--- title: Alexis Ohanian Took Serena Williams to Italy for Dinner description: Alexis Ohanian whisked Serena Williams off to Italy after the 23-time Grand Slam champ expressed a craving for Italian food for dinner. canonical: https://time.com/5345986/serena-williams-italy/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-23T15:46:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:59.203Z og:title: Alexis Ohanian Took Serena Williams Out to Italy for Dinner og:description: Apparently, she was craving Italian food for dinner og:url: https://time.com/5345986/serena-williams-italy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt626cd347073d5e5f/698935fce76ad22978632900/alexis-ohanaian-takes-serena-williams-to-italy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-US-ROYALS-WEDDING-GUESTS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alexis Ohanian Took Serena Williams Out to Italy for Dinner twitter:description: Apparently, she was craving Italian food for dinner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt626cd347073d5e5f/698935fce76ad22978632900/alexis-ohanaian-takes-serena-williams-to-italy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Apparently Serena Williams Wanted Italian Food So Her Husband Whisked Her to Italy > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Ian West / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read IAN WEST/AFP/Getty Images) US tennis player Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian arrive for the wedding ceremony of Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and US actress Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018\. (Photo by Ian West / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read IAN WEST/AFP/Getty Images) IAN WEST—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 23, 2018 3:46 PM UTC [Serena Williams](http://time.com/4925648/serena-williams-tennis/) might be a [23-time Grand Slam champion](http://time.com/collection/firsts/4898599/serena-williams-firsts/), but it looks like she’s winning off the court as well. The tennis superstar, who just finished competing in the [Wimbledon finals](http://time.com/5337263/serena-williams-wimbledon-final/), recently took a spontaneous trip to Venice, Italy thanks to husband Alexis Ohanian. In an Instagram post on Ohanian’s account, the Reddit founder revealed that Williams expressed a craving for Italian food for dinner, so he whisked her away to Italy, as one does, setting a new bar for relationship goals. Ohanian also shared on social media that they rode on a gondola on Venice’s famed canals. While the Williams-Ohanian family departed Venice at the end of the weekend, Ohanian shared that the city “made a great first impression on the family” and that they would “certainly be back.” Italy holds a special place for Williams and Ohanian; it’s where the happy couple first met each other in 2015, at Rome’s Hotel Cavalieri, the same location that [Ohanian proposed to Williams in 2016](http://time.com/4637497/serena-williams-engaged-reddit/). 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