"Summer has arrived in its customary style, with temperatures taking a ten-degree jump in a matter of a couple of days. Last week I was in jumpers and still using an electric blanket, now it is 30 C and I’m watering plants, putting up door mosquito curtains and dusting off sunbeds accompanied by the summer sounds of birdsong and tractors. The terrace is a mass of pot plants, vying for attention with those in the garden. Bare trees are now dressed in green, the house martins are back and the geese are sleeping in the shade at noon, only ambling down the field in search of food in the cool of morning or early evening.
This June issue of italy brings some of those summer sights and sounds to you (...)"
Fiona Tankard - Italy Magazine Editor
Read on for the contents of the June Issue or click here to order the issue online
sense of place
Locals get their caffeine fix in Milan's stylish marble-clad Fiorio Café
Sperlonga - small is beautiful
Gillian Price visits this celebrity-studded resort on the Lazio coast and discovers that it was just as popular 2000 years ago
Palermo - Sicily's faded beauty
Always vibrant, always fascinating, Sicily's ambivalent capital is explored by John Heseltine
letters
what's on
Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in June
Italian insight and news
- from our two regular Italian correspondents
gilding the lily
A strange tradition in Nola, east of Naples, described by Marco Merola
jazz on a summer's day
Italy's foremost jazz festival is a must for Vicki Morrison
Institutions - Scopa
Catherine Ann Lombard is initiated into the mysteries of the Italian card game
book reviews
dual language
Stefano Oreto explains Rome's mysterious 'talking' statues
the first of the summer wine
Let Marc Millon recommends some thirst-quenchers for hot summer days
spirited away
Fleur Kinson explores the bewildering world of Italian liqueurs
Amardino's
Germaine Stafford goes to the Salerno coast to try some mouth-watering
summer dishes
Florence - cradle of modern football
Felix Petrelli uncovers a surprising sporting secret
what's available in... the Sibillini area
Take a look at this part of Le Marche with Monica Bruni
Annunziata Mercuris: owner of the Pavillion Bar, Colle Oppio
Jesper Stogaard Jensen finds an oasis of calm in Rome
the house on the headland
Sue Robinson explores the gardens of Villa Balbianello on Lake Como
Cabbiavoli Castle - a Tuscan paradise
It's seen many changes in its 800 years. Adam Butler visits a magical property near Casterlfiorentino
master of bridal gown
Lorenzo Riva discusses his career with Julia M. Chiarella-Genoni
from British au pair to 'European' resident
Frances Richard tells Catherine Golini how she settled in Italy
business
Our regular feature by Emma Bird looks at voluntary work
don't take anything for granted
Bureaucracy expert John Murphy takes a first look at getting a grant
day tripper
Follow Martha Guerriero on a quick tour of the northern city of
Trento
a ramble along the Amalfi Coast
Mark and Kristen Stebnycky and Gillian Arthur get their walking boots on
