Last month in the Southern Amalfi Coast of Italy, I hopped onto the back of my friend Vincenza’s Vespa, and we zipped down to join her friends at the beach. She set up our ombrellone (sun umbrella) in ...

This summer in Italy, a fierce debate over the country’s beaches made big waves. Though the spiagge is public by law, stretches from Amalfi to Liguria are now dominated by private concessions. These ...

Italy boasts beautiful beaches. However, in the not-too-distant future, some of them could disappear. A recent report shows that one in five Italian beaches is at risk. The Società Geografica Italiana ...

For Americans, the price of eggs became a rallying cry for consumers beaten down by high prices. For Italians, it’s the cost of beach umbrellas. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Santa Marinella, ...

Have you ever been to a beach that literally took your breath away? To be honest, most beaches probably have that effect on us, but Genoa’s beaches are something you’ve never seen before. The beaches ...