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The fishing villages of Cinque Terre now rely solely on tourism, but ironically, the only way to preserve them might be to cut the number of visitors by half.
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Most locals are unaware that the old man selling beers from the small bar in the alley is a legend in Milanese counterculture.
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Watch two daredevils swoop down the Italian mountainside.
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From a family-run deli to a bakery passed down through generations, the concept of family runs deep in Venice.
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When he’s not fishing for squid or gardening outside his squat bungalow, the king of Tavolara lords over this tiny island’s 11 part-time residents and 100 nimble mountain goats.
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Florence is a boot camp in the power of seeing properly, by narrowing our field of view in order to expand it.
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Italy’s new budget puts 300m euros toward cultural conservation. But with an archaeological heritage so vast, will the funds be enough to save Rome’s ancient world?
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She can spend up to 15 hours on the boat fighting the wind, rain and heat – but Venice’s only female gondolier, Giorgia Boscolo, wouldn’t change a thing.
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