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Travel

Venice’s New Access Fee: What’s the Local Mood Been Like These First Few Days?

by Mary Gray | Tue, 04/30/2024 - 03:40

In Venice, there’s one thing nearly everyone agrees on: Something’s got to be done to curb the effects of mass tourism. But local consensus on what, exactly,…

Lifestyle

Italy Magazine Round Table: The Anecdata to Consider Before Applying for Italy’s Digital Nomad Visa

by Italy Magazine Staff | Sat, 04/20/2024 - 03:30

Location-independent Italophiles around the world rejoiced earlier this month when Italy joined many of its European peers in offering a digital nomad visa.…

Lifestyle

Longevity Expert Dr. Ivo Pirisi on Life Beyond the Blue Zone Buzz

by Gia Marie Amella | Wed, 02/21/2024 - 08:00

Inside a lecture hall at the Civic Archaeological Museum in Cabras, Sardinia, Dr. Ivo Pirisi leads a rousing talk on tourism and longevity — these days a…

Lifestyle

Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco in Goodfellas

Italy Magazine Round Table: What TikTok’s “Mob Wife Aesthetic” Skips Over

by Mary Gray | Sat, 02/03/2024 - 16:02

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

@venereitalia23 against a Lake Como backdrop, eating pizza

The “Open to Meraviglia” Campaign is a Mess. Italy Deserves Better.

by Mary Gray | Wed, 05/03/2023 - 15:00

In 2007, the Paris-based journalist Dana Thomas published a dense little book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster, which quickly became a fixture on the…