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From Lake Como to Colombia, Bordeaux to the Bahamas – where will you go in the year of ‘revenge travel’?
From Richard Allen, Como, Italy
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...Who Engel & Völkers Villa, Argegno, €7.5mn Where In the medieval village of Argegno on the western shore of Lake Como, about 15km north of the city of Como....
...Many Milanese like to skip town on the weekends, so the perfect end to a Saturday for me would probably be catching a train from Centrale and heading up to Passalacqua on Lake Como, my home away from home...
...A four-generation family-run hotel on the shore of Lake Como that dates from 1873, with a Michelin-recommended restaurant and, as Teller says, “an excellent bar”, Villa Serbelloni offered the kind of expansive...
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...While costly in setting up, the saving would be worth it, over time.Richard AllenMontorfano, Como, Italy Letter in response to this letter: Wine bottles, cylindrical or square, the great debate / From...
...In the inky stillness of night, on the banks of Lake Como, models in couture gowns threaded their way along the pebbly garden paths of the historic Villa Erba. Each glistened with jewels....
...All the luxury stores have their flagships there – and also Boontheshop and 10 Corso Como – and it’s where all the celebrity glam teams are. I don’t have BBQ often, so when I go, I want the best....
...Take a break from the news From deep morning meditation practice to catching an evening train to Lake Como, spend a perfect Saturday in Milan with La DoubleJ founder JJ Martin....
...clive.cookson@ft.com Letters in response to this article:Photocopier encounters beat Zoom calls any day / From Richard Allen, Como, Italy Crypto huckster’s altruism is no match for a Nobel laureate’s/...
...Her first collection, Raw Elegance, was launched the following year and was snapped up by Barneys in New York and 10 Corso Como in Milan....
...Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni was notably absent from a star-studded economic forum at Lake Como this month....
...I remember the thrill of reading Stendhal’s The Charterhouse of Parma at Lake Como, where his fictional family had a castle, while back home in Delhi, reading Anita Desai’s In Custody or the late Hindi novelist...
...Valentina De Santis is the CEO and owner of Grand Hotel Tremezzo and the recently opened Passalacqua in Lake Como Share your Rome highlights in the comments...
...From Bergamo, our route took us along the eastern shore of Lake Como (“The cheap side, not the George Clooney side,” Daniele said), before we followed a series of 41 vertiginous hairpin bends up into the...
...Botanical gardens in London’s Barbican and at Lake Como are her horticultural hotspots for inspiration, and she also mixes her own cleanser, exfoliator and masks....
...The whole is known as COMO Dempsey, and has become a destination in its own right. The halo effect has drawn other names....
...At the same time, the majority of brands have held high jewellery launches in Italy, such as Dior on lake Como near Milan — building on the creased presence of wealthy foreigners transiting through the city...
...pieces are tuxedo jackets from independent Paris label Pallas, a blue pinstripe trouser suit set from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, and a black boxy Stella McCartney jacket bought from the 10 Corso Como...
...“In Como recently I gave a lecture about the myth of the solitary composer in his ivory tower,” Bryars says....
...It was October 2018: the three-storey, 18th-century villa in the tiny Lake Como town of Moltrasio was being sold at auction, and De Santis and her father – the only bidders to appear in person – had high...
...Norway’s Røkke moved to the Swiss city of Lugano, which is close to the Italian border and handy for Lake Como and Milan....
...Food can be ordered from the restaurant downstairs, or you can eat in 10 Corso Como’s famously convivial dining rooms....
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