Old Roots, New Vistas: Tuscany’s Hotel Le Fontanelle (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. The highway from Bologna, where I live, to Tuscany, where I’ll never argue about going, mostly conceals the landscape transition between the two regions — a seemingly endless arsenal of tunnels unravels along the A1 motorway, hiding the dramatic difference in scenery along the 72-mile route. It’s …

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Sense Experience Resort: An Enchanting Escape (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. It was the trees, a verdant forest of pines, that initially brought me here. The Sense Experience Resort sits on Tuscany’s Maremma coast covered in towering, ancient umbrella pines. Here at the Sense, they form a towering natural cathedral of sorts at the center of the 12-acre …

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Crossing the Border From Gorizia to Nova Gorica (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Some of the best experiences are found in the most unlikely of locations. Here, tucked away alongside a milky, otherworldly bottle-green river down an unremarkable side road outside town of Nova Gorica, there’s a well-weathered former workingman’s pub next to some aged tennis courts. From the outside, …

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Feel Pretty in Pink at This Sardinia Beach (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Blue water, white sheep and photos from over a million acres of wild, green nature are on every postcard sent from Sardinia. But a real surprise is at the northern tip of the island. What’s special about this small section of Sardinia’s thousand-mile coastline? Think pink. Cala …

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Seas the Calm: Eight Dreamy Italian Summer Destinations (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Summer in Italy: Allora, a sun-kissed dream where every meal is a memory and every view postcard perfect. There’s little to kill that vibe—except overtouristed destinations that have traded their authenticity for restaurants touting overpriced spaghetti alle vongole and watered-down Aperol Spritzes, shops hawking useless tourist kitsch …

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Where to Eat in the Riviera Romagnola (Spring 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. La Cucina del Condominio Via Guglielmo Oberdan, 36 Ravenna +39 327 680 3847 www.cucinadelcondominio.it Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday and for lunch on Sunday. Wonderful modern trattoria in Ravenna dishing up both regional Romagnola and Italy-wide favorites, all well done (especially the …

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Our Favorite Hotels in the Riviera Romagnola (Spring 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Albergo Cappello Via IV Novembre, 41 +39 0544 219813 www.albergocappello.it Rates: Doubles from 298€ per night, including breakfast. This seven-room boutique hotel is Ravenna’s finest, boasting Murano glass chandeliers, original 15th-century frescoes and coffered ceilings alongside flat-screen TVs and modern furnishings. You might even get …

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Magical Moments Along the Riviera Romagnola (Spring 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find our list of where to stay and where to eat here.  In a country of near-endless wonder, little can prepare oneself for the kaleidoscopic shimmer of Ravenna’s Byzantine mosaics. They are literally breathtaking, as evidenced by the audible gasps that provide a constant soundtrack in the somber, cramped …

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