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Hands cutting fresh egg pasta with a knife on a wooden board.

Cooking

Emilia-Romagna · and every kitchen with a spare chair

Fresh egg pasta is cut by hand, with a knife, on a wooden board — the way it is taught at home rather than in a restaurant. A cooking class is usually a family kitchen with one extra stool at the table.

Italian cuisine · Cooking classes in Bologna

A small boat on calm water near the island of Elba.

Sailing

Elba · the Tuscan archipelago

Sailing here is a matter of reading the afternoon wind: an anchor bay before lunch, a swim, and a harbour by evening. The islands are close enough that you can change your mind.

Elba on Wikipedia · Sailing the Tuscan coast

The Path of the Gods, a walking path above the Amalfi coast.

Hiking

Amalfi coast · Apennines · Alps

The Path of the Gods runs high above Amalfi; the Via Francigena crosses the whole country on foot. Italy is walkable in a way that surprises people who only know its cities.

Via Francigena · Amalfi Coast · Hiking tours

Clay being shaped on a potter's wheel.

Workshops

Murano · Carrara · a side street near you

Murano blows glass and Carrara cuts marble, but the everyday version is a potter's wheel in a side street, where you can spend an afternoon and take home something slightly crooked.

Venetian glass · Carrara marble · Workshops

Festival lights strung over a street at dusk, people walking below.

Festivals

A village feast, southern Italy

The feast is the real clock of the Italian year: lights across the street, a saint carried through the square, tables out until late. A sagra is the same thing organised around one ingredient.

Sagra · Carnival of Venice · Festivals

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