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Vine-clad hills rolling to the horizon, splendid snow-capped Alpine vistas, some of the world’s loveliest wines, topped off by gourmet food experiences to match… How do you narrow it all down for a few days in the Langhe? Our travel expert in Italy maps out an enticing itinerary

‘ Another day in the simulation. Switzerland.exe is running flawlessly,’ says Material-Resist3770 above a mountain scene so stunningly perfect that it could be computer-generated. This internet post i

Giorgio Baroni; Alamy CORSO ITALIA in Cortina d’Ampezzo ...

Travelling to Europe, we often fly and miss out on the pleasure of a European road trip, so for my holiday in northern Italy, I decided to savour the journey by driving there. There are plenty of ferr

Length: 21.3km Elevation gain: 1,142m Average gradient: 5% Maximum gradient: 12% The Colle del Nivolet in north-west Italy is the most beautiful mountain road in the world. Fact. But that’s not the on

In the Catalan Pyrenees, everything is bigger. This larger-than-life landscape, 200km north of the soft sands of the Mediterranean coast, is where Catalonia’s colossal peaks mark the region’s borders