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Planning a trip to Italy: all you need to know for a perfect trip (updated for 2026)!
All you need to know to plan a trip to Italy. The travel guide for stress-free Italy travel planning that will help you make the most of your vacation in Italy.
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Traditional Italian New Year’s Foods: What Italians Eat on Capodanno
Discover traditional Italian New Year’s foods for Capodanno! Learn why Italians eat lentils, cotechino, capitone and more, and how these festive dishes bring luck, abundance, and celebration to the new year. If there’s one thing you can count on in Italy on New Year’s Eve, it’s a very generous table. The cenone di capodanno (new year’s big dinner) is the most established of all Italian New Year’s tradition and it is as big and generous as the name suggests! Unlike Christmas, which tends to follow well-defined regional menus, the Italian New Year’s Eve dinner is a much more relaxed and varied affairs when it comes to the food offered. Families choose…
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Italian New Year’s Traditions: How Italians Welcome Capodanno in Italy
Italian New Year’s Traditions: Discover traditional Italian New Year’s (Capodanno) customs to ring in the new year in Italy. From lucky foods like lentils to red clothing, this is all you need to know about New Year’s Eve in Italy. Italy celebrates the start of the New Year during the night between the 31st December and the 1st of January and does it with fanfare! Every year on December 31st, in Italy we roll out a beautiful mix of food, family, superstition and celebration to welcome the New Year: we call it Capodanno (capo = head; anno= year) and it’s a real fun celebration to be part of. For the…
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The best things to do in Venice: top places, tours and experiences you’ll love
Our expert travel guide to the best things to do in Venice as a first time visitor: in this guide, we share the best things you can see in Venice, top tours and unique actives to make the most of your time in La Serenissima. I’m completely in love with Venice. I visit Venice as often as I can, and every time it visit feels like stepping into a dream. The quiet lapping of the canals, the play of light on the water, the timeless beauty of its bridges and squares…. Venice has a magic unlike anywhere else, and if you’re visiting for the first time, you’re in for a…
