This letter sits behind La Vita Vera, a founder-hosted Amalfi Coast villa week for women seeking food, culture, ease and a more personal way into Italy.

La Vita Vera is shaped by this kind of Italian table: generous, rooted, personal, and central to a women’s Amalfi Coast villa week based in Ravello.

A letter for the woman who usually thinks ahead: on solo women’s travel, the quiet luxury of being hosted, and a more personal way into the Amalfi Coast.

In this personal essay, Mariangela reflects on growing up between two cultures, her lifelong connection to Italy, the loss of her mother, and the realisation that she had not lost herself at all, she had simply postponed herself.

A letter about travel, identity, family, belonging, and the tables that shape our lives.