Lake

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by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 05/27/2014 - 09:31
Travel
by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Wed, 05/21/2014 - 05:28
Whether you like the beach or prefer the lake, Italy boasts the best of both worlds, but if you are in 'team lake' and think that the beach is a bore, it’s…
Food & Drink
by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Fri, 05/09/2014 - 04:00
Bang in the heart of the Castelli Romani hills and a mere 30 minutes from Rome, Lake Nemi is a discreet marvel with desirable menus. Giving new meaning to the…
Travel
by Marina Spironetti | Tue, 04/01/2014 - 20:30
As your plane begins its descent towards Rome, off to the north you will often see a blue teardrop nestling in the hills of northern Lazio, with two tiny…
Travel
by Barry Lillie | Wed, 02/05/2014 - 06:32
The northern region of Lombardy, named after the northern Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded and drove out the Romans, is Italy’s most developed and…
Travel
by Richard Zahra | Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:44
Lake Orta is a modest lake in Piedmont – thirteen kilometres long and less than four kilometres wide. Embraced by wooded hills, soaring mountains and tiny…
Travel
by Carla Passino | Thu, 07/16/2009 - 03:25
Sculpture-ringed terrace thick with red, yellow and white flowers cascade down a hill to the shores of a sapphire lake. Topiary shrubs perfectly trimmed to…
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by Carla Passino | Wed, 04/22/2009 - 10:12
Lake Como sparkles under the Spring sun. Grand Art Nouveau villas and Neo-Classical palazzos in pastel colours cast their tremulous reflection on the deep blue…
Culture
by Valentina | Mon, 02/02/2009 - 11:04
When you first visit Lake Como, one of the first things that strikes you is the vicinity of the Alps.You expect the glittering expanses of lake, the dense…
Travel
by Carla Passino | Tue, 07/29/2008 - 06:02
Lake Como glints like a polished sapphire under the summer sun. All around it, the emerald embrace of Alps and hills shelters the waters. As the ferry leaves…