It’s a family affair

This trip is a tale of two grandes dames and one great train ride, hopping from the majestic Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, to the equally charming Grand Hotel Villa Serbe

It was as if we had been ‘magicked’ from cool alpine grandeur, via the Gotthard Pass, into Mediterranean scenery and climate. Just a few miles south of the Swiss Alps we enjoyed views of forested moun

SLOW TRIPS THROUGH ITALY ARE AS VARIED AS ITS LANDSCAPES — AND ALLOW YOU TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN LOCAL CULTURE. WHETHER YOU’RE EXPLORING THE VENETIAN LAGOON BY BOAT, HIKING TO ROME LIKE AN ANCIENT PILGRIM OR ROAD-TRIPPING ALONG THE BACKSTREETS OF SOUTHERN PUGLIA, HERE’S HOW TO CAPTURE THE ART OF LA DOLCE VITA

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Catherine Fairweather finds a dream-like world of old-school glamour aboard the new Orient Express journey from Rome to Venice, where ancient ruins melt into rolling Italian landscapes steeped in Renaissance romance