On a Roman Holiday Trail
“Rome! By all means. Rome!” Princess Ann’s proclamation of Rome as the place she’ll always cherish was brought to life by Audrey Hepburn in William Wyler’s runaway hit Roman Holiday. Also a runaway in...
View ArticleParma Mia: A Love Affair with Cheese
It’s 5 a.m. on a balmy summer day as we continue our Italian road trip north, leaving behind the iridescent greens of the Tuscan countryside. My two cousins have fallen asleep in our rented Opel and my...
View ArticleUndertourism in Italy: Here Are 5 Alternatives to Venice
Overtourism may be a new word, but the concept is familiar to any tourist who has had the misfortune of being nudged, elbowed, and crowded out while trying to visit one of the world’s coveted...
View ArticleIn Photos| In Italy, the Art of Idling
Lingering ghosts of perfume and smoke. Wine glasses clinking to late-night jazz… the aroma of coffee issuing from cobbled lanes. On a birthday trip to Italy, photographer Deepti Asthana’s senses had...
View ArticleCoronavirus Travel Update | Ground Reality of Italy’s Lockdown
In an attempt to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic, Italy became the first democracy to impose a nation-wide lockdown on March 8. The restrictions, initially imposed in the northern region, was soon...
View ArticleThis Man Lived Alone on an Island for 31 Years
Millions of people around the world are under isolation orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but one man has spent the past three decades in isolation by choice. In 1989, Mauro Morandi’s...
View ArticleFollowing Fellini’s Footsteps in Rome
I exit Leonardo da Vinci airport as soon as my luggage tumbles out on the baggage carousel. I would have preferred to land at the old Ciampino, the airfield featured in La Dolce Vita, but nowadays it...
View ArticleHiking through the Pandemic in Italy and Slovenia
It’s been three years since I arrived in Bonn for my PhD, and the thing I enjoyed the most about my small-town German life was the accessibility to the rest of Europe. With an airport and Cologne...
View ArticleInside Milan’s Armani Hotel
At the Armani Hotel in Milan, it’s clear from the get-go that the interiors are the realisation of one man’s vision—Giorgio Armani. That the man in question also helms one of the most well-regarded...
View ArticleOff the Beaten Track in Italy
Le Marche Make it like a Marchigiano For artisan skill, there’s nowhere in Italy like Le Marche, a central region populated with family businesses that handcraft paper from hemp, weave basket bags for...
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