Conversations

Lifestyle
by Mary Gray |
Ed.: Welcome to the inaugural Italy Magazine Round Table, in which members of our team across Italy call in for off-the-cuff conversation about the trending…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
New opportunities to visit a “secret room” beneath Florence’s Medici Chapels complex that contains Michelangelo-attributed drawings are now available from…
Lifestyle
by Toni DeBella |
Loretta Lovisa is a petite woman with bright and expressive eyes that sparkle when she speaks — particularly about her line of work. A master needleworker,…
Lifestyle
by Jamie Ditaranto |
Like all the villages surrounding Sicily’s Mount Etna, which have been built using the plentiful supply of volcanic stone, Linguaglossa has a smoky look to it…
Travel
by Laura Itzkowitz |
One of the enduring cinematic classics set in the Eternal City, Roman Holiday is a romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Hepburn plays…
Culture
by Alexa Ahern |
Emanuela Borio spends her days in the gardens of the past, among the artistic topiaries, observing colorful beds of perennials, and in the shade of 16th…
Culture
by Toni DeBella |
A new government-backed international campaign to encourage travel to Italy has been making waves and facing backlash since it was first announced by ENIT…
Food & Drink
by Eric Millman |
Every spring, tens of thousands of Italians join up at the dinner table in celebration of Passover, an important Jewish holiday centered on the Seder, which…
Food & Drink
by Coral Sisk |
It’s spring, and for some 300 million people around the world, that means the arrival of the New Year — Nowruz — a festival that has been celebrated for over…
Food & Drink
by Alexa Ahern |
Olive oil has incredible depth and variety. If you aren’t carefully selecting and correctly using extra virgin olive oil, now’s the time to start. We talked to…