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.
Articles by Silvia Donati
Raised in Liverpool by an Italian father and a British mother, novelist Nicky Pellegrino has been immersed into Italian culture and lifestyle since sh…
Arancini have definitively conquered the U.K. The word that describes the fried rice balls typical of Sicilian cuisine has just entered the prestigiou…
The Cavallerizza Reale in Turin, a Unesco World Heritage site, caught fire early on Monday. A portion of the roof collapsed. Turin firefighters exting…
Purchases of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in the U.S. have more than tripled in the last week (+220%), with importers rushing to stock up before the pro…
A remarkable gladiators fresco came to light during the ongoing excavations of the Great Pompeii Project, a European Union-funded archeological projec…
We begin a new series aimed at highlighting little-known museums, sites and cultural institutions in Italy’s most popular tourist destinations in an e…
Closed since 2012 following a landslide, the Via dell'Amore (Lovers’ Lane), the Cinque Terre’s most famous path, is scheduled to be repaired starting…
From October to March, all state museums and archeological areas in Italy are free to enter on the first Sunday of the month.
The successful initiativ…
One of the most fascinating cities in Italy, with a thousand-years-old history, a historic center rich with churches and palaces, and a cuisine and st…
“It takes time to know a place and have the chance to capture the spirit of it as well as provide practical information on what to see and do, how to…
Raise your hand if pizza is your favorite food. It sure is the favorite food of many Italians, considering even that, according to a survey, pizza mak…
After a two-year restoration work, the Sala degli Elementi, on the second floor of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, has reopened to the public.
The Sala d…
[Rick Steves tour guide and travel expert Sarah Murdoch.]
"You don't need as much as you think you do," says tour guide Sarah Murdoch, who's been prea…
The profile of the Norman Cathedral is the most recognizable element of Cefalù’s urban skyline. With its imposing two towers, the building has stood o…
A gondolier working near the Bareteri bridge in Venice was attacked by a South-American tourist. The dispute broke out after the gondolier asked the t…
[Margaret Gigliotti and Domenico Pizzoferrato in their home turned B&B in Abruzzo.]
For our series exploring the stories of people who bough…
At ITALY Magazine, we’re always in search of good gelato, our favorite treat.
One gelato guide we refer to for the top gelaterie and gelato tre…
McDonald's is at it again. After plans for the construction of a McDrive inside the archeological area of Rome’s Bath of Caracalla were halted a few w…
Tintoretto was one of the leading painters in Venice between the 15th and 16th centuries – he spent almost his entire life in Venice, where he was bor…
Actor George Clooney thinks myrtle is his elixir of youth.
Interviewed by the weekly Oggi on set while filming the TV series Catch 22 in Olbia, Sardin…
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