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The Italy Mix: Venice in Winter, Why Tuscans Live Long
Published on Friday, February 10, 2017 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Venice In Winter:  This is actually the best season to visit La Serenissima - no heat, no crowds. (Stuff) UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany: From the Val d'Orcia to Florence, where to v...
The Italy Mix:  Dolomites History, New Florence Museum, Venice With Baby
Published on Friday, January 6, 2017 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Dolomites Connection to WWII: This northern mountain range not only played a key role in World War I but the war that followed. (The Guardian) McDonald's Opens Near Vatican: Not everyone is hap...
The Italy Mix: If Venice Dies, Roman Holiday Travel Guide
Published on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: If Venice Dies: A new book contends that tourism and floods could be the end of La Serenissima - so you might want to visit Venice now! (National Geographic) Uffizi Reopens Rooms: Rooms 9 throu...
The Italy Mix: Legendary Lake Como, Caravaggio in Rome
Published on Saturday, March 26, 2016 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Legendary Lake Como: Movie stars, Russian oligarchs and world leaders have succumbed to the relaxing allure of the lake. (My Statesman) Etruscan Treasures: Three free archaeological tours in Tus...
The Italy Mix: Olive Oil Laws, New Puglia Retreat
Published on Saturday, March 5, 2016 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Olive Oil Law: Italy's olive oil producers wary of a new law that would tinker with the penalties for passing off counterfeit olive oil and its origin. (The New York Times) 500th Anniversary of ...
The Italy Mix: Mussolini’s Ponza, What’s New in 2016
Published on Monday, February 1, 2016 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Mussolini-Themed Vacations:  For better or worse, association with Adolf Hitler's wartime ally is contributing to an unlikely boom for a few Italian destinations like the island of Ponza. (CNN)...
The Italy Mix: Friuli Wine Region, 36 Hours in Bologna
Published on Sunday, October 25, 2015 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Best Italian Wine Region You've Never Heard Of:  Friuli-Venezia Giulia’s vineyards, such as Rosazzo, benefit from the breezy, sunny microclimate created by their equidistance from the Austrian Alp...
The Italy Mix: Cooking In Rome, Lake Maggiore
Published on Saturday, September 12, 2015 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Milan Coming Out of The Shadows:  Milan has absorbed more than half of all investment in business real estate in Italy in the first half of this year, while tourism has grown faster over the past si...
The Italy Mix: Volterra, Honeymoon in Italy, Turin
Published on Friday, July 31, 2015 by The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: The Magic of Volterra:  Rick Steves says Tuscany's Volterra is Italy's most underrated hill town. (The Seattle Times) Honeymoon Through Italy:  One couple danced at midnight in Venice, motore...
The Italy Mix: Venice Carnevale Edition
Published on Monday, February 9, 2015 by The Italy Mix is a weekly post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week: Guide to Carnevale 2015:  Venice is the places to be through February 17th. Learn how to make the best of a visit - from where to get the best masks to how to find the best parties . (The Telegraph...