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Italia! is the award-winning magazine for everyone who has a passion for Italy. Each month, you¹ll find a wide variety of beautifully photographed and intelligently written articles to inspire and inform you. Covering every aspect of Italian life, from travel, holidays and property to food, wine and culture, we bring Italy closer to English-speaking readers across the world.

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LAKES & ISLANDS 2023

ITALY'S LAKES • Dramatic landscapes and shimmering waters – the Italian lakes have all this and more. Read on to find your perfect lake break

THE LAKES at a glance • Welcome to Italy’s lakes – among the nation’s most beautiful and enduringly popular destinations. Here we introduce six favourite lakes and their many highlights

Come to Como • Ros Ormiston reveals ten of the best reasons to visit captivating Lake Como in Lombardy, whatever the season…

DISCOVER ITALIA !

FRANCIACORTA & LAKE ISEO • Lake Iseo in Lombardy is a little gem. Smaller and less well-known than Lake Garda, and with the added bonus of the Franciacorta sparkling wine region to the south. Lorenza Bacino explores what there is to see and do in the area…

VIEWPOINT • The Botanical Gardens at Villa Taranto on the shore of Lake Maggiore were established in the 1930s by a Scotsman called Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn…

Hidden Garda • Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian lakes, can also be the most crowded. Chris Allsop travelled to its western, Brescian, side in search of quieter spots, and discovered a rich vein of history…

Life on the Lake • Rosalind Ormiston travels to one of the largest Italian lakes and shares ten good reasons why you should pay this northern beauty a visit

VIEWPOINT • This 16th-centur y windmill is a silent sentry in the tranquil Laguna di Orbetello, and a spectacular sight in an area of breathtaking beauty and tranquillity…

The lost ships of Nemi • Diana’s shining face was not all that dwellers in the hills could see in the lake – there were dark and shadowy forms visible below the placid surface of the water

Varese • Val Nicastro visits the “Garden City” north of Milan that is, among other things, home to a palace that one Italian poet described as “Little Versailles”

VIEWPOINT • Nestled among the rolling hills and mountain ranges of Vezzano, in the region of Trentino Alto Adige, you’ll find lovely Lake Santa Massenza…

COMO City of Silk • Not only is Como situated on one of Italy’s most iconic lakes, it is also celebrated for its silk fabrics, produced here for more than 600 years. Rachael Martin makes a visit…

FOLLOW YOUR OWN FOUR-DAY COMO SILK ROUTE ITINERARY

ITALY’S ISLANDS • From Sardinia and Sicily to lesser-known destinations off the tourist trail, we bring you the very best of Italian island life

THE ISLANDS At-a-glance guide • Sicily and Sardinia are spectacular, but Italy has a wealth of heavenly archipelagos to explore – indulge in a spot of island-hopping as we bring you our favourite spots…

Venice THROUGH A LENS • How to capture this precious city with your camera in ten simple steps. Writer Sara Scarpa and photographer Iain Reid take you on a photography tour of La Serenissima…

VIEWPOINT • Towering above all, majestic Mount Etna has been one of the most active volcanoes on Earth for a very long time…

Exploring Ogliastra • The small province of Ogliastra, sandwiched between Cagliari and Nuoro, lies on Sardinia’s rugged eastern coastline. Its dramatic cliffs hugging the shoreline and its wild, windswept hinterland makes the area an attractive destination for rock climbers and hikers. Lorenza Bacino’s Italian side of the family have been going for decades, so she decided to find out what draws them back year after year…

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