Silvia Donati
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Silvia is ITALY Magazine's Contributing Editor. She graduated from the University of Bologna in Literature and studied Print & Broadcast Journalism at the University of California in Los Angeles, where she has lived, on and off, for several years. She began her career in journalism working for a Southern California news agency before returning to Italy and going freelance. She has written both in English and Italian for a variety of publications; she has covered the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, where she had the chance to interview Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino among others and reported live from the Golden Globes for ANSA. She now specializes in everything Italy-related.
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We recently asked you to send us photos and stories of your best travel memories from previous trips to Italy and the destinations you want…
For our list on great books about Italy, we’re going to keep it lighthearted - no heavy tomes, no dense, exacting reads; life in quarantine is already…
Airlines in Italy have not stopped operations since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the number of flights has dropped by around 90%, with…
Summer vacations are going to be quite different this year; international travel isn’t going to happen much, and the most feasible option seems to rem…
On Monday, May 4, Italy began ‘Phase Two’ of the coronavirus lockdown, with restrictions eased and four million Italians back at work, while schools a…
In Venice, the lagoon, like the rest of the city, is resting. There are no giant cruise ships damaging its fragile ecosystem; there’s very little boat…
We’ve shown you videos of deserted Rome and Florence as Italy is in a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic; now’s the turn of Venice, w…
On Sunday night, Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced during a press conference the latest containment measures that will be applied when t…
I temporarily relocated to the northern region of Trentino from Bologna on March 1, a week before the lockdown was announced. I had no idea of course.…
From Valle d’Aosta, Italy’s smallest regions, comes an uplifting story.
On her birthday, Nonna Nina (Pierina Quagliatti) was cured of the virus…
Last week, we showed you drone footage of a deserted Rome, an image of the Italian capital we never thought we’d see. This week, it’s the turn of Flor…
Casaitalia International is a real estate company specializing in the sale of high-end Italian properties to foreign clientele. It features properties…
Yes, we’re all stuck at home now, but that shouldn’t prevent us from dreaming of our next Italian trip. There are so many undiscovered places besides…
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Deserted Rome: that’s an image of the Italian capital we never thought we’d see. Due to the nationwide lockdown, t…
This was the health emergency that turned us all into home chefs.
Besides the occasional (occasional?) bouts of panic/depression/anger/anxiety/…
It looks like we’re all turning into chefs these days, churning out bread, pizza, handmade pasta, and more - at least here in Italy. Well, there’s one…
People in need during this state of emergency over coronavirus are finding they’re not always left alone. Solidarity initiatives that are spreading th…
Italy’s tourism industry is being badly affected by the coronavirus emergency. At ITALY Magazine, we want to help by profiling some of the businesses…
Museums and palaces may be closed, but the online world is more open than ever. Many cultural institutions in Italy are coping with the nationwide loc…
Being the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, the northern region of Lombardy has been the worst affected and strained by the emergency, w…
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