For more than a decade, Debra Coltune’s life revolved around the relentless pace and gridlocked traffic of Las Vegas. As a video presenter and food critic, she felt she was constantly hustling just to stay ahead — precariously trying to balance work and family life.
Now, her days begin with a morning stroll to a market where locals greet her with a warm “buongiorno.” Two years ago, fed up with the noise and neon of Vegas, she decided to swap them for the peace and calm of Carloforte, a sleepy village on a small island off the coast of the large Italian island of Sardinia.
“Las Vegas was all flashing lights, constant energy, and a fast-paced rhythm,” she says. “In contrast, Sardinia is serene. The island moves at its own gentle pace, surrounded by natural beauty and a calm that touches every part of daily life.”
Coltune’s change of life began in 2023 when she traveled on assignment to the small island of San Pietro, off the southwestern tip of Sardinia, where fewer than 6,000 people live, to act as a judge at a local tuna festival in Carloforte — little suspecting it would soon become her home.
But she immediately fell in love with the picturesque landscape surrounded by clear waters. She found life there a refreshing contrast to the daily routines and anxieties back in Vegas. And so in 2024, together with her children Aiden and Kaiya and the family’s two poodles, she decided to make the move.
