As Italy blossoms into spring, Rocco Forte Hotels invites guests to embrace the season’s beauty through vibrant floral traditions and Easter celebrations in Rome, Florence, Sicily and Puglia.

Why are these Italian ghost towns worth a visit? While many are in a complete state of abandonment—some wholly reduced to rubble—roughly 120 ghost towns have been restored or ...

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Finally, last December, Zurzolo formally converted to Judaism with a dip in the ancient mikvah of Siracusa, Sicily’s fourth-largest city and one of Italy’s southernmost municipalities.