Around aperitivo hour at Villa D'Este, the grand dame hotel on Lake Como in northern Italy, well-dressed guests gather under chestnut trees on the marble terrace overlooking the lake, listening to a ...

Okay, after traveling from Rome to Catania and seeing many wonderful gardens, I asked my group to name the three gardens they liked the most. I told them I get a kick from just speaking the names of ...

In a world where the term “luxury” is bandied about, it’s almost ceased to have any true meaning. I said “almost,” because there are still a handful of hotels where the term is still applicable. Villa ...

Villeggiatura is Italian for something that takes non–Italian speakers much longer to say—“a summer holiday in a residence in the country”—and for centuries no Italian villa hotel has attracted more ...

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Built for a cardinal 400 years ago. Owned by a Princess of Wales. Catnip to Hollywood and catwalk to Chanel. When it comes to a glamorous backstory, Villa d’Este doesn’t disappoint. Factor in ...

It seems as if I have always known of the celebrated Villa d‘Este, but until this spring I really didn’t know much about it. I was aware of the complex’s influence on landscape design, especially the ...

This year was the 90th anniversary for Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, which was first held at the palatial 16th-century villa on the shores of Lake Como on September 1, 1929. As a setting for a ...

Lake Como’s landmark Villa d’Este hotel tapped the famous Italian fabric and design house Loro Piana to refresh its Villa Cima, one of four private villas on the property, earlier this year. Built in ...