Buongiorno Italy readers!

While hiring a car is your best bet to a smooth vacation, save our guide with multiple transportation options of getting around Sicily for your next holiday.

In our latest dual-language article, we look at one of the most recognizable symbols of Sicilian folklore, the Sicilian cart (carretto siciliano) is an ornate, colorful horse-or donkey-drawn cart. The Italian word “Prego” often causes confusion because it is used a lot. Here are a few helpful phrases to help you figure out how to best use this popular word.

Big news! Two new sites have been added this year to the already substantial list of Italy’s UNESCO World Heritage sites (at 53, the country with the most Unesco sites in the world, here’s where they are.

If you’re not easily impressionable, and have a certain inclination for the macabre, head to Palermo where you can see what is perhaps the best manifestation of this tradition: the Capuchin Catacombs.

Sicily is often described as a crossroads of civilizations, given its long history of foreign domination, from the Greeks to the Romans, to the Arabs, Normans, Aragonese and more. Here’s an idea for a trip to Sicily that involves nine destinations, each bearing testament to the many civilizations that lived on the island.

Pici is the Maremma Tuscany’s favourite pasta. It’s the predecessor to spaghetti and is hand-rolled. If you’re pressed for time, just use fresh spaghetti. The sauce is rich, but fresh, making it a great summer lunch dish.  Savoured as a thirst-quenching afternoon pick-me-up when the sun really starts to scorch, save our recipe for coffee granita.

They say an “apple a day keeps the doctor away” and Mela-dÏ is is a fun, weekly dispenser of apples that counts, with you, the days of the week. Straight from a Sicilian pottery studio: a horse-themed candle holder, fashioned and decorated entirely by hand.

Looking for a true oasis in Emilia-Romagnia? Ca’Bevilacqua Bed&Breakfast offers a daily organic breakfast, 1.8 km from Santa Maria Nuova di Bertinoro, in a large private park.

For sale in Umbria, Casa San Pietro is a beautifully restored property in a wonderful hillside position with olive trees and a large garden in Citta di Castello.

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