For a century and half, Villa Serbelloni, owned by the Swiss Bucher dynasty, has been a favourite stopover for Churchill, the Rothschilds, John Kennedy, kings,...

After a contentious meeting at the university on 20 January 1914, during which they accused the cultural circles of Bologna of being “professiorial mould”, Marinetti,...

Handed down from father to son for six generations, this is where Italy met the Hapsburg Empire, where horses were changed and mail collected. This...

On 19 August 1944, the liberators of Italy sat round a laid table in the garden: Winston Churchill and generals Marshall, head of the joint...

Located on the shores of Lake Como, Villa d’Este is surrounded by a beautiful 10-hectare park. Built in 1568 as the summer residence of Cardinal...

Located at the top of the ‘meadow’ in Cogne, on the road to the Gran Paradiso natural park, this is a home of hospitality, run...

The essence of Cortina, and its buvette. At the legendary bar with its universally renowned barman, Hemingway enjoyed martinis and red wine when he was...

Heir to the ancient Albergo dello Scudo di Francia, in a noble fifteenth-century palazzo. When Florence was the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from...

Heir to the ancient Albergo dello Scudo di Francia, in a noble fifteenth-century palazzo. When Florence was the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from...

A former peasant-family home – still with original nineteenth-century furnishings – this gem of the Dolomites stood on the Royal Imperial Road of Alemagna, linking...

A majestic succession of buildings on the lake, and splendid aristocratic halls with frescoed ceilings and stuccoes, this is a Belle Époque masterpiece with touches...

A Liberty-style building of true excellence, on the grandest street in Genoa, where the aristocracy of the "Superba" came for great festivities in the luxurious...