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A golden traditional panettone in a dark pleated wrapper sits on a brass pedestal in Château Monfort's neoclassical dining room, surrounded by festive garlands of white frosted berries, gold wheat and deep red berries bound with silver and cream ribbons. A cream gift box embossed with the hotel's monogram and a lit votive candle appear alongside. Crystal and chandelier light glow softly in the blurred background.

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Château Monfort’s festive panettoni: tradition meets candied apricot

Milan's Relais & Châteaux hotel releases two artisanal panettoni for the season, each crafted with long fermentation and carefully selected ingredients. Pre orders begin now.

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A refined soup course in a white bowl with frothy top, garnished with diced red peppers and pale vegetables in the center, set on white tablecloth

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Mistral reopens this spring on Lake Como’s shore

The gastronomic restaurant at Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni returns with refined contemporary Italian cuisine, welcoming guests back to its lakeside setting in Bellagio.

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Overhead view of an autumn table setting with two place settings featuring white bowls on dark grey plates with woven placemats, wine glasses, candles and autumn foliage garnish

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Autumn arrives at Metropole with Chef Cicerale’s seasonal feast

On 29 October, the Salone degli Specchi becomes a candlelit stage for a gastronomic journey through autumn's flavours. Chef Alfonso Cicerale unveils the new seasonal menu at Orientalbar & Bistrot, accompanied by live piano.

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Book cover for Bambino di Como with yellow typography overlaid on photographs of interior spaces and a vintage red car

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Bambino di Como: nine days captured on Lake Como

Edition Como documents an intimate Lake Como escape through the lens of photographers Brianna Capozzi and Jacob Michael Holler, a photographic diary that captures the essence of dolce vita by the water.

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Blonde wooden tables and caramel leather banquettes in IYO Kaiseki's minimalist dining room, with tall timber screen partitions framing a view of Porta Nuova's skyline through expansive windows; a black ceramic vessel holds coral and white flowers

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IYO Kaiseki brings Tokyo refinement to Milan’s modern skyline

Within Porta Nuova's contemporary towers, a new Japanese restaurant marries kaiseki tradition with Milanese sophistication. Light floods through expansive windows to illuminate minimalist interiors that speak of careful restraint.

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Hands wearing blue gloves arranging fresh green lettuce and vegetables in white cardboard boxes at the Rialto Market, with wooden market shelving and produce stalls visible behind

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Market to table: Palazzina Grassi’s Venetian cooking experience

Forget the gondola tours. Palazzina Grassi invites guests to discover Venice through its most authentic rhythms: the Rialto Market at dawn, a glass of wine, and the hands on pleasure of cooking what the day has yielded.

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A white plate with a blue rim holds a mound of pale, whipped baccalà mantecato topped with chopped herbs, flanked by two wedges of bright yellow polenta, beside silver cutlery on white marble

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Cipriani serves baccalà mantecato, Venice’s whipped salt cod treasure

Salt cod, beaten to silken submission and crowned with polenta, speaks to centuries of Venetian seafaring. Cipriani interprets this austere delicacy with its customary refinement.

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Pale linen curtains frame a view of the Ligurian Sea and distant coastline beneath a luminous sky

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Chris Rhodes captures the quiet soul of Belmond Splendido

Photographer Chris Rhodes has turned everyday moments at the Portofino jewel into luminous studies of light, colour and grace. His exhibition opens in New York this November.

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Castel Badia's cream and terracotta stone facade rises from a snow-covered hillside in the Dolomites, surrounded by evergreen forest and mist-shrouded peaks beyond

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Medieval stronghold meets Alpine luxury in South Tyrol

Perched above the Dolomites, an eleventh century castle has been transformed into a sanctuary where centuries of stone and timber meet contemporary comfort, and ski slopes lie a half hour's drive away.

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The Olympic-sized saltwater pool at Belmond Hotel Cipriani viewed from above, surrounded by white loungers and immaculate lawn, with the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore visible across the lagoon against a clear blue sky

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Venice’s Olympic Pool: A Saltwater Sanctuary on the Lagoon

Belmond Hotel Cipriani offers guests an unexpected escape within the water city itself: an Olympic sized saltwater pool set on the Venetian lagoon, where the rhythm of the city fades into pure tranquillity.

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