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
Be the first to slide down a pristine piste in Italy’s top-notch ski area, Trentino, and enjoy the first morning light that is all the more special wh…
Train travelers passing through Termini station in Rome now have a comfortable place to relax or work in between trains at the ItaliaPass/Leonardo Exp…
It’s a man’s world, and even more so when it comes to the pizza-making industry; but that hasn’t stopped young and talented Giorgia Caporuscio from st…
You may be puzzled to see a post dedicated to museums in Trentino-Alto Adige. After all, this is the Italian region most associated with mountains (he…
It’s known as the ‘Forest of the Violins’ (Foresta dei Violini) because, in the past, luthier masters, including the most famous of them all, the lege…
Those of you with a sweet tooth, take note: Gambero Rosso, the prestigious food and wine publishing group, has just released its annual “Pasticceri…
With the two bell towers of the Cathedral guarding over the colorful stands, and mountains sprinkled with snow framing the piazza where the stands are…
Bolzano, in the northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige, is the Italian city with the best quality of life for 2017, according to a research carried ou…
After Galileo, things were never the same. His contributions to astronomy and science in general made him a leading figure in the transition from natu…
[Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano, Parma's most famous food products. Photo courtesy Maestro Travel Experience.]
In 2015, Parma was declare…
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of the 17th century, and the artist who made Rome the Baroque beauty we can still admire today, is the subj…
The 2018 Italy edition of the prestigious Michelin guide was presented last week in Parma, a Unesco’s Creative City of Gastronomy since 2015, in the b…
Being a port town has been a double-edged sword for Ancona: if, in the past, it made it powerful and strategic, in recent times it has caused a reputa…
Is Nutella no longer the same?
A German consumer group recently revealed that Ferrero, the Italian company that makes Nutella, has changed the recipe.…
If you only read the titles, then it sounds like good news: ‘Large cruise ships banned from Venice city center’, many websites are reporting. Well, ma…
100,000 square meters dedicated to Italian biodiversity and culinary traditions: FICO Eataly World is scheduled to open in Bologna on November 15…
Le Marche’s culinary tradition is a mix of robust, meat-based dishes and lighter seafood fare; it features centuries-old cheeses, is a major truffle p…
Perhaps no other major poet in Italian literature has been so closely associated with a region than the way Giacomo Leopardi has with Le Marche, and e…
[Ducal Palace, Urbino.]
Artists have been inspired by the landscapes of Le Marche for centuries, from Piero della Francesca and Raphael to Perugino,…
If you’ve paid attention to wine labels, you may have seen the term ‘vecchie viti’ (old vines). In Italy, there are indigenous vines that are more tha…
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