If you want to bring a unique gift from Florence to your friends and family, Parmigiano Reggiano is a great option! This iconic cheese is one of Italy’s most protected and historic products. It is a hard grating cheese with a rich and complex flavour, traditionally enjoyed shaved over pasta or broken into chunks and […]
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Piedmont is a mountainous region in Italy that borders Switzerland and France. It’s famous for its undulating landscapes, beautiful villages, delicious cuisine, ancient history, and classic wines. Besides those, Piedmont also has several landmark developments and baroque architecture. Its location on mountainous north-west Italy means that it’s perfectly ringed by the Alps. So, it features
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Lunigiana occupies the northernmost tip of Tuscany, where the Apennines, the Apuan Alps, and the Ligurian border converge. The region has been a transit corridor since antiquity — the Via Francigena, the medieval pilgrim road from Canterbury to Rome, crosses the Cisa pass at Pontremoli and descends through the valley to the coast. The result
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Chef Massimo Bottura has opened a canteen in Modena with a strong social mission. At Self Service Ghirlandina, you certainly won’t find the sophisticated dishes of Osteria Francescana. However, you can still tell your friends that you ate at Bottura’s “restaurant” in Modena. More importantly, you can enjoy authentic Modenese dishes such as passatelli, tagliatelle,
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Rated 4.9 ★★★★★ — Based on 280 reviews on TripAdvisor · #1 in Bologna · Travellers’ Choice 2025 Guests love our passionate guides, authentic food experiences, generous tastings, and seamless organisation. View on TripAdvisor 2-hour private walking experience in historic Modena — tastings of Parmesan, balsamic, ham, gnocco fritto & tigelle — €90 per person
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The eight UNESCO monuments in Ravenna were built over roughly 150 years by three successive rulers, each working in the same tradition but at different moments of technical ambition. Knowing what you are looking at in each building changes the experience considerably. This is a site-by-site guide to the six monuments in the city centre,
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