Florence | Recollection by Albrici

Recollection by Albrici is Florence’s coolest vintage store, almost a museum of 20th century fashion, as seen by insider Mikaela Bandini for Urban Italy.

Bologna | Lab Store

Mikaela Bandini of Urban Italy discovers gallery, shop and workshop Lab Store in the heart of Bologna, an offshoot of art and design school L.UN.A.

Pisa | De Bondt

San Martino 82 is the new home of De Bondt, chocolate shop but also patisserie, café and store celebrating all things sweet. Mikaela Bandini takes a look.

Rome | Sora Margherita

Typical Roman dishes and a unique atmosphere at Sora Margherita, as reviewed by Mikaela Bandini in the coolest travel guide to contemporary Italy.

Turin | Consorzio

In a quiet side street only minutes from the buzzing Quadrilatero, housed a bakery which covered for an illegal left-wing print shop during the war

Milan | Dry Cocktails & Pizza

Mikaela Bandini takes a look at Milan’s trendy Dry Cocktails & Pizza in the coolest travel guide to contemporary Italy.

Bologna | La FerramentA

Mikaela Bandini finds an amazing clothing store in Bologna’s Via delle Moline, La FerramentA: she tells all in the coolest guide to contemporary Italy.

Montramito | L’Artigiana Viareggina

Mikaela Bandini takes a look at handmade shoe collections by L’Artigiana Viareggina for the coolest travel guide to contemporary Italy.

Rome | Freni e Frizioni

Freni e Frizioni cocktail bar in Rome’s Trastevere gets the green light from Mikaela Bandini in the coolest travel guide to contemporary Italy.

Pieve d’Alpago | Riccardo De Prà

Mikaela Bandini meets the brilliant radical chef of Dolada restaurant in the hills of the Veneto region ( and of Doladino catering), Riccardo De Prà.