Dream Day: Examine Intricate Mosaics in Ravenna (October/November 2024)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. The first glance of a breathtaking masterpiece, landscape or architectural triumph is the stuff from which Italian moments are made. In Emilia-Romagna, there’s perhaps no better such “wow” moment than at the incredible Early Christian Monuments of the Ravenna UNESCO World Heritage site (www.ravennamosaici.it), lavished with some …

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Eating Safely in Italy with Food Allergies (October/November 2024)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. “Let me call the baker,” the restaurant manager insists as he pulls out his phone at 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday evening in Trieste, I look up at him, wide-eyed and already feeling guilty for the extra effort he is putting into making sure my dinner is …

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Veneto Beyond Venice (October/November 2024)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Oh, Venezia. To visit/re-visit or not to visit/re-visit, that is the question. Some 20 million folks choose the former annually, for reasons that need no introduction. Venezia‘s beauty is unquestionably without equal, its history as fascinating as anywhere on Earth, its artistic and architectural treasures breathtaking and …

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Meet Artist Sophia Khan (October/November 2024)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Sophia Khan is the artist who created “Awaiting Adventure in Venice,” which is the cover art for this issue and offered, for a limited time, both as a bonus for new and renewing members and for sale through Dream of Italy. I discovered Sophia’s art on Instagram, …

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Big Parma (August/September 2024)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. About four miles southeast of Parma in the middle of nowhere – “Culonia,” as the Italians might say (roughly translated, “the ass end of nowhere”) – there’s a small trattoria facing the countryside that might catch your eye if you happen to be driving by (it’s a …

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Dream Day: Get Lost in a Labyrinth (August/September 2024)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Hidden in the province of Parma, the Labirinto della Masone is a place to get lost. And then found. The art collector and designer Franco Maria Ricci created the park consisting of a museum, a publishing house, exhibition places and halls for parties, surrounded by bamboo mazes. …

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“Dream” Job: The Trials and Tribulations of a Guidebook Author (August/September 2024)

This article originally appeared in the August/September 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. As I zip up the A22 motorway towards Bolzano, I can’t shake the sinking feeling I have about my choice of accommodation. You see, when you book as many hotels, Airbnbs and privately managed apartments as someone who writes travel guidebooks for a living, your sixth sense …

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Sicily from the Ennaside Out (June/July 2024)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. “I want people to smell Sicily!” Agronomist Dario Rinaldi is mixing me a  G&T with his signature gin, Ginacria, one of several showstopping craft gins he produces at his Nissoria-based Nystura Distillery in the central Sicilian province of Enna (Nystura is the ancient name of Nissoria). Rinaldi canvasses this swath of …

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Dream Day: Walk with Stone Monsters in Bomarzo (June/July 2024)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Silence and illusions loom in the middle of the Sacro Bosco (“Sacred Wood”) of Bomarzo in the region of Lazio. In 1552, Pier Francesco “Vicino” Orsini created this labyrinth of walking paths and larger-than-life sculptures. Neptune, giant dragons, an enormous elephant and a sitting mermaid wait to greet you …

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Streaming Italian: Learning La Lingua Italiana via Netflix (June/July 2024)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. With streaming platforms making international programming available globally, Italian television programs and films arrive quickly on American small screens, particularly via Netflix. A whole new world is ready to be explored, and potentially to help your Italian language skills if you search content on your streaming apps …

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