The Blog

This issue explores one of Puglia’s hippest hotels; gives an overview of Italian holiday celebrations; compares three different one-day cooking classes in Florence; and offers a spotlight on Torgiano. (8 pages)

This issue discovers the 2004 European City of Culture, Genoa; offers a shopping guide to Venice; reviews a novel about Pompeii; plus news about Serravalle designer outlets and a Globe Theater replica in Rome. (8 pages)

This issue takes you to the slopes and the beaches of Abruzzo; find Italy in America in Providence, Rhode Island; reviews Florence’s Westin Excelsior and the Grand Hotel; plus The Dream Interview with a Vatican Insider. (8 pages)

This issue explores Umbria’s traditions and towns; suggests athletic tours and events in Italy; announces an expansion of the Uffizi; plus a smoking ban on Italian Eurostar trains. (8 pages)

This issue features a springtime visit to Sardinia; a Venetian day trip to the lace-makers of Burano; a look at Sardinia as Italy’s Cork Capital; two Tuscan villas that promise relaxation; plus Alain Ducasse’s new Italian inn in Tuscany. (8 pages)

This issue takes you beyond the crowds of Amalfi to Maratea; suggests traditional and international restaurants in Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood; announces the opening of a university-level cooking academy in Parma; and gives helpful advice for touring Matera, the town used in the filming of The Passion of the Christ. (8 pages)

Our special report on Puglia gives a food lovers’ look at the region; explores Puglia’s most famous town; lists highlights you shouldn’t miss; plus how to book a room in a tower from the Middle Ages. (8 pages)

This issue explores an Calabrian village where Greek is still spoken; looks at the fusion of modern art and Italian tradition in the hills of Piedmont; takes you to the Barilla Cooking School in Parma; shares Italy’s best beaches and gelaterias; plus two great hotels in Milans shopping district. (8 pages)

Our special report on Chianti takes you on the perfect day trip through the region and a six-day walk exploring the hillsides; gives you all the info on new luxury apartments in Chianti; lists our favorite places in Radda in Chianti and Sam Gimignano; provides lessons from renting villas in Chianti; plus cooking classes, a legendary butcher, and a great restaurant in Siena.

This issue offers a look at David Yeadon’s new book, Seasons in Basilicata; takes you to the Amalfi Coast on a hunt for ceramics; provides crypt-ic insight on the Medici family; plus Opera House makeovers and art restorations.