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Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 14:14 in tuscany, italian historic towns, destinations & events, food & wine
The last three weekends of November, the town of San Miniato, just a few kilometres from Pisa, hosts a major White Truffle festival. During the days of festival this Tuscan hill-town offers cut-price truffles — through its National White Truf...
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Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:39 in things to do, destinations & events, food & wine
With the event “San Martino in Cantina“, sponsored by Movimento Turismo Vino, selected wine cellars throughout Italy celebrate the new grape harvest November 15, 2009. Visitors have the chance to taste the Novello wine. It is not just ...
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Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 19:18 in rome, things to do, destinations & events
The Papal Basilicas of Rome are the venues for the Festival of Sacred Music and Art. The event, unique in the world, takes place in the autumn — 2009 edition: Nov. 18 - 22 — at a number of opulent basilicas throughout the Eternal City. ...
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Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 11:54 in umbria, tours of italy, destinations & events, food & wine
Beginning November 7-8, you can enjoy five week-ends filled with olive oil events in Umbria. Frantoi Aperti, an event aiming to promote the olive oil produced in Umbria, offers for five week-end — from November 7 through December 8 — guid...
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Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 18:26 in destinations & events, food & wine
The South Tyrolean town of Merano — high up in the Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige — hosts a major gourmet and wine festival, the “International Wine Festival & Culinaria” (Merano Wine Festival & Gourmet), from Octob...
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Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 10:41 in umbria, italian historic towns, destinations & events, food & wine
Those who are visiting Umbria in November should not miss the many events dedicated to the truffle. Two major truffle festivals are taking places in two towns located in spectacular settings at the foot of the Apennines mountain chain: Città di Cast...
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