Italy Magazine

Italian Language Intermediate

Do You Know the Difference between Sapere (Know) and Conoscere (Know) in Italian?

Homonyms are tricky in any language, but especially when translating from one language to another.

Italian Ways

Italian Bureaucracy: A Comedy of Errors

Our writer Myra shares her story of a frustrating and all too common experience of Italy's infamous "red-tape".

Island

Procida Island Named Italian Capital of Culture for 2022

The little-known island off the coast of Naples will be Italy's Culture Capital in 2022.

Interview

On the Tuscan-Umbrian Border, Building a Home from Scratch

Learn what it's like to buy a piece of land in Italy to build a house on it.

Museums

Statues on display at the Uffizi in Florence

Some Museums Reopen in Italy

Good news for culture and art lovers: museums reopen in certain parts of Italy, including the Uffizi.

Books

Learn How to Retire in Italy From American Expats Who Actually Did It

Buying property

Why You Should Buy and Live in Italy NOW

Interview

Interview with Elena Markova, Founder of the COMO LAKE Today online magazine

Buying property

The Easy Guide to Owning Your Italian Home Away from Home in 2021

Suggested Italian Properties

Appassionata, Fractional Ownership, Il Riposo, Patrignone, Le Marche, Italy

Il Riposo - 'The Retreat'

Montalto delle Marche

12 Rooms 3 Bathrooms 4 Bedrooms

123000

Camporgiano Ref: 4715

Camporgiano

Rooms 2 Bathrooms 5 Bedrooms

250000

Country Villa with Land to Restore in Modica, Val di Noto

Modica

5 Rooms 1 Bathrooms 2 Bedrooms

240000

Farmhouse Partially Restored And Newly Built Fully Furnished Cottage

Abruzzo

4 Rooms 1 Bathrooms 3 Bedrooms

160000

Shop Italian

Truffle Shuffle

$220.00

Venice will always have a place in our hearts, the city of love and romance. This painting of my wife Susan is one of my favourites.

The Artist's Wife, Venice

$95.00

Word Of The Week. An eBook of Italian vocabulary with audio of Italian Phrases

$4.99

Dream of Venice in Black and White

$36.00

A Postcard from Tuscany

$76.00

Buying a Property in Italy Guide

$9.99

Walking Lake Garda and Iseo

$28.00

Holiday 2020 - Panettone in a Box

$81.00

Plan your trip in Italy

Tours

7-day Authentic Cultural, Culinary, Ancestry, Wellness and Active Tours in Abruzzo, Puglia & Emilia Romagna with Italia Sweet Italia

Vasto

Language School

2021 Language Immersion Program in Puglia

Alberobello

Food tours

Organic wine and food tours in Tuscany

Florence

Language Schools

Learn Italian in Genoa and Online - Centro Studi Italiani (Ex Scuola Tricolore)

Genoa

Language Schools

ELLCI Milano

Milan

Italian Recipes

Recipes

Warm Up this January with Polenta Concia

Celebrating a rich and hearty winter dish called polenta “concia." It includes a lot of fontina from Italy's Val d’Aosta, the region’s famous melty cheese, stirred in.

Recipes

Tuscan Soup with Vin Santo: Ginestrata Toscana

Don’t underestimate this marvelous recipe just because it’s simple to prepare. Yes, it has only a few ingredients and yes, it takes only minutes to make, but your taste buds won’t know that.

Recipes