There are numerous cities of great antiquity, but few give the traveler quite the same feeling of time travel as Rome does. Two hotels add to the allure.
To experience life as a Roman citizen, Mr. Harper chose to stay in the residential neighborhood of Prati, known for its excellent restaurants and wine shops.
On a recent trip to Venice, our editor-in-chief finds a rival to the Cipriani on the Venetian Lagoon and a quiet respite on the Grand Canal.
A successful trip to Florence now requires a strategy. One solution is to stay 25 minutes away at the Belmond or Il Salviatino in Fiesole.
Italian Renaissance painters tend to go in and out of fashion. Caravaggio was forgotten after his death, but today his reputation seems to be at its zenith.
Rome still boasts innumerable trattorias and restaurants, many family-owned, serving excellent traditional cooking. Here are three I recently enjoyed.
Andrew Harper traveled to Rome and Venice where he found two new exceptional hotels to recommend.
Mr. Harper revisits a favorite property in Rome, Hotel Eden, after its recent refurbishment and discovers three boutique hotels in Palm Beach.