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Secondhand Shoppers and Vintage Addicts Will Love These Fairs and Markets in Italy

by Toni DeBella | Sat, 04/12/2025 - 11:00

When I’m stateside, there’s no weekend pastime I enjoy quite like rifling through a good rummage sale. But the garage, yard, tag or “car boot” sales of…

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I Live in Small-Town Italy. Here’s My Unfiltered Take on Netflix’s “La Dolce Villa.”

by Toni DeBella | Thu, 02/20/2025 - 13:18

If you’re looking for a feel-good rom-com set in Tuscany, I might suggest sticking with the classics rather than straining your way through Netflix’s La Dolce…

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4 Board Games That Promote a Positive Image of Italy

by Toni DeBella | Tue, 02/11/2025 - 03:14

Board games aren’t the sort of entertainment people tend to get up in arms about — but in Italy, certain themes are never child’s play.When the board game…

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Families walking in Rome's Villa Doria Pamphili park / Photo: Daniele COSSU via Shutterstock

Want to Prioritize Your Mental Health in 2025? Start With a Passeggiata.

by Chris Carra | Fri, 01/24/2025 - 12:45

Italian vacations with my father were a highlight of my early teens. Our typical destination was his hometown of Aradeo, a sleepy comune in the province of…

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Renting a Villa in Italy May be More Realistic Than You Think. Here’s What to Know.

by Laura Itzkowitz | Fri, 01/17/2025 - 13:00

You’ve probably daydreamed at some point about staying in a villa in the bucolic countryside or on the shores of a grand lake — after all, who hasn’t? If it…

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The Beach Hater’s Guide to Enjoying August in Italy

by Toni DeBella | Wed, 08/14/2024 - 12:40

Ferragosto, or August 15, is the peak of summer vacation season in Italy and a revered public holiday. But the slower summer mood is hardly confined to…

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How to Fast-Track Your Italian Citizenship Application

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 07/30/2024 - 04:57

If you’re considering having your Italian citizenship by descent recognized then you probably already know that it won’t happen overnight. Aside from gathering…

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5 Sustainable Water Sports to Try in Italy

by Toni DeBella | Mon, 07/15/2024 - 05:03

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has paid lip service to sustainability, but seemingly didn’t get the memo that slow, eco-friendly Italian travel is in and polluting…

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Why You Should Claim Your Italian Citizenship, According to Someone Who’s Lived It

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 05/09/2024 - 07:15

Audra DeFalco grew up living across the street from her nonni in Queens. Fluent in Italian and English, as a teenager, DeFalco started helping friends in…

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A Grape Harvesting Day in the Lucchese Hills

by Paola Morotti | Mon, 10/17/2022 - 10:50

“Tuscany” and “wine” are almost synonymous at times, and in the collective imagination, it’s usually Chianti that springs to mind first. But up north, near the…