Arrive mid-August and the shutters are down. Nothing is wrong.
A 2,000-year-old holiday
August 15 — Feriae Augusti, established by Emperor Augustus in 18 BC to give people real rest.
The country empties
Shops close, families head for the coast, and Italy exhales — all at once, together.
Rest as a season
Not a scrap you earn and feel guilty about. Everyone takes it at the same time.
Borrow a little
Pick your day, put the phone in a drawer, dress for ease, find some water.
Made for the coast
See the summer pieces Maria chose.