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Arezzo | The City That Ignores You
Arezzo, in July, and the working town that forgot to perform
6 hrs ago
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Peter Benei
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Siena | What you are really here for
The city that built the Renaissance, lost the war, and was preserved by losing.
Jul 2
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Peter Benei
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Road to Siena | The Long Way Is the Better Way
Two roads to the same city, the case against sleeping in Florence, and the one time I tell you to take the crowded road.
Jul 1
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Peter Benei
San Gimignano | The Town After Seven
Inside the walls of the most photographed hill town in Tuscany, and the hour after the buses leave.
Jun 30
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Peter Benei
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Tigullio Roadtrip | Four Versions of the Same Liguria
The case for choosing the less crowded version of essentially the same coast
Jun 23
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Peter Benei
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San Miniato | The Truffle I Couldn't Taste
The white-truffle capital of Italy, the festival economy, and what depth actually costs
Jun 18
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Peter Benei
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Genova | Above the Port
A week in the carruggi, and the Italian city that belongs to the Mediterranean before it belongs to Italy
Jun 11
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Peter Benei
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Pistoia | Mini-Florence with Better Pastry
A Tuscan town we went to for the zoo and stayed for the coffee culture nobody else in the region has
Jun 8
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Magra Delta Roadtrip | A Tagine, a Lighthouse, and a Dead Roman City
The loop we drove on a busy May Saturday when Lerici was full, and have been driving ever since
Jun 5
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Peter Benei
Lerici | An Old Friend on the Gulf of Poets
The Ligurian town we came to in the summer of 2021, sight unseen, and have been returning to ever since
Jun 4
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Peter Benei
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Livorno | The City With No Time For You
Tuscany's working port, a few days alone, and the one place in the region that refuses to perform
May 27
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Peter Benei
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Montecatini Terme | The Bath Without People
A Hungarian walks into the grandest spa in Tuscany and finds the era that built it has quietly ended
May 22
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Peter Benei
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