Toni DeBella
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Toni DeBella is a freelance travel, lifestyle and digital content writer based in Orvieto, Italy. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Telegraph, Fodor’s, Walks of Italy, Culture Trip, Frommers, Family Handyman, Birds & Blooms and more. Most recently she co-authored the 2020 edition of DK Eyewitness Sicily travel guide. When Toni is not roaming around Europe, you’ll find her tending her alley-side container garden or honing her clay-court tennis game.
Articles by Toni DeBella
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I’m obsessed with tennis — especially the clay-court (terra battuta) variety. So when a day pass to last year’s Italian Open (known in Italian as the…
Italy’s many charming antique fairs and flea markets have long drawn collectors and enthusiasts eager to uncover rare vintage finds. Igor Honkanen, a…
Inspiring artists, poets and lovers for centuries, Venice has a reputation for romance that runs deep. But what if you’re not part of a couple, yet fi…
It’s officially game time for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony, headlined by Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey, kicks off to…
Many vacations abroad follow a familiar blueprint: make your list, make your way to the locations on that list, take photos to commemorate your time t…
More Italians are embracing the UK-born “Dry January” phenomenon — a post-holiday commitment to one month of alcohol abstinence — with public figures…
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Italy is hauntingly beautiful in more ways than one. From menacing medieval castles to chilling cemeteries and creepy crypts, there are plenty of oppo…
The Sgraffito Architectural Technique Will Stop You in Your Tracks — Here’s Where to See it in Italy
The term sgraffito, from the Italian word graffiare — meaning “to scratch” — refers to a type of ornamental plasterwork achieved by applying layers of…
In Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 film La chimera, Arthur (Josh O’Connor) is a British archaeologist-turned-tomb raider working in central I…
Put the car in gear and hit the open road: Italy comprises nearly 6,400km (4,000 miles) of express highways and 288,000km (180,000 miles) of secondary…
Ferragosto, or August 15, is the peak of summer vacation season in Italy and a revered public holiday. But the slower summer mood is hardly confi…
Leo XIV is taking some well-deserved time off to kick back and relax after all the hubbub surrounding his election in May as the first North American…
At the Wimbledon 2025 Men’s Final on Sunday, 23-year-old Italian phenom Jannik Sinner beat two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain by thre…
Later this month, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are set to wed in Venice — and local opinion on the over-the-top nuptials is divided.What’s not up for…
Three days after Italy’s monarchy was voted to be abolished in June 1946, more than 6,700 diamonds and 2,000 pearl-encrusted gems were surreptitiously…
The tangerine-tinged Aperol Spritz may be all over social media and Italian streets these days, but the summertime standard has been fashionable since…
From Rihanna’s Pope-inspired gown at the 2018 Met Gala to the internet rumor that Pope Benedict’s ruby-red satin loafers were made by Prada to the cos…
The World’s 50 Best Beaches were just announced for 2025 in a new report pulled from the input of over 1,000 travel industry professionals, with two s…
Easter weekend has long been the unofficial kickoff of the high travel season in Italy, and 2025 is no different: The Italian National Tourist Board (…