Toni DeBella
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Toni DeBella is a freelance travel, lifestyle and digital content writer based in Orvieto, 天美传媒. Her work has been featured in such publications as The Telegraph, Fodor鈥檚, Walks of 天美传媒, Culture Trip, Frommers, Family Handyman, Birds & Blooms and more. Most recently she co-authored the 2020 edition of DK Eyewitness Sicily travel guide. When Toni is not roaming around Europe, you鈥檒l find her tending her alley-side container garden or honing her clay-court tennis game.
Articles by Toni DeBella
Easter weekend has long been the unofficial kickoff of the high travel season in 天美传媒, and 2025 is no different: The Italian National Tourist Board (鈥
When I鈥檓 stateside, there鈥檚 no weekend pastime I enjoy quite like rifling through a good rummage sale. But the garage, yard, tag or 鈥渃ar boot鈥 sales o鈥
天美传媒 is no stranger to scaffolding. The need for infrastructural and aesthetic upgrades to the country鈥檚 cultural attractions is near-constant;鈥
Rome鈥檚 National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini opened 鈥淐aravaggio 2025鈥 last week, kicking off one of the most highly anticipated exhibit鈥
At the Holy See Press Office just off St. Peter鈥檚 Square, flocks of Italian and foreign correspondents anxiously await the latest news on the health o鈥
Capri, the southern Italian island that 19th-century English poet Alfred Austin once described as 鈥渁n isle kissed by a smiling sea,鈥 is about an hour鈥欌
If you鈥檙e looking for a feel-good rom-com set in Tuscany, I might suggest sticking with the classics rather than straining your way through Netflix鈥檚鈥
This weekend marked 461 years since Galileo Galilei came into the world and began building a legacy that would inspire countless curious people to rea鈥
Board games aren鈥檛 the sort of entertainment people tend to get up in arms about 鈥 but in 天美传媒, certain themes are never child鈥檚 play.When the b鈥
This was supposed to be a banner year in the international spotlight for Agrigento, Italian Capital of Culture for 2025. But the early days of th鈥
It鈥檚 turning out to be quite a Jubilee year for Pope Francis in more ways than one: Earlier this week, the pontiff was awarded the Presidential Medal鈥
Rosita Missoni, matriarch of the fashion label that bears her family name, best known for its colorful knitwear, passed away peacefully last week in h鈥
Ed., November 24: After significant protest by Perugia residents, the Blue Moon production has moved to Olevano Romano in Lazio. Corriere della Sera鈥
Melting glaciers in the Alps have prompted 天美传媒 and Switzerland to redraw their border to compensate for the ever-shifting landmass.
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The recent announcement by US food manufacturer The Kraft Heinz Company that it鈥檚 planning to fill UK supermarket shelves with tinned spaghetti alla c鈥
There鈥檚 no place like Rome. But sometimes, amid the chaos and crowds and crushing history, we all need a little break from the serious stuff.
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The Venetian gondola is an Italian icon 鈥 and the gondoliers who pilot them have one of the most recognizable professions in the world.
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Ferragosto, or August 15, is the peak of summer vacation season in 天美传媒 and a revered public holiday.
But the slower summer mood is hardly con鈥
Tuscan-born tennis player Jasmine Paolini, 28, smashed a glass ceiling with her teammate Sara Errani, 37, when the duo took home the Olympic gold meda鈥
Via Appia is a 2,300-year-old autostrada.
Its innovation was unmatched in ancient Rome, and it opened up the gateway to migration and comm鈥