Toni DeBella
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Toni DeBella is a freelance travel, lifestyle and digital content writer based in Orvieto, Italy. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Telegraph, Fodor’s, Walks of Italy, Culture Trip, Frommers, Family Handyman, Birds & Blooms and more. Most recently she co-authored the 2020 edition of DK Eyewitness Sicily travel guide. When Toni is not roaming around Europe, you’ll find her tending her alley-side container garden or honing her clay-court tennis game.
Articles by Toni DeBella
Ed., November 24: After significant protest by Perugia residents, the Blue Moon production has moved to Olevano Romano in Lazio. Corriere della Sera…
Melting glaciers in the Alps have prompted Italy and Switzerland to redraw their border to compensate for the ever-shifting landmass.
According…
The recent announcement by US food manufacturer The Kraft Heinz Company that it’s planning to fill UK supermarket shelves with tinned spaghetti alla c…
There’s no place like Rome. But sometimes, amid the chaos and crowds and crushing history, we all need a little break from the serious stuff.
Spendin…
The Venetian gondola is an Italian icon — and the gondoliers who pilot them have one of the most recognizable professions in the world.
Since 1…
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 con…
Tuscan-born tennis player Jasmine Paolini, 28, smashed a glass ceiling with her teammate Sara Errani, 37, when the duo took home the Olympic gold meda…
Via Appia is a 2,300-year-old autostrada.
Its innovation was unmatched in ancient Rome, and it opened up the gateway to migration and comm…
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 po…
Ed., July 7, 2024: The early Titian masterpiece in question ultimately set a new auction record for the artist, selling for $22.1 million at Christie’…
Elegant French actress Anouk Aimée, well-known in Italy for her roles as a despondent femme fatale in La dolce vita (1960) and a long-suffering wife i…
Florence’s Bargello Museum reopened its Maiolica Room and Islamic Hall to the public earlier this week after a nine-month reconfiguration.
The Maioli…
The airport security facial recognition technology dubbed “FaceBoarding” debuted in Italy at Milan’s Linate Airport earlier this month, marking a new…
Enjoying a gelato on an evening stroll is basically an Italian birthright.
So when the city of Milan proposed a ban that could have potentially restr…
“Barbiecore” was a buzzword for much of 2023 thanks to Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking summer blockbuster. But in Italy, a similar phenomenon took off…
According to Italian folklore, if a pigeon poops on you it portends good luck.
But for the long-suffering citizens of cities like Venice, Milan…
Your typical natural history museum in Italy once skewed more “dim vault where old stuff gathers dust” than “state-of-the-art science hub.”
But the c…
You may have heard of Alicudi, a small, remote island north of Sicily in the Aeolian archipelago. Overrun by wild-turned-domesticated goats, it’s been…
Ed., March 27, 2024: This article was originally published in 2023 and has been updated to reflect this year’s dates and themes.
Easter eggs aren’t j…
A new era for Italian rugby may be on the horizon.
The Azzurri’s remarkable showing at the Six Nations 2024 tournament earlier in March, along with t…