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If you’re heading to Italy in 2026, there are some rules and regulations that you should know about to be sure your trip is as stress-free as possible…
As you walk through the iron gates of a fig-tree-lined estate, your host, Elisabetta, welcomes you into her home outside Catania. In a maiolica-tiled…
A trip to Italy can mean slow afternoons sipping wine or strolling through manicured gardens, but it can also mean waiting for a train in a crowded st…
Earlier this week, we released the Florence issue of Bellissimo, our quarterly e-magazine for Premium Members. Previously, each new issue of Bellissim…
Mantua (Mantova in Italian) has earned a place on the contemporary art map with the opening of The Sonnabend Collection Mantova, a new museum of inter…
Many first-time Italy visitors don’t make it to Sicily, focusing instead on the mainland. According to ISTAT, the Italian National Institute for Stati…
If you travel frequently, to Italy, or anywhere, you may have your packing down to a quick game of Tetris.Toiletry bag filled and ready to go. Airplan…
Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2021 and has been updated with current information in partnership with ItaliaRail — the larges…
Fiducia — “trust” — was crowned 2025’s Word of the Year by the Treccani Insititute, one of the country’s foremost publishers of dictionaries and encyc…
This article was first published in 2013 and has been lightly updated.The winter holiday season is here and all over Italy, preparations for the festi…
On your first trip to Italy, it’s easy to fall in love.Reading a book under a striped beach umbrella in between dips in the sea. Walking through a mus…
If you’re at a stalemate with your plans to get an Italian passport after the new generational limit imposed on foreigners applying for citizenship, y…
In Rome, there are endless opportunities to fill your days with art, food and culture. But as the sun sets over the city’s cupolas, terracotta rooftop…
Whether you have a pizza al taglio or Michelin star budget, in Rome, you can make it work. There are even ways to get a well-rounded cultural taste of…
Soriano nel Cimino is a classic central Italian hill town.With its terraced streets and 13th-century castle, you might think it’s in Tuscany or Umbria…
Maybe you want Italian residency, but don’t have a clear path to Italian citizenship and are wondering about your options. The good news is you may be…
Navigating snaking lines, strict clothing rules and confusing restaurant opening times might not sound like a recipe for a relaxing vacation — but the…
They say life moves slower the further south you go in Italy — what you could call vita lenta. In Puglia — with its stretches of beaches, mild climate…
Pope Francis died this morning aged 88 at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican confirmed in a statement released on X. In his final years,…
The path to having Italian citizenship recognized became more complicated on March 28, 2025, when the Italian Council of Ministers approved changes to…

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