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
Large cruise ships passing through the Venice lagoon are to be banned effective November 2014, and a limit on smaller cruise vessels will kick in Janu…
Is it possible to ban defiant looks? A new city ordinance by the mayor of Bari (Apulia) is trying to do just that.After several neighborhood committee…
The preferred social network for Italians? No, it’s not Facebook. It’s not Twitter. It’s not even virtual. It’s the Italian bar (cafe).
According to…
The new Vespa Primavera was unveiled during the opening day of the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan on Tuesday. Inspired by one of the most beloved mode…
A giant rendition of the Mona Lisa has been installed on Clapham Common in London after the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was named the nation'…
Legendary American photographer Steve McCurry is the author of a photographic project to launch Umbria internationally as a tourist destination commis…
In the photo: Salumeria Simoni (Bologna).
Early this year, the BBC introduced a three-part documentary series, Italy Unpacked, where art historian An…
No Internet. No email. No cellular phone coverage. For the inhabitants of the small village of Nughedu Santa Vittoria in the province of Oristano, Sar…
As ITALY Magazine celebrated a milestone 100,000 Facebook friends this past weekend, we have decided to devote our Word of the Week to AMICIZIA - frie…
New York celebrated running once again on Sunday with the world’s largest and most famous marathon, the New York City Marathon.Like every year, the nu…
Andrea Bocelli was the guest of honor at last Saturday’s episode of Ballando con le stelle – Dancing with the stars, Italy edition, broadacast on Ital…
A recent survey published by The Art Newspaper documenting 2012 visitors figures for exhibition and museum attendance sees Italian museums featured in…
A robot that can make pizza: roll out the dough, add toppings, put it in the oven and rotate it when necessary.It may be possible with RoDyMan, the “p…
Picture yourself seated at an elegant Italian bar, sipping excellent Italian wine, while looking over the Venetian lagoon, San Giorgio Island, the Chu…
Via Alessandrina, which runs alongside Via dei Fori Imperali through Trajan's Markets in Rome, has reopened to the public.It had been closed for more…
Twenty years ago, on October 31, 1993, the great Italian director Federico Fellini died.To remember him, the Rome Film Festival, scheduled to begin No…
illycaffè is the official coffee partner for Milan’s Expo 2015.The Italian coffee company, synonym of Italian espresso all over the world, will be in…
“Nothing is more aggravating than having a bad meal in Italy.”
Such is the premise behind an informative and enjoyable restaurant guide compiled by R…
“Urban Trekking” returns this year in 35 cities across Italy to celebrate “slow tourism”, a form of sustainable tourism, a different way to visit plac…
Boo!As we enter Halloween week, the "Word of the Week" is of course PAURA - meaning fear/fright. Something scary in Italian "fa paura", while how…
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