Buongiorno Italy readers! 

Planning a trip to Italy in the Spring? Here are a few events and sites not to miss.

Liguria’s coastal resorts are holiday meccas in summer but the borghiof the region’s hilly and mountainous surroundings make for great destinations too, save our top five hill towns in the Italian Riviera. 

One ex-FBI agent's company helps tourists, students and business travelers navigate problems they may encounter overseas. 

A museum dedicated to the territory where culatello is produced, to its people, its culture and history, in the beautiful setting of Antica Corte Pallavicina.

In our latest dual-language feature, we discover the church that gives the name to Venice’s San Polo Sestiere.

Culatello is one of the most prized salumi (cured meats) of Italy, produced in the flatlands near the Po River in Emilia-Romagna and now one museum dedicated to this beloved delicacy has just opened near Parma.

Purists will scoff, but you really can make lasagna out of just about anything. The vegetarian version here gets all its wonderful flavor from fresh asparagus, that crowning glory of springtime and longtime bearer of erotic lore.

"Rather than worrying about what they will lack tomorrow, Tuscans prefer to look at what they have today." Our writer shares her tips on how to channel your inner Tuscan and stress less. 

Considered one of the cruelest tyrants in history, the figure of Nero continues to fascinate, even 1950 years after his death. Now his party house on Rome’s Palatine Hill is set to reopen. 

Minestrone is a thick Italian vegetable soup often with the addition of legumes, pasta or rice and sometimes meat. Try our version with fennel, kale and Cannellini beans. 

Our featured shop item this week is the "Danilla" clutch, made of a cotton panama fabric and printed by hand with professional water-based colors, 100% solvent-free. This is an artisan-made product by a small independent producer that produces handmade bags in printed fabric from Abruzzo. 

Beautifully finished apartments for sale in a luxury residence of only 28 apartments in Lake Garda. The residence features a beautiful Zen garden as well as a heated pool, spa and gym and is only 3.5kms to the town center of Bardolino

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