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The Zest MagazineIssue N°30

Stories from inside Italy, written by the people who design our journeys.

The Magazine

Stories from inside Italy

The places we know first-hand, the doors we open and the people we work with: the Italy that never makes the brochure.

Three people talking among olive trees in a sunlit grove under a blue skyOverhead view of a family-style table with antipasti, roast meat, vegetables and a bottle of wine being pouredAerial view of St Peter's dome and the colonnade at dusk with the Zest logo and tagline over the misty skylineMedieval stone castle with a square tower rising above a green lawn under a dramatic cloudy skyVilla loggia with granite columns and potted cacti framing cypress trees and the mountains of Lake ComoRooftop view over the stone houses of Matera with potted plants and a bell tower in the distanceNeoclassical villa with a columned portico and shallow dome glowing against a pink and purple sunset skyRows of grapevines with autumn-tinted leaves climbing a sunlit hillside under a clear skyTerrace with a stone pavilion and marble busts lining the balustrade above the Amalfi CoastQuiet Venetian canal lined with red and ochre houses, with a small bridge and reflections in the green waterWinding road lined with cypress trees across golden rolling hills of TuscanyAncient Roman wall fresco of draped figures on a vivid red background with decorative bordersFrescoed barrel-vaulted ceiling and map-covered walls of the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican MuseumsJagged Dolomite peaks above green alpine meadows under a sky of billowing cloudsWhite dog sitting beside a bronze statue of a seated man on a hilltop terraceHotel rooftop terrace with a pool, green parasols and sun loungers overlooking the city skylineStatue of Saint Paul with a sword in front of the gold mosaic facade of a Roman basilicaLong banquet table set with crystal glasses and flowers in an open grassy field under blue skyVaulted octagonal hall of brick and stone with a beam of blue light at the far end of an underground Roman palaceLarge wooden rocking horse on a lawn among tall umbrella pines with an Italian flag in the distanceRolling vineyard hills with a hilltop village beyond a vine hedge and a panoramic information board in the foregroundAerial view of a terracotta-roofed villa with a pool, surrounded by dense green woodlandBrown and white pony standing on a snowy rocky mountain slopeCloister garden with roses and clipped hedges framed by twisted mosaic-inlaid columnsSunset over the Tiber with a bridge and the dome of St Peter's silhouetted against a fiery skyLooking up at the weathered travertine arches and tiers of the Colosseum against a clear blue skyTwo large sunflowers in full bloom in a field, with a bee on one flower headPlate of short pasta in tomato and sausage sauce on a rustic table with serving tongsCalm deep blue sea with a lone sailboat on the horizon, seen past rocks and green plantsBay of Naples marina at night with moored boats and the lit hillside city reflected in the water
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