How to eat like a local on Italy's Amalfi Coast
3 min read • Oct 26, 2015
Naples, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast are a culinary Valhalla, where produce and well-trained taste buds have created one of the world’s most envied…
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- A wine-lover's guide to Italy
6 min read • Oct 16, 2015
With 400-plus grape varieties and over 2,400 wine styles, Italy is a paradise for oenophiles. The days of straw-bottled Chiantis are a fading hangover and…
- Seven reasons to visit Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy's intriguing borderland
5 min read • Oct 14, 2015
Writers Hemingway, Rilke and Joyce all found inspiration in the tiny, triple-barrelled Friuli Venezia Giulia region, tucked away in the far northeast of…
- Visiting Rome with kids: gladiators, gardens and gelato
5 min read • Sep 16, 2015
Rome's top attractions offer much to fire children’s imaginations, from the Colosseum with its past of blood-curdling spectacle to spooky underground…
- Insider Rome: discover four magical streets
6 min read • Sep 10, 2015
Rome’s streets offer layer upon layer of history. Often there is an another world to explore beneath, with temples or Roman houses lying underneath…
- A DIY day tour of the Vatican
4 min read • Sep 10, 2015
It might only cover about half a square kilometre, but the Vatican looks every inch a religious superpower. Its holy buildings are monumental in scale and…
- Hidden Rome: a guide to the city's best-kept secrets
4 min read • Sep 9, 2015
Rome is one of the world’s most visited tourist destinations and its most popular attractions receive millions of visitors each year. Thankfully though,…
- Ten ways to spend summer in Italy
13 min read • Jun 3, 2014
It’s the season to enjoy la dolce vita, whether driving the Amalfi Coast, watching the sunrise in Venice or tracking down the best gelato in Sicily…
- Italy's lesser-known regions
5 min read • May 13, 2014
Perhaps you have already seen the art and archaeology in Rome, the lemons on the Amalfi Coast and the winking mosaics of Venice’s San Marco. Maybe you…
- The real ragù: 10 things you didn't know about authentic spaghetti bolognese
4 min read • Apr 29, 2014
Slurping an authentic spaghetti bolognese in the city of its origin, Bologna, is on every gourmet traveller’s bucket list. But there are many…
- Off the beaten track in Rome
6 min read • Feb 5, 2014
From the Colosseum to the Sistine Chapel, Rome's headline acts need no introduction. But away from these historic crowd-pleasers, there are a host of…
- Opening up the secrets of southeastern Sicily
9 min read • Sep 25, 2013
Packed with Unesco World Heritage sites, sandy Mediterranean beaches, and hills striped with dry stone walls and dotted with carob, almond and olive trees…
- Tour de dessert: Europe’s most delicious pastries, cakes and tarts
3 min read • Aug 28, 2013
American cafe culture has come a long way in the last two decades: corporate coffee has spawned near two generations of independent cafes that offer more…
- Braving the 'Iron Ways': a beginner's guide to climbing Italy's Vie Ferrate
5 min read • Jul 4, 2013
With their sculpted peaks, pinnacles and towers of rock, Italy’s eastern Dolomites are the most beautiful corner of the Alps. The architect Le Corbusier…
- DDelicacies of Tuscany & Umbria
1 min read • May 30, 2013
These recommendations are taken from a previous edition of Lonely Planet's Tuscany & Umbria travel guide, which is full of inspirational ideas & detailed…
- Italian food in Italy: not your mamma's meatballs
5 min read • Apr 23, 2013
Listen closely when your jet touches down in Italy, and you may hear the rumble of some 500 stomachs getting prepared for a proper feast. Italian is…
- Land and sea: a gourmet tour of Sardinia
5 min read • Apr 18, 2013
The coastline and mountains of Sardinia have created two unique food cultures in this island region of Italy. Embark on a culinary journey with Matthew…
- Five reasons to wake a traveller at dawn
4 min read • Apr 8, 2013
You snooze, you lose – if you’re a traveller, that is. Set your alarm clock for one of these unforgettable early-morning experiences.
- IIn vino veritas: Italy's regional wines
3 min read • Apr 8, 2013
Grazing your way around Italy? No doubt you've discovered that Italy's sublime cuisine tastes even better when accompanied by a glass or two of the local…
- Highlights of Le Marche's cuisine
3 min read • Feb 11, 2013
One of Italy's hidden gems is the Le Marche region, which has historically played third fiddle to its more popular neighbours, Tuscany and Umbria. Much of…
- IItaly's top attractions: taking the 'trap' out of tourist trap
6 min read • Nov 7, 2012
Across the globe, lucky souls are packing for Italy to explore the famed marvels of ancient Rome, find romance along Venice's teal-blue canals – and well…
- IItaly by the slice: a guide to Italy's regional pizzas
6 min read • Aug 28, 2012
Olympic debates may keep piazzas across Italy buzzing most summer nights, but only until the pizza arrives. Silence falls as diners rip into the hot crust…