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Elizabeth Heath is a writer and editor living on a hill in Umbria, from where she writes about travel in Italy, the rest of Europe, and farther afield. If you think about Rimini at all, you probably ...

Renting a spot in one of Italy's many beach resorts has not been cheap for a long time. However, it has never been as expensive as it is this summer. At Twiga, a luxurious club on the Tuscan coast ...