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Ten years ago my wife and I moved to Turin in Piedmont Italy. This site is dedicated to sharing our passion and knowledge of the places, people and cuisine of this region, and the regions of le Marche and Sardinia - My Italy.
I invite you to join me in discovering these extraordinary Italian regions.
I hope to pass on my love for these beautiful and virtually tourist free Italian places - inspiring you to visit.
Once you discover these delightful landscapes, hill towns and more they will live forever within you! That is what happened to us and we are so very glad it did!
Why these Italian regions?
Piedmont
Turin/Torino, the region’s capital, has been our home for most of our ten years in Italy. This Italian region is fantastic and offers everything that Tuscany does but more, including – dare I say it - better food and wine. In fact the best Italian cooking and Italian food on the whole peninsular!
Le Marche
Absolutely gorgeous! Many of my friends from Turin spend their annual holidays here and a year after moving to Italy my wife and I rented a villa in Le Marche. We fell hopelessly in love with this magical region.
Sardinia/Sardegna
Sardinia has by far the best Italian beaches and more – I’ll also show you some great places in Sardinia for taking the children too!!
My hope is that through exploring my site you will be inspired to follow my advice and visit these most enchanting regions of Italy that I hold so dear. For you too, as it was for us, it could be the beginning of a life-changing experience.
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