Borgo San Vincenzo: Reimagined 18th Century Borgo (August/September 2022)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. When Shannon and Scott Kircher, a dynamic young couple, who found great success with their Anguilla hotel Frangipani Beach Resort were looking for a new challenge, they set their sights on Tuscany. In record time, especially by Italian standards, they have transformed …

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Borgo 69: Elegant Villa Suites (August/September 2022)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Bringing my senior wire fox terrier to Italy with me for the first time, I wanted to comfortable place for him to adjust the first few days. I shouldn’t have worried as Borgo 69 checked every box, not only for him but …

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Three Tuscan Boutique Getaways (August/September 2022)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. Tuscany…there’s a reason so many of us keep returning to this special swath of land again and again.  While I love exploring every corner of Italy from north to south, Toscana exerts an inexplicable hold on me, I have to admit. Tuscany isn’t just one landscape or …

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Italy’s Memorable Mountain Moments (August/September 2022)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. The Italian Republic was forged from numerous, often culturally diverse city-states and maritime republics that were once autonomous countries. Nowhere in Italy is that more evident than the still autonomous, often German and/or Ladin-speaking regions of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, the mountainous far north that was actually part of …

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Editor’s Note: August/September 2022 Dream of Italy Issue

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2022 of Dream of Italy. I’m writing this editor’s letter from Italy where I have returned for a two-month stay after a long time away. You cannot imagine how good it feels to be back, something like a rebirth. Italy always amazes me in its ability to heal and transform. I’m filming new …

A Day with Giorgione (Friend of Stanley Tucci) at Villa Selva in Umbria

Did you watch Stanley Tucci’s Umbria episode of Searching for Italy? We were excited to see a familiar face!  This article about Giorgio Barchesi aka Giorgione (who made porchetta for Stanley) originally appeared in the April 2019 issue of Dream of Italy. When my nonna visits me in Rome, she spends as much time as possible with her notebook and …

Crowdfunding Restores Castelvetere’s 500-Year-Old Masterpieces

Castelvetere Sul Calore is a hidden gem of a town in the mountains of Irpinia in the southern region of Campania. It is the ancestral hometown of Dream of Italy host Kathy McCabe and was featured in an episode of the PBS series.  It’s home to about 1,000 people and is called “the terrace on the Irpinian landscape” thanks to …

New Archive Shares Thousands of Italian Immigrant Stories

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an project called I Diari Raccontano- Italiani all’estero  which translates to “Diaries Recount – Italians Abroad.”  The dense archive holds immigrants’ tales about leaving their beloved Italy behind. The website is based on an interactive map on which users can click on different orbs and delve into a thousand stories of immigrants’ …

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Star in a European Whodunit Filmed in Italy

Italy’s magnificent Lake Como is one of the backdrops for the new Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler movie premiering on Netflix on June 14. Murder Mystery is an “update on the classic whodunit” and it follows the story of married New York couple Audrey and Nick on their long-overdue honeymoon. Audrey is a fan of murder mystery stories and she …

A Book That Celebrates Fathers, Daughters, Miracles and Italy

In honor of Father’s Day, I want to tell you about a book that I have enjoyed and that my own father is currently reading! An unforgettable story based on true events, My Father’s Last Meatballs, A Heavenly Entrée, is a tale of family, love, loss and miracles. This non-fiction book is a compelling story brimming with great ingredients: moxie, …