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Here is a short trip of discovery around the Italian island of Sardinia, using as a guide our five senses.  Such a tour is one of the best ways to reveal all the treasures which Sardinia holds. Sensual Sardinia One of the islands greatest treasures is its people.  While Sardinians are known for their pride and mistrustful nature, they are also renown for their hospitality: guests are sacred, and are treated with great warmth and respect. Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee, or, better yet, pour yourself a glass wine, Sardinian Cannonau perhaps, then sit back, relax and enjoy reading about paradise! Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Sardinia looks like a large footprint.  This shape is quite appropriate, as the best way to get to the island’s hidden delights is on foot.

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Sardinia in Five Senses

Custom Teaser:  Istria-born Lidia Matticchio Bastianich explores the lesser known cuisines of Italy in her eminently usable book, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy Words by Carla Passino It may sound strange to have a great Italian recipe book written by a Croatian. But Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, TV chef, restaurateur and cookbook author extraordinaire, originally comes from Istria, a large peninsula in the northeast corner of the Adriatic Sea, which has historically been an ethnic melting pot with large Italian, Croatian and Slovene populations.

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Book of the Week: Italian with a difference

90% of Italians will spend this Christmas at home with their families and 75% will choose products made in Italy, reports La Stampa.

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Italian products triumph this Christmas

Words by Pat Eggleton Buongiorno a tutti and I hope you are feeling festive.

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Patti Chiari – a place called Syracuse

In Italy, the olive harvesting season begins usually in October or November, depending on the region, and in Sicily it is already well on its way.

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Sicily olives to the press

In the beginning of September we launched a competition to discover Italy’s sever wonders, and the response has been absolutely amazing. We’ve had hundreds of submissions and some wonderful suggestions.

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Great response for Italy’s seven wonders competition

Italian football commentators are as passionate as the best of them but Tiziano Crudeli deserves a special mention. He is quickly becoming a YouTube star across the world purely on the basis of his amazing and passionate commentary. He is a die-hard Milan fan and has no problem in being completely subjective when it comes to commenting games with Milan

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The best Italian football commentator ever (VIDEO)

Words by Carla Passino – Pictures by Claudio Pedrazzi Milan leads the way – at least for what concerns the property market . The tide has turned since last year’s downturn, and housing values in the northern metropolis are inching upwards, according to a report by Italian property portal Idealista.it

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Milan property prices rise again

The small town of Sala Consilina is quickly making a name for itself as the world record holder for the longest ever braid of mozzarella. They set the record in 2007 with a plait of 42.8m and broke it again this Sunday by making one of 78.8m long and 10cm thick

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Mozzarella braid (78.8m long) breaks world record

Words by Carla Passino Custom Teaser:  Author Ferenc Máté’s humorous account of how his family survived tractor mishaps and vinous floods and turned a medieval wreck into an internationally renowned vineyard

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Book of the week: A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover’s Dream