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ITALIA!’S Top picks

July’s new products, from summer drinks and glasses to accessories for home and away

READERS’ PHOTO COMPETITION!

Send us your favourite Italian travel photos, and each month the best will win a bottle of Villa Sandi Il Fresco Prosecco and exclusive bottle stopper!*

THIS MONTH July 2018

In Italian news this month, Michelangelo and Katy Perry… Now, what other magazine can give you that?

EVENTS IN JULY 2018

There’s music galore to enjoy in Italy this month, with pop superstars Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Alanis Morissette, James Blunt, Sting and Shaggy all appearing, while opera buffs will not want to miss this year’s Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago…

GAZZETTA ITALIA!

The television adaptation of Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano novels has a worldwide fanbase. Tom Alberto Bull is looking forward to the new series, which will be fi lmed in Friuli…

IN PRINT

This month, four seasons in Venice, a walking guide to Tuscany, and the Natuzzi design phenomenon

VIEWPOINT

The Ponte della Maddalena, otherwise known as the Ponte del Diavolo, straddles the Serchio river at Borgo a Mozzano, in Lucca, Tuscany. No one knows for sure who built it, but the legend goes that it was St Julian, who required the help of the Devil to complete it. The price: the soul of the first living being to cross. Cleverly, Julian used a piece of bread to entice a dog to pay the fateful fee.

Discover the splendour of Mantua, Italy’s hidden jewel

“The most romantic city in the world; pregnant with the memory of splendour,” said novelist Aldous Huxley in 1929, and Charles Barber from Sapienza Travel agrees…

Fast Art

MICHELANGELO THE LAST JUDGEMENT

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Our experts are here to help with all your questions about Italy. This month, honeymoons and holidays, property in Piedmont and Italian tax liability for rental income on a UK property…

FLIGHT GUIDE

Our indispensable guide to Italy’s main international airports: where they are and, most importantly, how to get from them to where you are really going…

Insider’s ROME

You can go and see the Trevi Fountain for free, it’s just there, but it will cost you money if you ever want to see it again…

The Coast and the Countryside

Lorenza Bacino takes a tour of this seaside town and its surrounding province and discovers pretty villages, abbeys, churches, museums, and lots of wonderful places to eat

The Thrill of the Chase

Having failed on previous occasions to see the actual races, Jane Keightley finally experiences all the pride and pageantry of Palio week in Siena…

Fame

A young Turinese sculptor named Pietro Canonica found fame at the Paris Salon of 1893. Today his oeuvre is kept in Rome’s Villa Borghese

INTO THE BLUE

We visit Almar Jesolo Resort & Spa, a fi ve-star hotel on the Lido di Jesolo that’s redefi ning the beach holiday for the 21st century

DISCOVERING FASHION IN MILAN

Rachael Martin visits the Armani/Silos and the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation, both in Tortona, the design centre of the international capital of fashion

LA CHIESA DI SAN PIETRO, PORTOVENERE

St Peter‘s stands on a promontory overlooking the Gulf

THE LONG AND SHORT OF PASTA

Pasta (and gnocchi). Deliciously authentic recipes from Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi

Pasta with sardines and wild fennel

SERVES 4 as a main, 6 as a starter PREPARATION 15

Venice on a plate

A simple summer menu by Russell Norman from his table in Venice to yours…

Vero Italiano LA PESCHERIA

Join Mario Matassa for the second instalment in his series uncovering the secrets of Italian food. This time he goes to the sea, where he braves an early morning, much indecision and the fiery Italian passion for all things seafood.

A TASTE OF Catania

Sicily is famed its beautiful scenery temperate climate and diverse cultural infl uences. Francesca Unsworth visits the island’s second largest city to discover why it is every food-lover’s paradise.

ITALIAN ROSÉ WINES

We’re in the pink this month, and as sunny blue skies demand nothing less than a glass or two of well-chilled Italian rosé we’ve found six of the best for you to try…

Homes in Sicily

Long summers, spectacular landscapes and super-friendly people are just three things to entice you to Sicily. A vast range of property options – including some of Italy’s most affordable homes – should be another, says Fleur Kinson.

Property Showcase

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