Eating pastries for breakfast, swimming in pools surrounded by vineyards, the land of La Dolce Vita is the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion with family and friends. Consider staying in ...

IT WAS EVENING outside the walled Renaissance city of Lucca. The geometric outlines of the church of Santa Maria Assunta were fading in the distance, blending with the hillside’s dusky blue. My ...

For travelers and even agents this barrage of historic homes-cum-resorts poses a problem: namely how to tell one from the other. They are all historic. They have all been carefully restored. Moreover, ...