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Rediscover some of the world’s greatest writers, like Boccaccio, Petrarch and Dante, by visiting the places that inspired them and walking in the footsteps of their characters.
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16 September 2011
Explore behind Siena’s mesmerising, well-preserved Gothic facades, and dine on handmade pasta in the city’s finest restaurants.
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15 September 2011
The museums in the birthplace of Renaissance art can get expensive. Luckily there are a few artistic treasures that cost nothing to enjoy.
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15 September 2011
Though Napoleon Bonaparte escaped less than a year after being “banished” to this Tuscan island, he left such a lasting mark that its inhabitants still pray for his soul.
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14 September 2011
Siena’s Il Palio features a series of colourful pageants, and most famously, a wild bareback horse race around Piazza del Campo.
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13 September 2011
Famed for their food, Tuscany serves up dish after dish of earthy delights.
12 September 2011
Known as “the green heart of Italy”, it is the only region that borders neither the sea nor another country and consequently retains many ancient traditions.
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12 September 2011
A selection of these Food & Drink articles were originally published on Lonely Planet.
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