tourist program. That is why BlogoItaliano decided to figure out which ones deserve attention in the first place.
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Milan: How to get from Malpensa Airport to the city center | 2019
Cities of Italy

Milan: How to get from Malpensa Airport to the city center

Although there are three major airports in the vicinity of Milan, if you fly from abroad, then with a high degree of probability you will land in Malpensa. Malpensa Airport is the second largest in Italy and in terms of passenger traffic served one-on-one goes with the country's largest airport named after Leonardo da Vinci in Rome.
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Giorgio Vasari | 2019
Famous Italians and Italians

Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari is a renowned artist, architect, and Renaissance writer. This amazing person, gifted with various talents and great industriousness, managed to make a significant contribution to Italian and world art. Thanks to his literary works, descendants became aware of interesting biographical facts that describe the life and career of many eminent contemporaries of the master.
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Madonna di Campiglio - ski resort in Italy | 2019
Trentino - Alto Adige

Madonna di Campiglio - ski resort in Italy

There are many reasons to spend your winter holidays in Madonna di Campiglio, a ski resort in Northern Italy: It is fabulously beautiful; Large selection of ski slopes and winter sports; The service is thought out to the smallest detail; In this favorite vacation spot of the Italian and European beau monde you can meet the right people and renew old connections.
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Venice in February - vacation tips | 2019
Holidays in Italy

Venice in February - vacation tips

Despite the fact that spring is still not very felt in Venice in February, the city is rather shrouded in fog and damp, tourists from different countries tend to get here. And there is an explanation for this: what kind of couple in love would miss the opportunity to visit one of the most romantic cities in the world? Or what kind of holiday lover refuses to come to the famous carnival?
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Fountain of the Four Rivers in Navona Square | 2019
Italy

Fountain of the Four Rivers in Navona Square

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Venice planned to close for cruise ships
Tourism

Venice planned to close for cruise ships

The bad news for those who wanted to include Venice in the list of cities for the cruise: the Italian authorities plan to close the Venice lagoon for cruise ships, offering companies an alternative route. In 2015, huge cruise liners will be prohibited from entering the historic center of the Venetian lagoon in connection with a new bill by the Italian authorities, which are trying to solve the problem of water pollution at the national level.
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Papal basilica - main cathedrals of Rome
Cities of Italy

Papal basilica - main cathedrals of Rome

Papal basilicas have the highest rank in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. The papal basilicas received their status from the Pope himself, thus finding himself under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy See. There are 12 of them, in Rome there are 4 of them. In this article we will tell you some details about the basilicas themselves, as well as their address, opening hours and how to get to each of them.
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Genoa airport and how to get to the city
Cities of Italy

Genoa airport and how to get to the city

As a rule, Genoa is not the final destination: most tourists come here to go to the Ligurian coast, ski resorts in Northern Italy or on a tour of the cities of the Apennine peninsula. However, whatever the purpose of the trip, for most travelers, Genoa starts at Christopher Columbus International Airport.
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3 most interesting lakes in the vicinity of Milan
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3 most interesting lakes in the vicinity of Milan

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Cities of Italy

The best hotels of Venice 5 stars

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Regions of Italy

5 most interesting excursions in Naples

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