The Cantinetta is owned by the Marchese Piero Antinori winemaking family and is a great lunch spot while enjoying the sites and sounds of Florence.
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Filippo Brunelleschi was born in Florence in 1377. He began his training there as an apprentice goldsmith, gaining status as a master in 1404. However, it is his work in architecture for which he is best known.
When you arrive at La Pievina, the waitress will ask you, "carne, pesce o vegetariano?" It will be the last decision you make before the feast begins.
The church of San Biagio is Antonio da Sangallo's architectural masterpiece in Montepulciano.
Hotel Cavalieri Hilton is located on Monte Mario, 15 minutes from the center of Rome by taxi. It is not the most convenient locale but a cool refuge in those blazing hot Roman summers.
Looking for a good place to stay on your drive north to Tuscany or the night before your flight out of Rome?
Sergio Mottura and his family's Porcupine Lair offers simple accommodations, a good restaurant and their own wines.
For more than 900 years the fisherman of this little island off of Sicily's coast have gone after bluefin tuna in the same ritualistic way.
Since 1957, the Boisseaux family from Burgundy, produces Bandol from their 34 hectares in unusual ways.
Mamma Agata’s cooking classes take place in her private home in Ravello, situated on a cliff, 1000 feet above the sea level.
Every year, on the third Sunday of May, Noto (the Stone Garden of Cesare Brandi), covers the town with flowers to greet and welcome spring with an elegant festival called the "Infiorata". This Baroque Spring Festival started in 1980 by the masters of the Genzano school.
Built by the wealthy archaeologist and Grecophile, Theodore Reinach in 1908, this meticulous reconstruction of a 5th century BC Athenian home has stunning interiors.
This caseificio makes pasteurized sheep’s milk cheeses. The beautiful area around Pienza is famous for pecorino cheeses, and this family-run business is one of several owned by Sardinian shepherds who came to Tuscany in the early 1960’s.
Each year during July through August at Lago di Massaciuccoli, 30 minutes from Lucca, the music of Giacomo Puccini is celebrated.
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France is currently hosting a huge Henri Cartier-Bresson retrospective called "De qui s'agit-il?".
This villa is the late Count Guido Monzino’s estate on the tiny island of Comacina, of Lake Como.
After a four year restoration, a 17th-century private villa on Lake Como is now a luxurious vacation home available for the first time ever, and only through via travel design.
Featured in Architectual Digest Italy, we are privileged to offer this important property for up to twelve discerning travelers. How did we find this property? Read on!
Fernando Botero, the famous Latin-American artist, despite his love for his native Colombia, has a home and studio in Pietrasanta, Tuscany and each year spends his summer vacation in Versilia.
