Around Italy: Puglia, Whitewashed Villages, Ancient Olive Trees, Adriatic Coastlines, and the Soul of Southern Italian Food Puglia stretches along the heel of Italy between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. Ancient olive trees, vineyards, wheat fields, dry-stone walls, masserie, whitewashed towns, and long coastlines define a region whose cuisine depends on excellent raw ingredients rather than complication. Bari The regional capital is one of southern Italy’s major ports and has

Around Italy: Marche, Renaissance Hill Towns, Adriatic Beaches, Truffles, Verdicchio, and the Wild Apennines Marche stretches from the Apennines to the Adriatic and combines Renaissance cities, medieval villages, dramatic mountains, caves, beaches, vineyards, olive groves, fishing ports, opera, and one of central Italy’s most varied cuisines. Urbino Urbino is one of the great Renaissance cities of Italy. Under Federico da Montefeltro it became an international center of art,

Around Italy: Emilia Romagna, Italy’s Great Food Valley of Motor Legends, Medieval Cities, and Unmatched Culinary Tradition Emilia Romagna stretches from the Apennines to the Adriatic and contains some of Italy’s most important cities, foods, industries, and cultural traditions. Bologna, Parma, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Ferrara, Ravenna, Rimini, and Piacenza each have distinct identities, yet together they form one of the country’s richest regions. Bologna Bologna is often descr