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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 2010 ** NEW: Eat Pray Love as You Travel Through Italy (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** *** NEW: A Woman, A Dog and Umbria - An Excerpt from the New Book Marcus of Umbria (Free Italy Travel Advice)*** **NEW: Tips for Visiting Rome from Rome Travel Insider Nancy Aiello (Free Italy Travel Advice)** ** NEW: On Rome's Via Veneto, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Re-Imagined (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** *** NEW: Newly Reopened Florence Museum Features Galileo's Fingers (Free Italy Travel Advice) *** *** NEW: A Special View of La Serenissima - Venice in Winter (Free Italy Travel Advice) *** ** NEW: Our Complete Guide to Traveling to Italy for Christmas and New Year's (Free Italy Advice) ** ** NEW: Christmas Eve in Italy: Celebrating the Feast of Seven Fishes, Sicilian Style (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** ** NEW: Sicilian Seafood Recipes for and Italian Christmas Eve - Feast of Seven Fishes (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** *** Must Read Italy Book: An Irreverent Curiosity (Free Italy Travel Advice)*** *** NEW: In Anticipation of Vampire Movie, Volterra Tuscany Launches New Moon Tour (Free Italy Travel Advice) *** ** NEW: Italian Olive Oil 101 (Free Italy Travel Advice)** ** NEW: Meet The Female Winemaker Behind one of Piedmont Italy's Best Wineries (Free Italy Travel Advice) ** More

July/August 2010 - Amalfi Coast, Paestum, Gelato, Tuscany, Umbria Headed down to the Amalfi Coast or Campania? The you must visit Paestum - one of Italy's best archaeological sites. While you're in Campania, head on over to the coast where we review two new hotels and a new and affordable bus service for getting around. Barrie Kerper, author of a new book on Tuscany and Umbria, has tons of insider tips for Central Italy. And learn how to attend gelato-making school in Italy. (8 pages) . . . read more June 2010 - "Marcus of Umbria", Lazio's Castelli Romani Learn about the lovely region of Umbria from the unique perspective who fell in love with the area, an Italian man and most of all, a dog named Marcus. Get the author's insider tips for exploring Umbria. Take a culinary tour of the towns of the Castelli Romani outside of Rome. (8 pages) . . . read more More

The Dream Interview: Tuscany and Umbria Insider Barrie Kerper (July/August 2010) Kerper is such a thorough researcher she would put any librarian at the Library of Congress to shame. She finds out absolutely everything about a place -- much of it through the eyes of other great travel writers -- and the presents the essential and the fascinating in a compelling way. . . . read more Paestum: A Must-Visit Archaeological Site in Campania (July/August 2010) If antiquity electrifies you, plan to devote at least a day, or two days if possible to visit Paestum. I recommend walking through the archeological site either early in the morning or late in the afternoon to avoid the scorching sun and take advantage of softer light for photographs. . . . read more Star-Struck at a New Amalfi Coast Hotel (July/August 2010) Each of the 25 rooms at this new hotel on the Amalfi Coast is an homage to a cinema goddess--from Sophia Loren to Marilyn Monroe. The Liz room has dark wood floors, white leather furniture, orange-and-pistachio fabric, antique gold Venetian resin accents and a two-person Jacuzzi. . . . read more Get Schooled in Gelato on Your Next Trip to Italy (July/August 2010) Have you ever visited a gelateria in Italy and been so enthralled that you fantasized about opening your own gelato shop back home? Well, your dreams can become reality with the training at one of Italy's "gelato universities." One of them even holds classes in the U.S.... . . . read more CitySightseeing Offers a New Way Around the Amalfi Coast (July/August 2010) If a private car and driver aren't in your budget and you don't have the Formula 1 tendencies required to rent a car on the Amalfi Coast, consider getting around with a new red bus service. . . . read more A Woman, A Dog and Umbria (June 2010) The new book Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love traces Justine van der Leun's funny and illuminating time spent in Collelungo, a 200-person farming village in central Umbria. Justine, a Brooklyn resident, met Emanuele, a local gardener, on vacation and impulsively moved in with him. When she leaves a year later, she has gained a newfound knowledge of language and family, a deep-rooted passion for animals and nature and a small, spotted dog that she'd adopted named Marcus. . . . read more In and Around Collelungo Umbria (June 2010) The author of the new book Marcus of Umbria, Justine van der Leun introduces us to her former home village of Collelungo in Umbria and what there is to see and do around Todi. . . . read more Food Tour of the Castelli Romani (Outside Rome) (June 2010) The towns of Castelli Romani are traditional places for Romans to take a Sunday drive to enjoy peaceful panoramas, the local wine and a perhaps most of all, eat some great food. . . . read more More