Around Italy: Piemonte, Where Italy Meets the Alps and the Vineyards Piemonte is one of Italy’s great regions of landscape, wine, food, industry, and history. From Torino and the royal residences of the House of Savoy to the vineyards of Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato, the region moves from Alpine valleys to rice fields, hazelnut groves, truffle country, and some of the most celebrated wine hills in the world. Torino, the Elegant Capital Torino is a city of broad avenues, arca

Around Italy: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy’s Borderland of Mountains, Vineyards, Sea, and Central European Soul Friuli Venezia Giulia is one of Italy’s most fascinating border regions. Tucked into the far northeast of the country, it sits between Austria, Slovenia, the Adriatic Sea, and the rest of northern Italy. Italian, Friulian, Slovenian, Austrian, Venetian, and Central European influences meet here. Trieste Trieste is unlike almost any other Italian city. For centuries

Around Italy: Lombardia, Italy’s Engine of Elegance, Industry, Lakes, and Alpine Beauty Lombardia is one of Italy’s most powerful and varied regions. It is the country of Milano, Lake Como, Bergamo, Brescia, Mantova, Cremona, the Valtellina, Franciacorta, great Alpine valleys, rice fields, fashion, finance, design, music, and a cuisine far richer than the international image of northern Italy suggests. Milano, the Regional Capital Milano is Italy’s financial and fashion capit