Italy

In a fantastic city filled with river streets and boat cars, Venice hotels have a lot to live up to. That they exceed expectations is just one more reason to spend the night.

Six Senses brings its renowned brand of luxury wellness to Rome, with a big, bright, shining star of a hotel and a modern take on the Eternal City’s ancient baths.

There’s no doubt which countries are the “Big Three” of European wine production. When it comes to winery hotels, however, a new challenger is looking to join the party.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate reviewer Monica Larner goes a truffle hunt on a foggy autumn afternoon. And she recommends a few good places to eat and excellent wines to drink (including Barolo and Barbaresco) from this beautiful corner in northern Italy.

The motif of the Tuscan farmhouse has been emulated throughout the world — probably to its own detriment. But there’s nothing like the real thing, and these hotels give you all of the authenticity without any of the cliché.

With its golden afternoon sunshine, cypress-lined hills and postcard perfect panoramas, Tuscany is a land of dreams. It is also the region that makes some of Italy’s most important fine wines cherished by collectors and enthusiasts alike.

35 new Stars are shining over the peninsula, in Campania, two new restaurants have been awarded 2 MICHELIN Stars: Tre Olivi and Krèsios.

It has been suggested that the unusual name of this region lying between Brescia and Lake Iseo is a reference to France (Francia in Italian), although another interpretation favours the idea that the area was once a corte franca, or a free zone exempt from the payment of taxes to the monks who cultivated the land here.

The country now features a grand total of 374 MICHELIN-starred restaurants.

The young winemaker is on a quest to produce the best white wine in the world.

The renowned pastry chef, who has worked in many MICHELIN-starred restaurants around the world, shares his favourite desserts and dining spots in his home city.

The renowned Italian chef shares what it was like when they got their first MICHELIN star for Piccolo Lago in Verbania and how he's managed to retain it the last 15 years.

The Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s newly unveiled La Terrazza Gualtiero Marchesi honors the late founder of contemporary Italian cuisine.

The Boia Faüss microbrewery serves out about 200 hectoliters of beer per year, drawing on self-produced raw materials, giving them typically Teutonic imprints and Anglo-Saxon aspects.

Wolfgang Puck visits this peaceful fishing town for its impeccable seafood.

Uliassi is the newest restaurant to receive the three-star accolade.

Explore the marble mountains and creative community on the coast of Northern Tuscany.

Chef Rudy Accornero visits during the region’s white truffle season, running from September through December.