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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This MONTH • News, events, the latest book releases, your travel photos – we bring you the best of Italy in our latest issue round-up

THIS MONTH News & Views

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THIS MONTH News & Views

Italia! recommends Hample Hampers • Creating delicious Italian food hampers for every occasion

THIS MONTH News & Views

THIS MONTH Readers Photos

THIS MONTH In Print

THIS MONTH Top 5 Events

THIS MONTH Top Picks • Time to relax and browse through this late summer round-up of Italian-inspired products

VIEWPOINT • The Prato della Valle in Padua is a 90,000 square metre elliptical piazza that is quite comfortably the largest piazza in Italy

Lido di Venezia • Discover the sights and history of the Lido di Venezia on a cycling tour with Venetian Sara Scarpa

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Adventures in ARCHITECTURE • Looking for a holiday with a difference? Jenny Oldaker picks out a few of the best places to stay in Italy where you can enjoy contemporary architecture that pushes the boundaries of design…

GAZZETTA ITALIA! • In this edition of our bilingual feature, Tom Alberto Bull reflects on SSC Napoli’s first Scudetto since the days of Diego Maradona

The Tomb of the Diver • Most experts agree that the divers ’ leap is a metaphor for the moment of death, when the human soul plunges into the unknown waters of the afterlife

ENERGY AND LIGHT • The new exhibition Edmondo Bacci: Energy and Light at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice is the perfect reason to take a walk through time in the American heiress’s beautiful palazzo, says Rosalind Ormiston

SEA AND MOUNTAINS of the east • Tuscany? Nearby Le Marche has everything you could possibly want and more, says Jane Keightley

RICCHI E POVERI

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Taste ITALIA! • You’ll enjoy recipes from the Amalfi Coast, alcohol-free drinks and wine, Italian picnic food and more!

Cucina di Amalfi

4 takes on RICE • A taste of Italy for at least five hundred years, rice is consumed in quantity in the north. Mario Matassa provides some inspiration.

JARRED VEGETABLES • Food always tastes better outdoors – and these seven savoury options are sure to power up your next picnic

The art of Friday Night Dinner • Kick off the weekend with quick & easy Italian-inspired dishes from Eleanor Steafel

SUMMER DRINKS • Long summer evenings and sunny days mean getting together with friends and family – here’s our edit of summer drinks that everyone can enjoy…

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Living ITALIA! • Look no further for expert Italian property advice and properties for sale

Living on The Islands • Italy has some of Europe’s most beautiful islands. From sizeable landmasses to tiny gems, you’ll find every kind of Mediterranean idyll here. Island homes make an excellent investment, says Fleur Kinson

OUR ISLAND LIFE • Dave and Marie Tringham from Sheffield own a twobedroom apartment in a small beach town in the middle of Sardinia’s northern coast. They visit it for several weeks every July as well as for a week at Easter and in the autumn. Friends, family and holiday rental clientele fill up most of the rest of the calendar.

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ITALIA! WOMEN • Born to Genoese nobility when the republic was still a major player, she died young but has...