Modica, Sicily, photographed August 12, 2013. Context photograph, not a portrait of Shalise Barnes or a Project Artemis property. Fernando García, CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped for layout. No creator endorsement implied.
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Name your airport, your real arrival stop and the last stretch to the accommodation before buying the transfer.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/naples-to-capri-ferry/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Naples to Capri by Ferry: Which Port, Which Boat and How to Get Back", "summary": "Two Naples terminals, different boat services and one return you should choose before the island itinerary. Start with the journey you can actually use.", "search": "Practical Italy Naples to Capri by Ferry: Which Port, Which Boat and How to Get Back Two Naples terminals, different boat services and one return you should choose before the island itinerary. Start with the journey you can actually use.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/luggage-on-italian-trains/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Luggage on Italian Trains: Size Rules, Onboard Space and Station Storage", "summary": "A suitcase can travel free and still make the itinerary difficult. 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Compare your actual trains, reservations and separate tickets before paying for a bundle.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/how-to-plan-a-trip-to-italy/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "How to Plan a Trip to Italy, Step by Step", "summary": "Dates, route, transfers, tickets, money, and the one question still holding the plan up. Settle each on the official page for your date, and the itinerary follows.", "search": "Practical Italy How to Plan a Trip to Italy, Step by Step Dates, route, transfers, tickets, money, and the one question still holding the plan up. Settle each on the official page for your date, and the itinerary follows.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/italy-by-train/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Italy by Train: How to Plan, Book and Ride", "summary": "Start with the operator and the ticket you actually bought. How Italian trains work, what a fare name tells you before you pay, and what to check when a train is late, cancelled or on strike.", "search": "Practical Italy Italy by Train: How to Plan, Book and Ride Start with the operator and the ticket you actually bought. How Italian trains work, what a fare name tells you before you pay, and what to check when a train is late, cancelled or on strike.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/italy-free-museums-november-2026/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Italy's Free Museum Sunday: November 1, 2026", "summary": "November 1, 2026 is a first Sunday. Florence has a fresh free-entry notice; Rome has different rules. Choose the museum before you choose the queue.", "search": "Practical Italy Italy's Free Museum Sunday: November 1, 2026 November 1, 2026 is a first Sunday. Florence has a fresh free-entry notice; Rome has different rules. Choose the museum before you choose the queue.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/lake-como-villas-with-staff/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Lake Como Villas With Staff: Villa or Luxury Hotel?", "summary": "Choose a staffed villa for a shared private home, a hotel for individual freedom, or a hotel-linked villa for a mix of both. Start with how your group wants to spend the day—not the most impressive photograph.", "search": "Practical Italy Lake Como Villas With Staff: Villa or Luxury Hotel? Choose a staffed villa for a shared private home, a hotel for individual freedom, or a hotel-linked villa for a mix of both. Start with how your group wants to spend the day—not the most impressive photograph.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/tuscany-villa-with-chef-or-florence-hotel/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Tuscany Villa With Chef or Florence Luxury Hotel?", "summary": "Choose the villa if being together at home is the point. Choose Florence if the city should be outside your door. A resort villa can sit between them—but a chef on a service list is not the same as a fully staffed stay.", "search": "Practical Italy Tuscany Villa With Chef or Florence Luxury Hotel? Choose the villa if being together at home is the point. Choose Florence if the city should be outside your door. A resort villa can sit between them—but a chef on a service list is not the same as a fully staffed stay.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/capri-private-boat-day-charter-yacht-transfer/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Capri Private Boat: Day Charter, Yacht or Transfer?", "summary": "Choose a day boat for time on the water, a transfer to change bases, or a crewed yacht when the boat is also your accommodation. Start with that choice—not a boat photograph or the word private.", "search": "Practical Italy Capri Private Boat: Day Charter, Yacht or Transfer? 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Start with bedrooms, daily rhythms and the whole transfer—not a list of famous places.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/luxury-italy-honeymoon-privacy/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Luxury Italy Honeymoon: Itinerary, Rooms and Privacy", "summary": "Decide where you want privacy before buying more experiences. A private room, your own boat and an exclusive museum opening are different things. Protect the time you want together, then confirm exactly what each arrangement includes.", "search": "Practical Italy Luxury Italy Honeymoon: Itinerary, Rooms and Privacy Decide where you want privacy before buying more experiences. A private room, your own boat and an exclusive museum opening are different things. Protect the time you want together, then confirm exactly what each arrangement includes.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/italy-crewed-yacht-charter-costs/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Private Yacht Charter in Italy: Plan the Whole Cost", "summary": "Choose the coast and the people before the yacht. Then compare the whole arrangement: charter fee, operating expenses, taxes, arrival and the time you actually want on the water. A beautiful boat is only one part of a remarkable week.", "search": "Practical Italy Private Yacht Charter in Italy: Plan the Whole Cost Choose the coast and the people before the yacht. Then compare the whole arrangement: charter fee, operating expenses, taxes, arrival and the time you actually want on the water. A beautiful boat is only one part of a remarkable week.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/lake-como-luxury-hotels/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Lake Como Luxury Hotels: Which Stay Fits Your Trip?", "summary": "Choose the room, the setting and the way you want to arrive before choosing a famous name. Villa d'Este, Il Sereno, Passalacqua and Grand Hotel Tremezzo offer different starting points for the same beautiful lake. Here is how to make a useful shortlist.", "search": "Practical Italy Lake Como Luxury Hotels: Which Stay Fits Your Trip? Choose the room, the setting and the way you want to arrive before choosing a famous name. Villa d'Este, Il Sereno, Passalacqua and Grand Hotel Tremezzo offer different starting points for the same beautiful lake. Here is how to make a useful shortlist.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/amalfi-coast-luxury-hotels-capri/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Amalfi Coast Luxury Hotels or Capri: Where to Stay", "summary": "Positano for a town-facing stay, Amalfi for a sea-club rhythm, Ravello for time above the coast, or Capri for island evenings? Four hotel examples reveal the differences a beautiful photograph cannot settle.", "search": "Practical Italy Amalfi Coast Luxury Hotels or Capri: Where to Stay Positano for a town-facing stay, Amalfi for a sea-club rhythm, Ravello for time above the coast, or Capri for island evenings? 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Choose the route, the room you will actually sleep in and the days on either side before choosing the famous name.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/private-wine-tours-tuscany-montalcino/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Private Wine Tours in Tuscany: Plan a Montalcino Day", "summary": "One thoughtful tasting, a table worth lingering at and no scramble between appointments. Choose the wine experience first, then make the day around it work.", "search": "Practical Italy Private Wine Tours in Tuscany: Plan a Montalcino Day One thoughtful tasting, a table worth lingering at and no scramble between appointments. Choose the wine experience first, then make the day around it work.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/barolo-private-wine-tour-langhe/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Barolo Private Wine Tour: Tastings, Stays and Drivers", "summary": "A wine worth understanding deserves more than a hurried stop. Shape a Langhe stay around the right tasting, a generous lunch and a comfortable journey home.", "search": "Practical Italy Barolo Private Wine Tour: Tastings, Stays and Drivers A wine worth understanding deserves more than a hurried stop. Shape a Langhe stay around the right tasting, a generous lunch and a comfortable journey home.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/michelin-restaurants-italy-reservations/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Michelin Restaurants in Italy: Plan the Table First", "summary": "A remarkable meal can shape an Italy journey. Choose the restaurant and the experience carefully, then give the evening the time, setting and easy return it deserves.", "search": "Practical Italy Michelin Restaurants in Italy: Plan the Table First A remarkable meal can shape an Italy journey. 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Choose the service around the day you want, from the first pickup to the last hotel door.", "search": "Practical Italy Private Driver in Italy: Transfers, Days or a Road Trip? A comfortable car is only the beginning. Choose the service around the day you want, from the first pickup to the last hotel door.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/venice-private-water-taxi-hotel/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Venice Private Water Taxi: Airport to Your Hotel", "summary": "A beautiful arrival starts before the boat. Choose the right pickup, the actual hotel landing and the help you want along the way.", "search": "Practical Italy Venice Private Water Taxi: Airport to Your Hotel A beautiful arrival starts before the boat. 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Start with your style and the service you want, not a promise of access.", "search": "Practical Italy Private Shopping in Milan: Appointments or a Stylist? The right pieces, thoughtful advice and a Milan day you actually enjoy. Start with your style and the service you want, not a promise of access.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/bespoke-tailoring-italy/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Bespoke Tailoring in Italy: Plan the Fittings First", "summary": "A beautiful garment, a pair of shoes, something made to keep. Give the craft its own time, and build an Italy journey worth enjoying around it.", "search": "Practical Italy Bespoke Tailoring in Italy: Plan the Fittings First A beautiful garment, a pair of shoes, something made to keep. Give the craft its own time, and build an Italy journey worth enjoying around it.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/luxury-wellness-retreats-italy/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Luxury Wellness Retreats in Italy: Spa or Program?", "summary": "A beautiful setting, unhurried days and time that feels like your own. Choose the kind of wellness stay you actually want before choosing the itinerary.", "search": "Practical Italy Luxury Wellness Retreats in Italy: Spa or Program? A beautiful setting, unhurried days and time that feels like your own. Choose the kind of wellness stay you actually want before choosing the itinerary.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/italy-private-jet-helicopter-transfers/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Private Jets and Helicopter Transfers in Italy", "summary": "The point is not simply to fly privately. It is to protect the days you came for, with the right arrival, room for your bags and a sensible alternative.", "search": "Practical Italy Private Jets and Helicopter Transfers in Italy The point is not simply to fly privately. It is to protect the days you came for, with the right arrival, room for your bags and a sensible alternative.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/sardinia-yacht-charter-la-maddalena/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Sardinia Yacht Charter: Coast, Islands and Costs", "summary": "A long swim, lunch aboard and an evening ashore when you want one. Choose the kind of Sardinian week you want before choosing the yacht.", "search": "Practical Italy Sardinia Yacht Charter: Coast, Islands and Costs A long swim, lunch aboard and an evening ashore when you want one. Choose the kind of Sardinian week you want before choosing the yacht.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/amalfi-coast-luxury-itinerary/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Amalfi Coast Luxury Itinerary: Land or Private Yacht", "summary": "A terrace at breakfast, a swim before lunch and an island evening worth staying for. Build the trip around those moments, not a race between famous names.", "search": "Practical Italy Amalfi Coast Luxury Itinerary: Land or Private Yacht A terrace at breakfast, a swim before lunch and an island evening worth staying for. Build the trip around those moments, not a race between famous names.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/aeolian-islands-yacht-charter/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Aeolian Islands Yacht Charter: Your Kind of Week", "summary": "Lipari town time, Salina flavors and days shaped around the sea. Choose a few moments worth lingering over, with room for the plan to change.", "search": "Practical Italy Aeolian Islands Yacht Charter: Your Kind of Week Lipari town time, Salina flavors and days shaped around the sea. Choose a few moments worth lingering over, with room for the plan to change.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/travel/florence-airport-to-city/", "section": "Practical Italy", "title": "Florence Airport to City: Tram, Taxi or Private Transfer", "summary": "The T2 tram is a direct city connection, not a promise of a door-to-door trip. Choose from your address, bags and actual arrival time, then keep a workable alternative.", "search": "Practical Italy Florence Airport to City: Tram, Taxi or Private Transfer The T2 tram is a direct city connection, not a promise of a door-to-door trip. 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Both routes begin with highly specialized work and a current consular file.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/move-to-italy/elective-residence-visa/", "section": "Move to Italy", "title": "Italy's Elective Residence Visa: The No-Work Route to Check Carefully", "summary": "Elective residence is built around substantial, stable resources independent of employment and a real plan to reside in Italy. It is not a remote-work visa or a retirement guarantee.", "search": "Move to Italy Italy's Elective Residence Visa: The No-Work Route to Check Carefully Elective residence is built around substantial, stable resources independent of employment and a real plan to reside in Italy. 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The correct request route depends on whether you are abroad or already in Italy—and why you need it.", "search": "Move to Italy How to Get an Italian Codice Fiscale as a Foreigner The codice fiscale is an official identity record, not a visa, tax-residency decision or health card. The correct request route depends on whether you are abroad or already in Italy—and why you need it.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/move-to-italy/italy-work-visa-italian-employer/", "section": "Move to Italy", "title": "Italy Work Visa: What an Italian Employer Must Start First", "summary": "For most non-EU citizens living abroad, a job offer is not the visa application. The employer normally opens the work-authorization file in Italy before the worker can apply at the competent consulate.", "search": "Move to Italy Italy Work Visa: What an Italian Employer Must Start First For most non-EU citizens living abroad, a job offer is not the visa application. The employer normally opens the work-authorization file in Italy before the worker can apply at the competent consulate.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/move-to-italy/italy-student-visa-university-admission/", "section": "Move to Italy", "title": "Italy Student Visa: Why University Admission Is Not the Visa", "summary": "For a non-EU student who needs a visa, an offer from an Italian university is only one record. Pre-enrolment, the consular decision and the post-arrival residence permit remain separate stages.", "search": "Move to Italy Italy Student Visa: Why University Admission Is Not the Visa For a non-EU student who needs a visa, an offer from an Italian university is only one record. 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Residents rebuilt it in place, cataloguing 8,000 shaped stones from the cathedral alone.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/compiano/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Compiano", "summary": "One castle holds both the last marchioness's house museum and what the Ministry of Culture calls Italy's first and only museum of Freemasonry.", "search": "Hidden Italy Compiano One castle holds both the last marchioness's house museum and what the Ministry of Culture calls Italy's first and only museum of Freemasonry.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/offida/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Offida", "summary": "A seven-room lace museum and two street rites - a mock ox and bundles of burning reeds - make Offida's craft and Carnival unusually legible.", "search": "Hidden Italy Offida A seven-room lace museum and two street rites - a mock ox and bundles of burning reeds - make Offida's craft and Carnival unusually legible.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/calcata/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Calcata", "summary": "The old village survived a state-planned transfer and later revived through artists, writers and craftspeople living in its tufa houses.", "search": "Hidden Italy Calcata The old village survived a state-planned transfer and later revived through artists, writers and craftspeople living in its tufa houses.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/santo-stefano-di-sessanio/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Santo Stefano di Sessanio", "summary": "The 2009 earthquake brought down the Medici tower. 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Today the climb is supervised and equipped.", "search": "Hidden Italy Castelmezzano Fifty-four steps cut into a sandstone spire once reached the watch point of Castrum Medianum. Today the climb is supervised and equipped.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/stilo/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Stilo", "summary": "A five-domed Byzantine church founded around the year 1000 stands above the birthplace of philosopher Tommaso Campanella.", "search": "Hidden Italy Stilo A five-domed Byzantine church founded around the year 1000 stands above the birthplace of philosopher Tommaso Campanella.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/petralia-soprana/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Petralia Soprana", "summary": "An active rock-salt mine at Raffo contains a contemporary-art museum that opens only on announced, bookable dates.", "search": "Hidden Italy Petralia Soprana An active rock-salt mine at Raffo contains a contemporary-art museum that opens only on announced, bookable dates.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/towns/orgosolo/", "section": "Hidden Italy", "title": "Orgosolo", "summary": "A 1969 mural and the peaceful Pratobello mobilisation belong to the same political moment. More than 150 works now carry that archive across the town.", "search": "Hidden Italy Orgosolo A 1969 mural and the peaceful Pratobello mobilisation belong to the same political moment. More than 150 works now carry that archive across the town.", "starting": false}, {"href": "/italy-lived/operation-sicily-jonathan-smith/", "section": "Italy, Lived", "title": "The €21,500 House Was Only the Beginning", "summary": "Jonathan Smith bought an abandoned villa in western Sicily. Operation Sicily records what came after the keys: uncertainty, utilities, materials and work.", "search": "Italy, Lived The €21,500 House Was Only the Beginning Jonathan Smith bought an abandoned villa in western Sicily. 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