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Travel to Italy BLOG: Daily Italy Travel News and Italy Travel Deals ITALY EVENTS CALENDAR: What's Happening in Italy in 2012 Nominate Your Favorite Tour Guide in Italy to Be Featured in An Upcoming Issue of Dream of Italy ** NEW: How to Order Coffee in Italy (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Cinque Terre 2012: Rebuilding After the Floods, Ready for Visitors (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Cellular Abroad Review: Using a Cell Phone in Italy, Plus MiFi Rental to Beat Data Charges (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Italy in America - Risotto at Denver's Il Posto (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: The New Testaccio Market Opens in Rome This Spring (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Christmas in Venice Hotel Packages for Christmas and New Year's Eve in Venice (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Christmas on the Amalfi Coast: Holiday Hotel Packages (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Rome Restaurants Open for Christmas and New Year's (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** More

April 2012 - Florence Restaurants, Hotels and Shopping, Tuscany Hotel, Venice Contemporary Art, New Rome Restaurant We're in Florence for this issue where we review new hip eatery iO Personale Osteria, and three other great places to drink and eat in Florence. When you've had your fill check into one of t . . . read more March 2012 - Authentic Venice Restaurants, Trapani Sicily, Marsala Sicily, Mazara Sicily The area around Trapani Sicily is filled with enchanting treasures from Sicily's salt pans to the home of Marsala wine to The Dancing Satyr of Mazara and stunning beaches. When you visit Venice, eat w . . . read more February 2012 - Home Food, Unusual Rome, Italian Libraries, Puglia Resort On your next trip to Italy DO NOT miss a Home Food dinner in a local Italian home - one of the most authentic Italian travel experiences you will ever enjoy. Love books? Don't miss Europe's first publ . . . read more December 2011/January 2012 - Rome Food Tour, Carnevale in Fruili, Maremma Hideaway While Italian Carnevale in Venice gets plenty of notice, there's a very special and colorful pre-Lenten celebration in Muggia, Friuli - find out how to take part. Ready for a culinary adventure in Rom . . . read more More

Sicily Sojourn: Trapani, Marsala, Mazara del Vallo (March 2012) If your travels bring you to Western Sicily, don't miss the beaches, the salt pans and two favorite stops are the under-the-tourist-radar towns of Marsala and Mazara del Vallo. They're perfect to slip . . . read more Trapani, Mazara and Marsala Sicily: Where to Stay, Eat and Dine and What to Buy (March 2012) Visiting Western Sicily near Trapani? We have all the details you need to stay at a historic vineyard, visit the salt pans, dine on cous cous and cannoli, go kite surfing, taste Marsala wine, view The . . . read more Venice Restaurants: Eat Like The Real Venetians (March 2012) With millions of tourists visiting Venice Italy each year, how do you find authentic places to dine and eat. Do as the Venetians do and enjoy these four Venice restaurants and wine bars frequented by . . . read more Venetian Gastronomic Glossary to Help You in Venice Restaurants (March 2012) If you're going to eat in Venice Italy, you better know all of the Venetian gastronomic terms. Do you know what a bacaro is? How about tramezzini? Bring our glossary with you to a Venice . . . read more Shopping in Venice: Where to Buy Affordable Glass Jewelry on Murano (March 2012) If you're visiting the island of Murano in Venice, chances are you want to buy some Murano glass jewelry. We share two shops on Murano where you can buy affordable and authentic pieces of Murano glass . . . read more New Website Links Native Italian Cooks and Visitors (March 2012) A new "food surfing" community pairs visitors with natives around the world who are willing to share their cuisine and home hospitality, but most of the hosts right now are in Italy. . . . read more Casa Ferrari Museum Opens in Modena Italy (March 2012) A new Ferrari museum has opened in Modena Italy. We compare the new Casa Ferrari Museum to the origianl Ferrari Museum in nearby Maranello. If you love Ferrari, you need to read this article. . . . read more Contemporary Art at Sicily's Farm Cultural Park (March 2012) A collection of abandoned stone houses in the historic center of a rural town in Sicily have been turned into a center for art and culture. . . . read more Dine With the Locals with Home Food + Recipe for Italian Pear Cake (Feb. 2012) I had been trying to attend a Home Food meal at a private home in Italy since I first learned of the organization in the winter of 2005. Somehow the stars never aligned until this past fall . . . read more Visit Europe's First Public Library in Cesena (Feb. 2012) If you're a lover of books and libraries like I am, you'll get a rush stepping inside what is said to be the first public and monastic library in Europe, Istituzione Biblioteca Malatestiana or . . . read more Three Historic Italian Libraries Worth Visiting (Feb. 2012) Italy is home to a number of impressive historic libraries including the the unusual looking Biblioteca Sandro Penna in Umbria, the National Central Library of Florence and of course, the Vati . . . read more How to Visit The Swiss Guards Armory in Vatican City (Feb. 2012) While it isn't open to the general public, with a little advance planning, you might be able to secure a visit to the Swiss Guards Armory in Vatican City. Learn more about the Swiss Guards and see his . . . read more More