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The Moorish delicacies of Palermo
Beneath the uninviting surface, Palermo conceals an extraordinarily rich living heritage: Roman, Norman, Spanish and Arabic, best captured in its fabulous street food.
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Pilate's Lake - a hike in the haunted Sibillini Mountains
I couldn’t find a trace of the gallows but the ghosts of the dead hung heavily over Lago di Pilato (Pilate’s lake) a small glacial lake in remote mountains of central Italy.
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A culinary treasure in the marble mountains of Tuscany
Lardo, the poorest cut of pork has made Colonnata, an isolated village in the marble mountains overlooking the coast of northern Tuscany, both rich and famous.
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Trails to Freedom: crossing the Alps
On Sunday I start a six-day walk into Switzerland from Italy following a medieval trail used by 4 Aussie POWs to escape the Nazis in 1943 - click to find out more.
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