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 ...

While most of us enjoy beaches, I have never seen such childlike love for the sea as the Italians have. The choosing of which beach club, which seafood dish, which region, what time to take a siesta, ...