School of Leather – Florence
The School of Leather or Scuola del Cuoio as it is known in Italy, was founded after World War II...
Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo – Taormina, Sicily, Italy
On the top of CELLOPHANELAND's luxury travel list is the Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo, Sicily. Built in 1873, the Belmond Grand...
Masseria Torre Maizza – Fasano, Puglia, Italy
Masseria Torre Maizza is situated in Fasano, Puglia, an area best known for the charming trulli that scatter the landscape....
Palazzo Margherita Family Coppola Hideaways – Bernalda, Basilicata, Italy
Palazzo Margherita – the latest addition to Francis Ford Coppola’s expanding stable of award-winning Coppola Hideaways. We recently had the opportunity to...
Hotel Straf – Milan, Italy
Literally just steps from Milan’s Duomo cathedral and La Scala opera house, Hotel Straf, is the perfect place to stay...
Hotel Palazzo Victoria – Verona, Italy
It is rather unfortunate that any mention of tourism in Verona is inevitably linked with Romeo and Juliet. In advance...
The Gombit Hotel – Bergamo, Italy
It is not often one gets an offer to stay in hotel in a medieval tower. As this one was...
C-Hotel & Spa – Como, Italy
Following closely on the heels of our review of the B2 Hotel in Zurich we move through the alphabet to...
Hotel Rifugio Fuciade – Italian Dolomites
It is not often that we recommend a winter sports hotel that is over half an hours snowy walk from...
A Classic Italian Recipe – Risotto al Prosecco di Cartizze
Risotto is one of the most Italian of dishes. It’s origins lie deep in the past, probably introduced to the...
Hotel Cortina – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy
Cortina in undoubtedly Italy’s most exclusive destination. This pretty and historic mountain town is overlooked by spectacular peaks of the...
Strada di Prosecco – The Prosecco Route, Italy
At the summit of a small hill in the Veneto pre-alps it is rather surprising to come across a solitary...