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Category: Italy

Lucca
Submitted by Untours Staff
on April 18, 2022 under FlorenceItalyTuscany

Beautiful Lucca, A Tuscan Gem

One of Tuscany’s wealthiest and most graceful cities, Lucca is a gem not to be missed. It’s worth a visit from your Untour in Florence or even our rural Tuscany Untour, based in the southern part of the region. Colonized…

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The Peggy Guggenheim Museum
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on March 21, 2022 under ArtsItalyMuseumsVenice

Peggy’s Place: The Guggenheim in Venice

Peggy Guggenheim was an American heiress and eccentric who made a name for herself by amassing one of the broadest and most important private collections of modern art in the world. Born and raised in New York, she moved to…

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Amalfi apartment stay
Submitted by Special Guest
on January 5, 2022 under Amalfi CoastFood and DrinkItaly

First Impressions of the Amalfi Coast: An off-season visit

Our new Italian Untour Director Amber Martin recently returned from a visit to all six of our Italian Untours. It was the only one of our Untour areas where she had not spent time before. Here she shares her first…

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Untours apartment stays in Italy
Submitted by Untours Staff
on October 19, 2021 under Amalfi CoastFlorenceItalyRomeTuscanyUmbriaVenice

Meet Amber, Our New Italian Untour Director

All of us on the Untours team have been here for 20 or more years, which is a good thing, given how knowledge intensive our work in Europe is. So when Andi Cancelliere Sheehan, our Italian Untour Director for 25…

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Untourists in Italy
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on August 23, 2021 under Amalfi CoastItalyTuscany

Tuscany and Amalfi 2021 Report: Our First Italian Untourists

…And we’re back! Italy was the first country in Europe to shut down, so it felt particularly satisfying and a little poetic that it was one of our first countries to welcome Untourists this summer. The Lorenzis and the Moormans…

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A guide to Testaccio
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on August 5, 2021 under ItalyRome

Testaccio and the Aventino: Two Very Roman Neighborhoods

On a brief visit, it is easy to miss the fact that Rome is a city of neighborhoods, and some of its greatest charms lie in the less touristy districts. (On a Rome Untour you have time to explore these…

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A guide to winetasting in Chant
Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on July 6, 2021 under ItalyTuscanyWine

Toasting the Chianti Valley: A Primer to Some of Tuscany’s Best Wine Villages

While our Tuscany Untour is in Brunello wine territory, the Chianti Valley is within easy day trip distance and offers another flavor of farm traditions, scenery, village life, and viniculture. If you love natural beauty, robust red wines, and hearty…

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Tuscany food
Submitted by Special Guest
on April 5, 2021 under CheesesCoffee & CafesFlorenceFood and DrinkItalyTuscany

Bringing a Canned Ham to Tuscany

This guest post by Carol Yee is adapted from her book book Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citizen of the World.  When one thinks of Tuscany, one may think of Florence, the leaning tower of Pisa,…

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Eggplant parm recipe
Submitted by Untours Staff
on January 18, 2021 under Food and DrinkItalyTuscany

Tracy’s Melanzane alla Parmigiana Recipe

Our Tuscany Untour staff Tracy Hyde has been busier than you might expect during this pandemic that has frozen travel. She has turned her talents to Zoom and invited Untourists into her kitchen to learn to make traditional Italian dishes…

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Submitted by Andrea Szyper
on January 12, 2021 under ArtsFlorenceItalyMuseumsTuscany

Stendhal Sydrome: The Florence Condition

You might have heard of the Stendhal Syndrome, or the Florence Syndrome. You may have even experienced a mild case of it yourself. It is the feeling of being overwhelmed by too much art: too many beautiful paintings, sculptures, frescoes,…

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