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Planning a trip to Italy: all you need to know for a perfect trip (updated for 2025)!
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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Ragusa Ibla travel guide: all you need to know to visit this gem of Italian Baroque as a family
Essential travel guide to Ragusa Ibla: the best things to see, where to eat and stay, how to get there and why we recommend you visit this Baroque small town in southern Sicily and why I think you’ll love it. The small town of Ragusa Ibla is a beautiful historic center in Val di Noto, Sicily, famous for its unexpected baroque architecture and its starring role in the popular Italian TV Series ‘Ispettore Montalbano’. It is a beautiful village, with a tranquil, almost dreamy atmosphere and a fantastic place to visit for a day or a few, as part of a wider Sicily itinerary. I recently had the chance to…
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How to make Italian lemon cream cake (from Liguria): step by step recipe by a local mama
Italian lemon cream cake: step by step recipe. Learn how to make this lemony cake typical of the area of Cinque Terre (Liguria) with our traditional recipe. I am very fond of lemon cake, and today I learned about a new one that I hadn’t come across before but seemed to have all the ingredients (literally!) to be absolutely delicious: Torta al Limone Ligure – Ligurian lemon cake. Liguria is the Italian region with Cinque Terre and it’s the land that gave pesto to the world; so in terms of culinary pedigree, all I needed to know was that this recipe was from there and I was ready to give…
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How to take a day trip to Cinque Terre from Florence (but why you probably shouldn’t!) – honest travel guide
How to take a day trip to Cinque Terre from Florence by train and ferry, best towns to see and practical considerations to help you plan your day at best. Taking a day trip to Cinque Terre from a home base in Florence is a popular options for visitors on a tight schedule and, in some cases, the only way add to your itinerary a glimpse of the famous colorful cliffhanging villages of Instagram fame. I adore Cinque Terre and I understand the desire to add it in pretty much no matter what. The area truly is adorable and you won’t find it anywhere else, so if it is a…
