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…on site and can arrange truffle hunts and winery tours. (hotelcastellodisinio.com).You can reach Alba by flying to Milan then driving through Alessandria and Asti to Alba, or fly to Milan…

…to the natural phenomenons. The type of rock is the same as the one building the Turkish Stairway, but this site is less known and popular, but more remote, intact…

…the Basilica di San Francesco, whose first stone had been laid by Saint Damian. The church – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – is an absolute beauty to behold. It…

…Italian 00 flour are available from Amazon.com.  Penzey’s makes an excellent high fat Dutch cocoa, available from Penzeys.com.   Questions? Email me at adri@AdriBarrCrocetti.com or visit my site at AdriBarrCrocetti.com…

…the entrance and your ticket also includes admission to the small but quite interesting Civic Archeological Museum which is also on the archeological site (be sure to see the interesting…

…chessboard, site of the biennial life-sized human chess game. The game takes place every two years, in even-numbered years. But if you’re expecting serious contestants with furrowed brows, pensively hunched…

…Leo X (aka Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici) and Clement VII (aka Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici), that the idea of making this place the burial site of the Medici…

…Lecce. Built between 1539 and 1549 on the site of an existing Norman fortress, the Castle has a central courtyard and decorated halls and, today, hosts cultural and artistic events….

…smart hotel (www.cavebianchehotel.com). Built inside a former sandstone quarry for white calcarenite, it is owned by an industrial engineer, Livio Gandolfo, who wanted turn the family-run stone production site into…

…with exquisite taste and sparkling light, you can play, read, dance and chat, but to enter the hall’s playground, you must first belong to the Company of the Casino made…