"Right, here’s a geography test for you. Where in Italy is this month’s featured city, Pavia, located? (No,not Padua, Pavia, pronounced pah-VEE-uh.) No cheating by looking at the map on the contents page. Well, a few marks if you said ‘in the north’, even more points if you placed it in Lombardia, and top of the class if you said ‘south of Milan’. In fact it about 30 kilometres due south of there and just a touch more than that from the northern border of Emilia Romagna. But what do you know about it?"
Fiona Tankard - Italy Magazine Editor
Read on for the contents of the April Issue or click here to order this and other past issues
sense of place
Hard to know which shoes to choose in this colourful display at Siena's market
magical marche
An underrated region with a fascinating past, this area offers as much as Umbria and Tuscany and more, says Charles L. Joseph
Pavia - city of suprises
It's a stone's throw from Milan, yes it still relatively unknown. Louise Sweet guides us through this lovely city's streets.
letters
what's on
Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in April
Italian insight and news
dual language
Andrea Antonioni explains a national holiday - the 25th April Festival
religion in Italy
Another Italian institution described by Christine Webb
book reviews
queen of the big top
Moira Orfei's 50 years in the circus business celebrated by Fiona Garrick di Pinto
flying high
Mark Worden looks at one of Italy's best-known songs
La Dolce Vita
italy magazine co-partners this Italian extravaganza at Earl's Court 2, 2nd-8th of April - with exciting reader offers
modernity in Milan
A designer apartment described by Adam Butler
earthly paradise
A garden near Padua impresses Sue Robinson
Doge for a day
Robert Mens and vintage motor boats in Venice
is italy safe? - Part 2
More advice for the unwary from John Murphy
business
A new look to our regular business feature with Emma Bird
our wonderland new life
'Fifty-something' Sandra Yong has now been in Italy for 18 months. We find out how she's getting on
hair today
Fiona Tankard eventually finds a hairdresser in Umbria
a tale of three vineyards
Marc Millon reccoments some of Italy's lesser known wines from Le Marche
primavera at la caravella
Top Amalfi chef, Antonio Dipino shares some succulent springtime recipes with Fiona Garrick di Pi nto
crazy for Cavalli
Top designer Roberto Cavalli has just opened a new Just Cavalli store in Milan, Julia Chiarella Genove finds out more
fruits of the sea and land
Le Marche's bounty sampled by Marc Millon
a day by the lake
Marina Spironetti suggests a quick tour of Lake Bolsena
red letter days
A fabulous eight-day tour of Italy in not one, but three Ferraris
what’s available in... Bugnara, Abruzzo
A little known area of Abruzzo with reasonable prices is highlighted by Fabiola Tosari
