{"id":397,"date":"2025-07-31T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:01:49","slug":"italian-everyday-secrets-from-bathrobes-to-chamomile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/italian-everyday-secrets-from-bathrobes-to-chamomile\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Everyday Secrets: From Bathrobes to Chamomile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1. The Bathrobe Nation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forget towels \u2014 Italians reach for the accappatoio<\/em>. After a shower, most people don\u2019t dry themselves with a towel but simply put on a bathrobe and walk around until they air-dry. The irony? In hotels, you\u2019ll often find plenty of towels but no robe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Winter Without Heating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For many Italians, 20\u00b0C indoors feels dangerously warm. Heating is used sparingly \u2014 not out of economy alone, but from the belief that sudden changes between outdoor and indoor temperatures cause illness. If you come from northern Europe, Italian homes in winter might feel\u2026 fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Tea? You Mean Chamomile.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Black tea is practically exotic in Italy. Chamomile (camomilla<\/em>) is the true household staple \u2014 a bedtime ritual or a cure-all drink. Few homes have electric kettles; water is boiled in a pot on the stove. After meals, Italians drink espresso, not tea \u2014 and dessert rarely comes with a drink, except for festive cakes at special occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. The \u201cHealth Shirt\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That white cotton undershirt worn under everything? It\u2019s called la maglia di salute<\/em> \u2014 literally \u201cthe shirt of health.\u201d Men, women, and children wear it all year, even in 30\u00b0C heat, convinced it protects against colds. The tradition is so strong that Italian newspapers have written about it \u2014 seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Shoes Stay On Indoors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlike in many countries, Italians rarely remove their shoes at home or when visiting. Shoes are part of one\u2019s outfit, and walking barefoot or in socks feels inappropriate. The upside: floors are always spotless \u2014 they\u2019re cleaned right after guests leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Singing Is a Way of Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s perfectly normal to hear people humming in the street, singing in the supermarket, or softly performing while waiting in line. It\u2019s not eccentricity \u2014 it\u2019s joy in its most natural form. You\u2019ll find yourself joining in before you know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Bottled Water Obsession<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even though most Italian cities have excellent tap water \u2014 often mountain-spring quality \u2014 many locals buy it bottled, in 1.5-liter plastic containers from the supermarket. Large water deliveries are almost unknown. And in restaurants, ordering water before anything else is an unspoken rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyday habits reveal the country\u2019s soul \u2014 and in Italy, even small routines tell a story of tradition, comfort, and rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Italian customs surprised you<\/em> the most?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Living in Italy means constantly discovering little habits that reveal how differently Italians approach comfort, health, and daily life. Here are seven charming quirks that might surprise foreigners \u2014 but make perfect sense once you live here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}