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Italian typical cheeses: Bernardo

25 April, 2020

The production of this cheese remains circumscribed within Clusone, a small village near Bergamo. It’s mostly eaten fresh, though some let it age for eight, ten weeks.It’s made from cow’s and goat’s milk mixed together. A mixture that gives the…

Shopping in Italy: fashion outlets, lingerie and shop assistants

19 April, 2020

After looking at whether to tip in Italy or not, today we take a look at shopping in Italy and where best to find Italian lingerie. Firstly, on shop assistants: they take their job seriously. Most decent shops have professional…

Where to go in Italy: Touring Club awards Lombardy tourism

15 April, 2020

The Touring Club Italy with its orange flags is a kind of Italian tourism equivalent of Michelin stars. Since 1999 it has been awarding towns with less than 15,000 inhabitants according to rigorous selection criteria. Local councils must have important…

Crespi d'Adda in Lombardy: an utopian village

3 April, 2020

Not far from Milan and Bergamo there’s a small village called Crespi d’Adda and founded by the Crespi family at the turn of the century. It’s a rather quaint, old hamlet that the owners of a cotton mill built to…

Italian art exhibitions: Giacomo Manzù scupltures at the MAT in Clusone, Bergamo

15 March, 2020

Until February 8th, 2009, you can visit the art exhibition at the MAT (Museo Arte Tempo) in Clusone, Bergamo, dedicated to Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù.Manzù had his origins in the Bergamo region, and refuged at Clusone for a brief period…