A Profile of Italy

• Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland...
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Regions of Italy

• Much of the unique quality and appeal of Italy comes from the variety and individuality of Italy's regions. There are twenty regions in Italy and before Italian Unification in 1861, many of these regions were proudly independent. In many areas that independence can still be felt today. For outsiders, the differing characteristics of certain regions can be obvious...
  
  
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• Favignana & the Aegadian Islands
  (Sicily)

• Lipari & the Aeolian Islands
  (Sicily)

• Asinara
  (Sardinia)

• Capri
  (Campania)

• Lampedusa & the Pelagie Isands
  (Sicily)

• Ischia & the Phlegraean Islands
  (Campania)

• Ponza & the Pontine Islands
  (Lazio)

• Elba & the Tuscan Islands
  (Tuscany)

• The Tremiti Islands
  (Puglia)

Visiting Italy

• It is generally acknowledged that Italy is one of the most beautiful and interesting countries on earth.Visiting Italy, visit italy, travelling to italy, italian travel, trips to italyVisiting Italy, from Venice in the north to Sicily in the south, you will find that the wonderful contrasts of scenery, food, lifestyle and culture are totally absorbing...
  
  
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Living in Italy

• The Italian, mediterranean lifestyle is famous throughout the world. Sitting outside in beautiful weather, surrounded by friends and family, eating fabulous food, drinking delicious wine and gazing at the unsurpassable countryside, has to be everyone's idea of paradise. But this is no idle dream! It is a dream that has become reality for many people who have chosen to relocate to this wonderful country and live in Italy...
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Italian Food

• In this part of the website we feature information on Italian Cuisine in general and the varied cuisine that can be found in the twenty different regions of Italy.Italian food is known and loved all around the globe and there is hardly a city in the world that does not have an Italian restaurant or two. Supermarkets are full of italian ingredients from fresh cheeses and meats to pasta, tomato sauces, passata and pizza. Endless cookery books in many different languages are devoted solely to Italian cooking...
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Italian Wine

• Over the centuries the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans all played a significant role in the development of wine production in Italy. They established the best way of growing vines. They developed techniques of wine production and of wine storage. From those early beginnings, Italy has now become one of the top two leading wine producers in the world, vying with France for the title year on year...
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Property in Italy

• When looking for Italian property for sale, it is very important to give some thought to the characteristics and geography of each region, and even of each province within each region, as the types of properties, the environment, the climate and the culture can vary dramatically from one to another...
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Top To Toe

• 'Top To Toe' is our blog about all aspects of Italy...
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