This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to more than 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. I always know an article is right for Dream of Italy when I’m a little bit jealous of the writer to whom I’ve given the assignment. My mouth was watering about this issue’s delicious cover …
This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to more than 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. Is there anything better than summer in Italy? (Except the heat…I know!) The first time I stepped foot on Italian soil was between my junior and senior year of college, when my friend and I …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Emilia-Romagna’s beaches cannot compete with Sardinia or the South, but the entire coastline — stretching for nearly 70 miles from the northern end of Ravenna province (Casalborsetti) to the southern end of Rimini (Cattolica) — offers a truly authentic Italian beach experience …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Dream of Italy members can read about seven more dreamy Italian beach destinations in the main cover story. With the exception of the extraordinary cave-dwelling wonderland of Matera, the Italian region of Basilicata would be considered off the beaten path in and of itself. The northern Tyrrhenian …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. It’s hard to go wrong in Sardinia, but lovely Santa Teresa di Gallura near the island’s northwestern tip feels both undiscovered and thriving from a prosperous tourist trade. The town itself, small and quaint most of the year (of course its population …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. It’s no surprise why crowds descend on the Italian Riviera’s Cinque Terre; what’s more unexpected is how many folks bypass the rest of it. Of course, Portofino’s charms are well-documented, but the Portofino Peninsula harbors additional allure, beginning with the lovely town …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. While Sardinia is the undisputed king of Italian beaches, Puglia isn’t far behind, with Caribbean-quality translucent waters and floury sands around Porto Cesareo, 16.5 miles southwest of Lecce. This ancient Roman commercial port along the Ionian coast in Salento is home to some …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Sicily is inundated with cinematic seaside towns. Castellammare del Golfo, jutting out into the Mediterranean some 35 miles west of Palermo, is but one gem among dozens with ease of travel and less crowds (maybe). “Castellammare and the nearby frazione of Scopello offer travelers …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. “We really enjoy Senigallia, an old Roman market town in Le Marche,” says Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun and a friend of Dream of Italy. “It’s a small, historic town with a river flowing to the sea with not one but …
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Do as the Romans do by heading to upmarket Fregene, a nearly straight shot 20 miles west of Rome. Once the maritime getaway for holidaying Etruscans (and the summer stomping grounds centuries later for the likes of director Federico Fellini, writer Pier …
