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Colorful cliff-top villages on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Amalfi Coast Travel Guide: Cliffs, Villages & the Drive of Your Life

How to plan a trip to the Amalfi Coast — Positano, Ravello, Amalfi town, the coastal road, ferries, hiking, and when to visit to avoid the worst crowds.

Medieval towers and terracotta rooftops of a Tuscan hilltop town, Tuscany
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Arezzo Travel Guide: Piero della Francesca & Antique Markets

Arezzo travel guide — Piero della Francesca frescoes, the antique market, the Giostra del Saracino, and real Tuscan life away from the tourist circuit.

The Umbrian valley below Assisi with cypress trees and rolling countryside, Italy
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Assisi Travel Guide: St. Francis, Giotto & Umbrian Hill Towns

Your guide to Assisi — the Basilica of St. Francis with Giotto's frescoes, the hilltop medieval town, and Umbria's most important pilgrimage destination.

Trulli houses in Alberobello, the iconic whitewashed stone huts of Puglia
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Bari Travel Guide: Puglia's Capital & the Gateway to the South

Your guide to Bari — the Basilica of St. Nicholas, the old city maze, fresh orecchiette pasta, and ferries to Greece and Albania from Puglia's capital.

Porta Sant'Alessandro gate and Venetian walls overlooking the Bergamo Alta skyline
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Bergamo Travel Guide: The Upper City Above the Lombard Plain

Bergamo travel guide — the medieval Città Alta on a hilltop above modern Bergamo, with Venetian walls, the Cappella Colleoni, and Lombard cuisine.

Bologna's medieval towers and porticoed streets
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Bologna Travel Guide: Italy's Food Capital and Student City

Your complete guide to Bologna — Emilia-Romagna's food capital, with tortellini, ragù, Mortadella, porticoes, and the oldest university in the world.

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