The Blog
Margie in Italy Travel Blog features personal stories from Italy and all things Italian in a conversational tone. It is your guide to Bella Italia.
Readers routinely search this blog for up-to-date interesting, inspiring, and useful information related to Italy and Italy travel.
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Articles on the blog include stories and information about popular Italy destinations, as well as off-the-beaten-path places. Conversational in tone, personal experiences with the people of Italy, travel tips, observations, excursions including cooking and wine experiences, and photos and videos from Italy are its main focus. You’ll also learn about the books this author has penned.
The Readers
Started in 2011, Margie in Italy has 736 posts and 1327 subscribers. Margie in Italy receives over 13,700 visitors and over 17,000 page views a month. 45% of my readers are from the US with the remainder predominantly from Australia, the UK, Canada, Italy, Ireland, and others
Social Media (as of Jan 18, 2026)
6000 Bluesky followers
2611 Instagram followers
1287 Facebook page followers
Contact Margie Miklas
Email: margieeee49@gmail.com
Phone 772-342-3085
Margie in Italy’s awards include the short list for Italy Magazine Blogger Awards and Top 35 Italy Travel Blogs. Margie is a contributing writer for various online and print magazines and newspapers, including Italia Magazine, La Gazzetta Italiana, and other online sites.
She is an award-winning author of Memoirs of a Solo Traveler – My Love Affair with Italy and has published five other award-winning books about Italy.
She was honored by Book Excellence Awards for her first novel, Critical Cover-Up. And a sequel, A Cure for Deceit was a Silver award winner of the FWA Royal Palm Literary Competition, and Bronze award winner from Readers’ Favorite.
Her third thriller, Absolute Revenge, which was a Firebird award winner, was honored with an American Fiction finalist award. Read more on her Amazon Author page.
She also captures her passion for travel with a camera. Her photography has been featured in calendars, newspapers, and the lobby of a Fortune 500 company, as well as in her coffee table book, Colors of Naples and the Amalfi Coast.
Her first novel, the award-winning thriller,Critical Cover-Up, received a 5-star review from Readers Favorite and was honored as a Book Excellence Finalist.
She has also released four of her Italy books as audio books, which she narrated, and her three novels, narrated by professional voice-over artists.
