Category Archive

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.

This issue introduces you to Rome’s best tour guide; a chocolate school in Perugia; one of Milan’s chicest hotels. It also includes book reviews; new tours; information on a new leaning Tower of Pisa; a calendar of events in Italy from June to December 2005. (8 pages)

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)

Our special report on Venice gives you Part II of Linda Burbank’s Venice tale; our listing of Venice hotels; unique Venice restaurants; plus Il Ballo del Doge,and free internet at a Convent.

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)

Our special report on Florence suggests four new Florence hotels; explains the Academia della Crusca through the image of the pala and a fabulous Florentine meal; tells you where to find the real Room With A View; takes you to Villa La Petra in the Florentine hills; plus The Dream Interview with cookbook author Faith Willinger and where to find Florence’s best gelato.

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 on a culinary tour of Modena (featuring balsamic vinegar); introduces Emilia-Romagna’s best restaurant; shares a dog’s tale of Siena’s Palio; gives helpful hints on how to get tickets for Palio events; reveals bargain places to stay in Florence; reviews new Italian cookbooks. (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)

Our special report on Sicily covers the Aeolian Islands; Palermo; day trips outside Palermo; a Sicilian agriturismo featuring Roman ruins and a cooking school; favorite cities including Agrigento and Siracusa. (12 pages)