I’ve been pondering Italy a lot over recent weeks. Lonely Planet magazine Italia has just launched, becoming the latest in our international network of editions. We now have versions of Lonely Planet magazine established in countries as impressively random as Argentina, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA… not to mention the UK. I’m proud to think ours truly is the world’s best-travelled travel magazine. Where our Italian edition’s editor Federico Geremei has been telling me of his efforts to wrestle with our quirky British giochi di parole (plays on words), Google Translate and my multilingual colleagues have helped me to discover many new experiences through Federico’s pages. Keeping inspiration from our Italian edition in mind, this August issue promises fresh takes on the classic Italy so many of us adore (from p44). Having now reappraised my own idealised day in Italy, I’ll start it by scoffing a double-stuffed crostata in Rome,
drive the spectacular Grande Strada delle Dolomiti, then wind up hearing
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