<p>A Londoner by birth, writer Nicky Swallow grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Trained as a classical musician, she arrived in Italy in the early 1980s to play the viola in the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale in Florence. Her writing career began in the mid-1990s, and she has since written and edited <em>Time Out</em> guides to Florence, Venice, Rome, Turin, Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Recognized as an expert in luxury travel, food, wine and lifestyle, she has contributed to <em>Travel & Leisure</em> , <em>The Guardian</em>, <em>The Independent </em>, <em>Condé Nast Traveller</em> (UK and US), <em>The Telegraph</em> and numerous other publications. She lives in an olive grove just outside Florence and continues to travel across Italy for both work and pleasure.</p>
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