Silvia Donati
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Silvia is ITALY Magazine's Contributing Editor. She graduated from the University of Bologna in Literature and studied Print & Broadcast Journalism at the University of California in Los Angeles, where she has lived, on and off, for several years. She began her career in journalism working for a Southern California news agency before returning to Italy and going freelance. She has written both in English and Italian for a variety of publications; she has covered the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, where she had the chance to interview Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino among others and reported live from the Golden Globes for ANSA. She now specializes in everything Italy-related.
Articles by Silvia Donati
Tue, 10/11/2022 - 12:31
“A chent’annos!”
That was the first Sardinian saying I learned as my travel companions and I raised a toast to our first night in Sardinia, the magic…
Tue, 10/11/2022 - 10:03
Ed.: The Inspired Stays series highlights hotels we love around Italy. Each property is independently reviewed by an Italy Magazine writer, who is gen…
Thu, 09/01/2022 - 17:41
Ed.: The Inspired Stays series highlights hotels we love around Italy. Each property is independently reviewed by an Italy Magazine writer, who is gen…
Tue, 07/26/2022 - 04:54
New direct high-speed rail service between Rome’s Fiumicino Airport and the cities of Naples and Florence launched on July 11.
The Italian capital’s…
Thu, 07/07/2022 - 09:30
My relationship with Rome was admittedly rocky on my last few visits. I failed to marvel at its archaeological and artistic wonders anymore, overwhelm…
Thu, 05/26/2022 - 08:21
Picture yourself working remotely from anywhere in Italy you’d like — from a hilltop town in Tuscany, an apartment in Venice overlooking a picturesque…
Tue, 05/24/2022 - 03:00
“Dante’s Train,” a rail route tracing the journey of the Supreme Poet from Florence to Ravenna during his exile years, is returning for the summer sea…
Thu, 05/12/2022 - 12:28
Generally speaking, Italians are still quite suspicious of veganism, mostly because they think all vegans eat is tofu and lettuce. Those who mock vega…
Thu, 05/12/2022 - 06:09
Looking for your dream beach in Italy?
Then you’re spoiled for choice, with a whopping 427 Italian resorts to choose from that stand out for cleanlin…
Tue, 05/10/2022 - 10:15
As far as Italian archaeological sites go, Pompeii gets all the love. There are however quite a few more fascinating sites scattered across Italy that…
Fri, 05/06/2022 - 03:28
Bergamo became a household name in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, when the Lombard town and surrounding area were the European epicente…
Thu, 05/05/2022 - 05:11
Is the walking vacation a temporary travel trend or here to stay?
While the idea of exploring places on foot, moving from one destination to the nex…
Fri, 04/29/2022 - 03:01
Italy’s agricultural bounty includes a wide variety of prized nuts and dried fruits. Depending on the area where they’re grown, they acquire specific…
Sat, 04/23/2022 - 00:20
Italy's Liberation Day falls on April 25, this Monday.
The day, a national holiday commemorates the end of World War II and of Nazi occupation of th…
Thu, 04/21/2022 - 04:50
And just like that, tourists in Venice are back. Easter weekend saw an average of 125,000 visitors per day in the lagoon city, similar to pre-pandemic…
Tue, 04/19/2022 - 06:26
The 59th Venice International Art Exhibition, or Biennale Arte, the most important contemporary art event in the world, opens on April 23 in Venice, d…
Wed, 03/30/2022 - 00:00
“There’s nowhere on earth quite like Italy. Every mouthful here is an eruption,” says Stanley Tucci in the 30-second trailer previewing season 2 of th…
Fri, 03/25/2022 - 04:37
As a visitor to Rome, you are most likely to roam around and stay in one of the rioni of the centro storico (historic center).
The historic center of…
Tue, 03/22/2022 - 05:54
The most complete exhibition ever dedicated to Donatello, the groundbreaking Renaissance sculptor who changed the history of Western art, opened in Fl…
Fri, 03/18/2022 - 05:06
2021 was an exciting ‘archeological year’ in Italy, with many finds that helped shed light on the country’s ancient history. We have selected a few th…
Recipes by Silvia Donati
Wed, 12/17/2014 - 05:08
This is the official recipe, registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna, hometown of tortellini, by the Italian Culinary Academy and the…
Thu, 11/27/2014 - 02:30
A recipe from the Valle Isarco of South Tyrol that is typical of the Fall season.
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