A while back I wrote about a great magazine called "France". At that time I said I would report on the magazine "Bell'Italia" when it arrived. I got my first copy yesterday. It has wonderful high quality pictures and good articles about different areas and places in Italy. This issue features Otrano mosaics, Cannara, Torra Di Siena, Trapani, Ca?Rezzonico in Venice, ancient churches of Emilia-Romagna, and Cannara in Umbria. The cost of the magazine is $18.95 for 6 issues a year. The magazine "France" is better only because there are great real estate ads. "Bell?Italia" has only 1 real estate ad, making it harder to dream. Both mags are worth the $$. Enjoy!!

I want to add my recommendation to the Bell'Italia magazine. I also received my first issue yesterday. My mom had shown me back issues of the magazine and that made me subscribe. Beautiful photos and very good and detailed write-ups.

Do you have the magazine's subscrition address?
Thanks....

Hi Yipper,

The magazine is great. Can you please tell me where you got such a great price? The web subscription prices are about $90 for one year. Thanks!

Michelle

http://www.bellitalia-na.com/

On the website is says you can get two years for $34.95. I'm on it. Thanks for the web info.

I've been receiving this magazine since December, I believe, and I really enjoy it. The articles and pictures are great. I received subscription information when I received a catalog from The Parker Company and I believe I paid around $30.

Michelle, that $90 you saw is probably for the getting the original Italian edition, which has been around for years, airmailed to the US. The English-language edition began only recently.

grazie Castleton for the info...
I am going to check the web and subscribe...

I ordered a subscription to this magazine online on 08/18, paid the cc bill, and have yet to receive an issue. Nothing from the company. An email to them 2 weeks ago went unanswered, and a phone call resulted in a "It's late getting out" response. Still not a word. Anyone else having this experience with this magazine?

They are pretty slow. I believe they only publish every 2 months. The last one I received was in August as well. I e-mailed them about a week ago to see if I had missed one, they haven't responded. I believe they have a phone number that we can call to get immediate answers.

I just emailed them again a little while ago. Their website shows the current issue - of June/July! By my calculations, that should be about 2 issues ago.

I have the same problem Castleton..I ordered the magazine August 19th..I completly forgot about it, until today..after reading this post I realized that I have not received anything yet.
I did sent a-email to customer service a couple of hours ago.Hoping for the best..

I remember that it took a while for me to get my first issue. At least a couple of months

I called their phone #, 800-354-2550 2x this am and I get a weird recording stating that they are busy with someone else and to call back. There's no possibility of waiting on hold.

"Mail delivery failure" ... "Connection refused" was the result of yesterday's email to them. Starting to look like they've gone belly up, don't you think? I'd be happy with 6 past issues ...

I'm hoping (for now) that they are a "mom and pop shop" and just aren't very efficient. I remember a few months back that I e-mailed them, and it took a good 2 weeks for them to get back to me. In that e-mail they suggested that calling them was best. I e-mailed them about a week ago, and it wasn't returned to me undeliverable.

If they have gone "belly up," hopefully Amex will help with getting my $$$ back?

I finally got through on that 1-800 #, and they stated that they are "running behind" with the current issue (which they state is Oct.-Nov. The people who answer the phone don't seem to work for "Bell'Italia," as they asked me what magazine I was inquiring about.

Good news: Received my first issue yesterday.

3 weeks later- I still haven't gotten another issue! Maybe mine's coming as well? What months did yours cover Castleton?