Molise In Italy

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Moli-Where? Six reasons Molise is Italy's best kept secret

Of Italy's 20 regions, Molise is the one everybody forgets. But there's plenty about it that's memorable.

Challenge your friends to a game of 'who can name all of Italy's regions' and Molise will probably be the last one they say – if they say it at all.

Among Italians from the other 19 regions of Italy, it's fair to say Molise is considered a bit of a joke. Scores of Facebook groups exist poking fun at Italy's youngest and second smallest region after alpine Val d'Aosta, such as the cleverly titled “Molisn't: I don't believe in the existence of Molise” which has 63,000 members.

But the low esteem in which the rest of Italy holds the region is no reflection of its fascinating …show more content…

Visitor's to semi deserted town's across the region can easily 'blackout' for a couple of days in places where conversation is a form of art, not an emoticon.

It has flavours most visitors never experience

While every region in Italy has its own traditional gastronomy, some region's foods hog all the attention.

Roman pasta alla carbonara and Sicilian arancini/e can be found cluttering up restaurant menus across Italy but you will struggle to find traditional fare from Molise anywhere outside the region.

Regional specialits include things like cavatelli al ragu di agnello – small pasta shells with lamb ragu and torcinelli – sheep's liver sausages.

Molise boasts some of Italy's most obscure wines, such as Biferno and Pientro di Iserna which have red, white and rosè varieties.

It's easy and cheap to get there

In spite of 63,000 non-believers, Molise does exist and its second city of Isernia can be reached in two hours by train from Rome and Naples, for less than €25 return.

If you still don't fancy a cheeky visit at least try not to save it till last when somebody asks you if you can name of Italy's

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