Italia magazine

Italia! is the award winning magazine for everyone who has a passion for Italy. Each month, you¹ll find a wide variety of beautifully photographed and intelligently written articles to inspire and inform you. Covering every aspect of Italian life, from travel, holidays and property to food, wine and culture, we bring Italy closer to English-speaking readers across the world.

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Italia! Guide magazine

ITALY’S LAKES • Shimmering waters and dramatic landscapes – the Italian lakes have all this and more. Read on to find your perfect lake break

THE LAKES at a glance • Welcome to Italy’s lakes – among the nation’s most beautiful and enduringly popular destinations. Here we introduce our top six lakes and their many highlights

Hidden Garda • Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian lakes, can also be the most crowded. Chris Allsop travelled to its western, Brescian, side in search of quieter spots, and discovered a rich vein of history…

Life on the Lake Ten reasons to love Lake Maggiore • Rosalind Ormiston travels to one of the largest Italian lakes and shares ten good reasons why you should pay this northern beauty a visit

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Slow Food in Lombard • To the northeast of Brescia, in the hinterland of the lakes of Garda, Iseo and Idro, there is a celebration of Slow Food gastronomy. Heather Crombie takes a tour…

Life on the lake • Italy’s famous northern lakes aren’t the country’s only glittering freshwater. Fleur Kinson explores Bolsena in Lazio, an unspoilt volcanic paradise, overflowing with history

Come to Como Ten reasons to love Lake Como • Ros Ormiston reveals ten of the best reasons to visit captivating Lake Como in Lombardy, whatever the season…

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Fertile imagination • Historically a trailblazer in garden design, Italy still wows with its gorgeous giardini. Fleur Kinson finds variety in all its splendour on the shores of the northern lakes.

E-BIKING IN ITALY AROUND LAKE GARDA • If you really want to experience the beauty of a natural landscape there is no better vehicle than the bicycle. And it needn’t be an exercise in strength and endurance. Jon Palmer goes e-biking in Italy…

WHAT IS AN E-BIKE?

Lake Orta • Peaceful, quiet and smaller than some of the country’s more famous lakes, Orta gave Jane Keightley the chance to consider the understated beauty of this sub-Alpine secret…

VIEWPOINT • As sunset falls over Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, a fisherman takes to his boat and waits in the stillness for his next catch on this stunning freshwater lake

Stresa • The romantic allure of Lake Maggiore has always inspired visitors to its shores – Amanda Robinson takes a break in the perfectly located town of Stresa and falls under its spell

ITALY’S ISLANDS • From Sicily and Sardinia to equally beautiful but lesser-known destinations, we bring you the very best of Italian island life

SMALL ISLANDS, BIG attractions • Sicily and Sardinia are spectacular, but Italy has a wealth of heavenly archipelagos to explore – indulge in a spot of island-hopping as we bring you our favourite spots…

48 HOURS ON… Capri • Laura Thayer delves into the artistic side of Capri to discover why this photogenic island is more than just a pretty face

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Ozymandias in Sicily • Percy Shelley wrote of Ozymandias, the King of Kings whose Mighty Works became a Colossal Wreck of decay. But who was the Ozymandias of the Villa Romana del Casale at Piazza Armerina? Will we ever know?

The Venetian Islands • Venice native Sara Scarpa takes us out of town on a long cycle ride from Lido to Pellestrina, and then on a boat trip to Murano, Burano and Torcello…

SANTA MARIA DEL MONTE • La Scalinata di Santa Maria...