Nick Dakin-Elliot, who gardens in Tuscany, is still moved by the Italian hilltop gardens that command some of the most beautiful views in the world

Henry Jeffreys discovers the honeyed marvel of Tokaji

They said Antonio – later ‘Tony’ – Lago was ‘spietato ma con grande fascino’ (which is to say ‘ruthless, but charming’). And they said of his most famous car that it was ‘une veritable oeuvre d’art’.

The region’s difficult recent history is now embraced in a fusion of Austrian and Italian cuisines and culture. Historically the South Tyrolean kitchen is German-Austrian, featuring the likes of dumpl

Colour co-ordinated Buccellati has spoiled us with two ...

No matter how many photographs you see of the magnificent Duomo in Florence, nothing prepares you for the real thing. Turn the corner into Cathedral Square and the huge confection of pink, white and g