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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Sophie Goodall

Villages, vineyards and volcanic lakes – the delights beyond Rome’s borders

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A fig tree, dropping with fruit, ruffles in the breeze. My guide, Federica, points and cries: “The typical Roman breakfast – focaccia, ham and fig. It’s the perfect balance of sweet and salty. But these figs are unlike anything you would get in England.”

And neither are the views.

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