This special report gives you up-to-the-minute information on planning a trip to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. While you’re there, visit Piedmont’s Barolo/Barabaresco vineyards and travel down the white truffle trail with a man and his dog.
December 2005/January 2006 – Orient-Express Train, Venice Hotel, Florence’s Ferragamo Museum
In this issue, you can ride aboard the Orient-Express, visit one of Venice’s best boutique hotels, celebrate shoes at Florence’s Ferragamo Museum and nosh at a Florentine grastonomia aka deli.
September/October 2002 – Rome Airport, Terme di Saturnia
This issue introduces a luxury spa in Italy’s oldest town; explores an alternative to tour groups and self-guiding; provides the editor’s answers to your questions; gives you everything you need to know to navigate Rome’s airport; discovers Neapolitan pizza in Washington, D.C.; explains the historic significance of Garibaldi; plus The Dream Interview: Theresa Maggio on Sicily. (12 pages)
November/December 2002 – Alba Truffles, Holidays in Italy
This issue covers the entire holiday season in Italy, including insider tips to Christmas and New Year’s in Venice; reviews a week-long cooking school program in Tuscan; tells you how and where to see the Pope; offers an overview of olive oil; plus Marlena de Blasi’s A Thousand Days in Venice and an interview with The New York Times’ Rome bureau chief. (12 pages)
January/February 2003 – Tuscany Outlets, Venice, Rome Hotel Dining
This issue tells you where to get the best bargains outside of Florence; profiles a Venetian concierge that will make your next vacation; finds authentic Southern Italian food in midtown Manhattan; suggests some Roman hotel restaurants that break the stereotype of hotel cuisine; plus an account of visiting Mount Etna. (12 pages)
March/April 2003 – Summer Events in Italy, Easter in Etruria
This issue contains our guide to summer events all over Italy; what you should know before you build a house in Italy; offers a look at Etruria during Easter and spring festivals; plus two Seattle gelaterias and a book that will help you to live, study and work in Italy. 12 pages)
May/June 2003 – Special Report: Villa Rentals
Our special report on villa rentals tells you all you need to know about the experience of renting; profiles 11 different rental agencies; offers renting advice from the experts; plus a Boston pizzeria and The Dream Interview: Raeleen Mautner on Italian Living. (12 pages)
July/August 2003 – Bologna Dining, Buffalo Mozzarella in Campania
This issue takes you to Bologna, a center of culinary delights, Florence’s lesser-known museums, and a Campania daily farm; offers a selection of Italian-related summer reading; gives you the scoop on staying in an private Sicilian home; plus the Lowdown on August in Italy and Americans discover the fun of Prosecco.
September/October 2003 – Silversea Italy Cruise, City Restaurants
This issue takes you to sea around the Mediterranean with Silversea cruises and to the streets of Philadelphia’s Ninth Street Italian Market; gives helpful advice for your search for true Parmigiano; reviews four new hotels in Rome; suggests three great casual city restaurants in Rome, Florence and Venice; plus places to avoid in Rome. (12 pages)
November 2003 – Best Puglia Hotels, Cooking in Florence, Spotlight on Torgiano
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)