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Executive Chef Vincenzo Lebano in white chef's coat works at a polished counter in the Wine Cellar, pendant lamps casting warm light overhead

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Private Italian cooking lessons in Milan’s storied wine cellar

Executive Chef Vincenzo Lebano guides guests through authentic Italian cuisine within the refined depths of Excelsior Hotel Gallia's Wine Cellar, where tradition and technique converge.

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A red decorative panel featuring etched musical instruments including a guitar with piano keys and ornamental lute designs rendered in silvery white lines

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Fornasetti Suite at Mandarin Oriental Milan celebrates Piero’s visionary world

Barnaba Fornasetti has transformed a suite at Mandarin Oriental Milan into an immersive encounter with the Atelier's decorative universe, drawing from his father's visionary designs of the 1950s.

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A handcrafted white Murano glass ornament suspended from a cardinal red Venini ribbon hangs before a softly lit Christmas tree, with evergreen boughs and warm white lights visible in the background

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St. Regis Rome illuminates its tree with Venini glass

The Roman palace hotel partners with the legendary Murano glassmaker to dress its Christmas tree in handcrafted ornaments of milky white glass. A festive evening of sabering and ceremonial light awaits.

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Grand neoclassical staircase at Palazzo Reale with cream panelling, turned balusters, and arched fanlight windows flooding the interior with natural light; a figure in dark clothing descends the curved stairs beneath blackened metal candelabra

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Portrait Milano discovers geometry in Milan’s neoclassical grandeur

At Palazzo Reale, the hotel's interiors transform light into architecture, where every ascending staircase becomes a meditation on proportion and perspective.

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Aerial view of Villa Azzurra's turquoise pool suspended above the Faraglioni rocks and deep blue Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation

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Villa Azzurra brings Capri’s dolce vita to new heights

Perched above the Faraglioni rocks, Punta Tragara's newest suite marriage storied Mediterranean glamour with contemporary elegance. A turquoise pool suspended over crystalline waters offers a glimpse of how luxury inhabits this legendary island.

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A hand tilts a white ceramic vessel to pour creamy sauce onto a plate holding white crab flesh, candied crab roe, and purple flowers in controlled composition against a white surface

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King crab from Kamchatka arrives at Lake Como’s finest table

Mistral, the restaurant within Grand Hotel Villa d'Este, transforms the distant Russian seas into an elegant plate, where royal crab flesh meets barely warmed precision and a delicate claw frittura.

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Geometric glass dome viewed from below, with black metal framework creating a radial pattern against pale yellow Milanese palazzo facades visible through the panes

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White truffle season arrives at La Cupola in Milan

Park Hyatt Milano's signature restaurant celebrates autumn's most prized ingredient with a dedicated menu showcasing the earthy intensity of Alba's finest white truffles.

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A plated dish of spaghetti cacio e pepe with langoustine garnished with fresh herbs on white porcelain, served at a table overlooking Lake Como through a wooden-framed window, with a glass of rose wine and water glasses beside it

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L’Aria at Mandarin Oriental Lake Como redefines Italian refinement

Spaghetti cacio e pepe meets langoustine at the resort's exquisite lakeside restaurant, where Roman tradition encounters contemporary elegance and the water becomes part of the meal.

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The Paolino team assembled beneath the historic lemon pergola at night, with staff in red and blue striped uniforms and front of house in neutral dress, gathered shoulder to shoulder under warm overhead lights

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Paolino’s team: the warmth beneath the lemon trees

At the legendary Capri restaurant, hospitality flows through every hand, every smile, every gesture. The people who make Paolino come alive share their season of care, commitment and grace.

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Dusk over Rome's historic centre: terracotta and ochre buildings with a church dome silhouetted against an apricot sky, rooftops in warm light

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The Eternal City awakens to a new voyage at sunset

Orient Express opens its first hotel in a seventeenth century palazzo on Rome's Piazza della Minerva, where the beginning of any journey starts with views across ancient rooftops towards the Pantheon dome.

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