Aperols at aperitivo, splashing about the deep blue and halcyon days spent under the Tuscan sun – these may be some of your imagined or lived vignettes of la dolce vita, baby.
Though, the sweet air of an Italian summer can somehow still be smelt from another life and hemisphere – you need not to be sailing off Capri or sipping vino in a Sicilian vineyard to feel its warmth.
Sometimes, a taste of travel and awe can be found right within the crisp pages of a hardcover coffee table book.
So that you can get a whiff of that languorous Mediterranean spirit at home, we’ve curated an edit of some of the best Italy coffee table books that capture the essence of la dolce vita.