Ian Kelly on Venice: ‘Casanova’s story takes you to the city’s best views’
The Casanova biographer, whose work has inspired a new ballet, finds plenty of traces of the 18th-century lothario amid the city’s canals, bars and alleyways
Italy holidays
How the fashion industry is rebuilding Rome
Fashion is funding the restoration of Rome’s historic monuments. But who really benefits, wonders Eva Wiseman
Palermo holiday guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants
The capital of Sicily is a crumbling film set of a city with unmissable architecture, vivid street life, and a great choice of alfresco restaurants and bars
Making the perfect limoncello on the shores of Italy’s Lake Garda
‘You need a lot of lemons and they need to be the very best,’ says the owner of one of the few remaining groves on the Italian lakes
Bulgari’s €1.5m restoration of Rome’s Spanish Steps hit by delays
Economic woes and bureaucracy hold up work on city’s attraction, leaving it closed at height of tourist season
Your good health: an Alpine spa crawl
For the price of a night in the pub you can luxuriate in a top Alpine spa. Debbie Lawson tries out three in Switzerland and Italy