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Santa Teresa di Gallura: Dreamy Italian Summer Destination (Summer 2025)

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. It’s hard to go wrong in Sardinia, but lovely Santa Teresa di Gallura near the island’s northwestern tip feels both undiscovered and thriving from a prosperous tourist trade. The town itself, small and quaint most of the year (of course its population …

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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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Dream Day in Italy: Investigate a Former Prison on Asinara (December 2024/January 2025)

This article originally appeared in the December 2024/January 2025 issue of Dream of Italy. Asinara, a small island off the northern coast of Sardinia, is a former penal colony frozen in time. Hardly any inhabitants or construction have graced Asinara for more than 100 years, and as the island is now a national park, it remains wild. The former prison and …

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Travel Chat – June 19 – Regent Seven Seas Cruise Excursions, Small Town Puglia, Train Strikes and More

We just wrapped our second Travel Talk LIVE and covered important Italy topics and answered fun vacation questions before handing out some of our best prizes yet. We kicked off the night with Kathy’s Regent Seven Seas cruise updates and all the exciting (tentative) excursions she is planning on taking from Taormina to Turkey. We also covered off the beaten …

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Sabbatical Spotlight: The Henzes Adventure Around the Italian Boot (October/November 2022)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2022 issue of Dream of Italy. “If you come to a new country with an unreserved curiosity, things happen that you simply cannot plan and that make the experience even more worthwhile and rewarding,” Gregor Henze shares. Gregor and Martha Henze of Boulder, CO found themselves enthralled by episodes of Dream of Italy while …

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The Small But Essential Pleasures of Italy (October/November 2021)

This article originally appeared in the October/November 2021 issue of Dream of Italy. For me, dreaming of Italy—which is all I have done since my last visit there in October 2019—might not be what you would expect. Yes, there is the sublime cuisine and superb wine, but I write Italian cookbooks and can make dishes at home that remind me of la …

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There’s Always Italy: A Chat with Frances Mayes (March 2020)

This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. One of my favorite things to say is, “no matter what, we always have Italy.” I know my friend Frances Mayes feels the same way, even during these impossibly difficult times as we go to press. Frances is a most calming presence both in person and in her prose. Hopefully …

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Sardinia: Spend the Night on a Wild Prison Island

This article appears in the December 2016/January 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Asinara, a small island off the northern coast of Sardinia, is a former penal colony frozen in time. No inhabitants or construction – other than those related to the prison – have graced Asinara for more than 100 years, and as the island is now a national park, …

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Italy’s Spooky Folklore Figures

This article appeared in the October 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. On October 31st, lots of Americans festoon front yards with witches, ghosts, beasts and other frightening figures in celebration of Halloween. Most people who do this have long forgotten the roots of and connections to these scary creations back in the countries we came from. Not so …

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