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Just over the bridge, on neighboring Paradise Island, check out the Augustinian cloisters at Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort.
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Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Several portraits in medallions high on the walls of the cloisters show decapitated Dominican Friars who worked as inquisitors with just a stump for a neck and their heads held in their hands.
The Calendimaggio festival, held each May, fills the town with medieval pageantry and music, while various religious feasts throughout the year bring color and tradition to the piazzas.
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Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.