The last crotto in Como, it bears witness to the time-honoured tradition in which natural cavities in the mountains were used to preserve food and...

A story that started with panettoni on the royal banqueting tables of the Savoys, and on that of the hero Garibaldi, later blended into the cheerful...

A “hotel with stabling” just by Porta Palazzo – Europe’s largest open-air food market – it became a centre for traders and travellers in 1830...

In 1929, it introduced pizza and Neapolitan cuisine to Milan, attracting even D’Annunzio and Mascagni. The restaurant was discovered by the world of the theatre and became...

In the cellars of a fourteenth-century palazzo, close to the basilica of the same name, this is a fascinating, pristine monument to the ‘medieval fantasy’...

This elegant beer house was founded by the Austrian master brewer Otto Wipflinger, who was the first to produce, import, distribute and make known Austrian...

This is a magical place in the heart of the mountains, with a huge fireplace and ancient barrel vault painted with stars, a terrace overlooking...

In a mix of plates and palettes, artists like Vellani Marchi, Miró, Vedova, Carrà, De Pisis, Matisse and de Chirico have been fascinated by this...

1930s style and elegance. Opened by the Monuments and Antiquities authority of Salerno, and run ever since by the same family, it is located in...

In the nineteenth century, steamboats – from which it takes its name – used to leave from the station just round the corner. One of...

A sign stating that ‘Here the pig is magnificated’ dominates the little room in this corner of genuine cuisine behind Ragusa. A gastronomic haven of...

A baker’s boy, Gio Batta Luca Bonino, ‘Luchin’ to his friends, set up on his own and opened a tavern in the ancient carruggi alleyways....