It’s not often you would find me deep in a damp ancient cellar, down and dirty among racks of hanging meat, but on this particular occasion it was well worth it, for this particular cellar was under the Palazzo Antica Corte Pallavicina Relais, the domain of Massimo Spigaroli, the undisputed King of Culatello, the Rolls Royce of prosciutto.
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Antica Corte Pallavicina Relais
13/02/2014 .Palazzo Manfredi, Rome
21/09/2013This entry was posted in Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged Boutique hotels in Rome on .In an era when aristocrats rely on visitors to maintain their stately piles, it’s not surprising that an Italian count has turned his palatial offices into a boutique hotel.
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26/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged Best hotels in Rome, Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Luxury hotels in Rome on .Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.
Read the full story hereCortina d’Ampezzo. Walking on summer sunshine
22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, South Tyrol, Veneto and tagged Cortina, Dolomites, Guide to Cortina, hiking in the Dolomites, Italian summer holidays on .Guido Pompanin knows a thing or two about The Dolomites. Not surprising really when you consider his father Ugo and few friends built their very own cable car service to ferry passengers 2,700 metres up from Cortina d’Ampezzo to the summit of Mount Lagazuoi in 1965.
Read the full story hereIl Salviatino. Florence.
10/07/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Florence, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Tuscany and tagged Best hotels in Tuscany, Florence luxury hotels, Luxury hotels in Florence, Luxury hotels in Tuscany on .Standing on the terrace of Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you’ve died and gone to heaven.
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