Finest Italian inns for foodies
La Guardia, Tuscany
Giglio, the second largest island within the Tuscan archipelago, is lush with clifftop vineyards, fig timber and pines. The serene and trendy seaside retreat, La Guardia, is perched atop a granite cave alongside from the pastel-hued harbour. Brushed concrete and unique stone columns are softened with driftwood decorations and wispy wicker lanterns that lightly flutter within the Mediterranean breeze. Stylish impartial tones proceed by to the rooms, all kitted out with luxurious Sicilian Ortigia toiletriesand many boasting balconies and sea views. E-book the junior suite to embrace the weather with a rest room constructed into the granite and a beachside terrace for watching the waves lap in opposition to the rocks.
Mediterranean flavours and island delicacies are served within the on-site restaurant – sip on a Venetian Choose spritz at aperitivo hour earlier than a candlelit dinner of Sicilian anchovies, palamita fish with marinated courgettes, and tagliolini with lemon butter and bottarga. The 70-strong wine checklist showcases uncommon bottles from Italy’s islands – Giglio, Ischia, Salina and past. Breakfast contains the likes of prosciutto, omelettes with Tuscan cheese, home made fig bread and freshly squeezed juices. There are sundown yoga classes on the terrace, therapeutic zen shiatsu and Ayurvedic remedies, and e-bikes to discover the island’s rugged trails, cliff-face vineyards and eating places in medieval castles.
Doubles from £241, examine availability at mrandmrssmith.com or reserving.com
Lodge Su Gologone, Sardinia
Winding into the Barbagia mountains you may discover the Lodge Su Gologone. Only a two-hour drive from the Costa Smeralda that is extra bandit than paparazzi territory – in all probability one of many causes Madonna hid out right here, though she may have been swayed by the lodge’s gob-smacking magnificence, hippy-chic vibe and gourmand credentials. Meals is on the coronary heart of Su Gologone, which began life as a restaurant within the Sixties. At the moment, it could be a classy, art-themed lodge – a fairly huddle of whitewashed buildings laced with vivid purple bougainvillea and bedded into the mountainside – but it surely’s nonetheless well-known for its meals.
Giovanna’s vibrant artworks pepper the bedrooms’ partitions whereas the corridors are hung with conventional embroidered skirts and shawls. Secret alcoves are dotted across the gardens, there’s an open-air cinema and pool, a small spa, rooftop lounging areas for stargazing and a superb bar– whitewashed, open-air, scattered with white cushions and teetering above the valley. Sip a frothy bellini right here, because the solar sinks, absorbing the Ibiza vibe and jaw-dropping views.
Doubles from £285, examine availability at mrandmrssmith.com or reserving.com
Il Borro Property, Tuscany
Il Borro is a real working 800-hectare property, the place visitors visiting in autumn can participate within the wine harvest and feast alongside the employees and homeowners (the glamorous Ferragamo household). The lodge itself is about within the stays of a medieval village within the centre of the property in Valdarno valley, a wilder, extra rustic nook of Tuscany.
The distinctive terroir of the property, with its various rocky, sandy and clay soils, makes good rising circumstances for Syrah to make Pian di Nova, San Giovese to make Polissena and Merlot to make the Il Borro signature mix. This distinctive local weather and soil isn’t solely reserved for wine – 700 olive timber present oil, fields of buckwheat are a playground for honeybees, plus extra fields of natural tomato vines, courgettes, pumpkins, inexperienced beans and melons present the lodge’s three-floored Osteria and Tuscan bistro (and chef Andrea Campani) with the final word kitchen backyard. The buffet breakfast can also be distinctive – so considerable that candy and savoury choices are housed in separate rooms.Keep in one of many lodge double rooms or, for extra of a countryside expertise, the lodge has a number of ‘farmhouses’ accessible as visitor suites – albeit farmhouses that include infinity swimming pools, vine-covered terraces and eating rooms the place you may whip up your individual meals. Do not miss out on a couple of laps within the infinity pool too.
Doubles from £455, examine availability at reserving.com
Nordelaia, Piedmont
Nordelaia is all about equilibrium: between custom and modernity; simplicity and indulgence; the boundlessness of nature and the cosy, uplifting consolation of house.
It lies inside a hilly swathe of rural Piedmont – a area which itself represents a form of geographical center floor, suspended between the mighty Alps and the coastal province of Liguria in north-west Italy. Occupying an 800-year-old transformed farmhouse, the interiors of Nordelaia’s 12 rooms are without delay up to date and traditional. Two attic suites – all heat wooden beams and pleasing indirect angles – evoke a way of treetop seclusion, whereas freestanding baths within the bed room areas add a dose of opulence.
On the primary ground, the 4 rooms are themed across the hanging seasonal color palettes by which Nordelaia, from its woody hillside perch, is engulfed: greens within the spring, yellows for summer time, fiery reds within the autumn, and pearly whites within the winter.
Two out of doors swimming pools – one heated, one not, however each with views for miles – entice in all seasons, whereas a go to to the spa, with its heat stone flooring, barrel-vaulted brick ceiling and stone arches, is bound to revive a way of inside equilibrium.
Past the partitions, Nordelaia is about inside 5 hectares of arable land and boasts a working winery. Its choices function prominently on the wine checklist on the lodge’s vacation spot restaurant, Lorto. Right here chef Charles Pearce pays gorgeous homage each to the earthy, woodland character of Piedmont and to the maritime bounty of neighbouring Liguria. The 2 coalesce inventively in his tackle perbureira – a thick, bean-based sauce historically served with pasta that Charles as an alternative pairs with barbecue-kissed prawns and a coral emulsion. There’s a potato risotto with mussels that hits all the appropriate notes, and a lip-smacking tangle of barbecued oyster mushrooms, served with a deeply savoury anchovy-based ferment referred to as garum.
A bistro menu that leans in direction of conventional flavours with trendy touches gives visitors a extra relaxed however no much less glorious eating expertise.
Rooms from £261 per night time together with breakfast. Examine availability at reserving.nordelaia.com, reserving.com or mrandmrsssmith.com
Palazzo Margherita, Basilicata
The ethos behind Palazzo Margherita is that it needs to be a house away from house (albeit a fairly palatial one, making an allowance for that this was initially house to a Hollywood movie director), with pleasant workers and an open perspective to consuming: visitors can eat anyplace, anytime, selecting a location inside the property that fits their explicit temper. Get pleasure from breakfast within the courtyard, coffees by the walled pool, pizza and pasta at communal tables on the eat-in kitchen and drinks within the cocktail bar.
Do you have to enterprise away from the lodge, the tranquil native seaside has a scattering of sunbeds and parasols reserved for Palazzo Margherita visitors. Decide one and look out on the Ionian Sea whilst you feast on a picnic made up by the cooks on the lodge (they usually add in a scrumptious seafood spaghetti made with the catch of the day from a neighborhood fisherman).
Doubles from £856, examine availability at reserving.com or mrandmrssmith.com
Susafa, Sicily
It’s a household affair at Susafa, a sprawling property that has been owned by members of the Saeli-Rizzuto household for 5 generations – brothers Manfredi and Tommaso at the moment are on the helm. The fortified, Nineteenth-century farmhouse at its coronary heart sits on the foot the Madonie mountains, close to Polizzi Generosa, and is the point of interest for in a single day visitors. Across the farmhouse are 18 easy however stylish visitor rooms. Between terracotta flooring and uncovered beams are restful ricotta-coloured partitions and the odd pop of olive inexperienced or tomato pink from a headboard or throw.
A restaurant is housed within the previous granary and flavours right here take their inspiration from the standard Sicilian desk. Greens, herbs, fruit and natural olive oil all come straight from the farm and the menu is elegantly rustic (suppose tomato salads, caponata and creamy risottos). Be a part of a cookery lesson if you happen to can drag your self away from the pool.
Doubles from £273, examine availability at reserving.com, mrandmrssmith.com or expedia.co.uk
Castello di Casole, Tuscany
Roughly half approach between Florence and Siena, and surrounded by 4,200 acres of quintessential rolling, forested hills and golden fields, Castello di Casole is a powerful Italian nation property. At its centre is an imposing, ochre-coloured citadel flanked by gardens of lavender, gravel-edged lawns, roses and olive timber.
Castello di Casole is pitched at travellers looking for an unblemished model of l. a. dolce vita, one with all of the luxurious perks you would think about. It has 41 rooms and suites inside the citadel and the hamlet that surrounds it, and one other 28 villas and farmhouses (rentable by the week) scattered all through the property. Décor is tastefully restrained, with sage and burnt umber paintwork, beamed ceilings, vintage furnishings sourced from native markets, conventional cotto flooring and Carrara marble loos.
As with all self-respecting Tuscan property, this one comes with its personal winery and olive groves however the actual showstopper is the lodge’s infinity pool with its mesmerising views over the undulating panorama. As nightfall falls, most visitors gravitate to the terrace above the pool, aperitivo in hand, to look at the spectacular sight of the solar sinking behind the hills. In addition to the Pazzia Restaurant, which serves conventional Italian dishes and home made gelato in addition to Alessandro’s professional pizzas, there’s a extra formal restaurant, Tosca, overseen by chef Daniele Sera. Regardless of the stiff linen and impeccable service right here, it nonetheless feels relaxed. A standout of the four-course tasting menu was the fragile spinach and ricotta gnudi with tomato confit and light-as-air mozzarella foam. There are extra gastronomic experiences accessible too – from truffle looking and mushroom foraging to pasta making and wine or olive oil tasting.
Doubles from £667, examine availability at reserving.com or mrandmrssmith.com
Borgo Egnazia, Puglia
Borgo Egnazia, or ‘village Egnazia’, is sort of actually that: an Apulian-inspired community of little streets and piazzas that result in villas, eating places, swimming swimming pools, spas, gardens and golf programs. It’s a self-contained bubble of luxurious, superbly designed across the colors white and cream, that’s constructed totally from tactile tuff stone. Regardless of its measurement, your complete advanced exudes a zen-like ambiance that we discovered very tough to go away. You’ll be able to select from 4 varieties of lodge room, 5 flats or six villas – all luxurious, and all inside simple attain of a swimming pool.
Meals is a precedence, with six eating places on web site that honour Puglian delicacies – timeless, easy, thrifty meals. From grilled octopus on the refined Due Camini, the place vaulted white ceilings twinkle with illuminated glass bottles, to a relaxed buffet at La Fresca, rustic orecchiette or pizza at Mia Cucina and recent seafood at beachside restaurant Pescheria da Vito, it’s simple to remain inside the Borgo partitions all week.
Doubles from £469, examine availability at reserving.com, mrandmrssmith.com or expedia.co.uk
Il Borgo del Balsamico, Emilia Romagna
Modena is synonymous with one among Italy’s most celebrated components: intensely flavoured balsamic vinegar made out of fermented grape should. The world across the metropolis of Reggio Emilia is a hub for the vinegar’s manufacturing, and likewise occurs to be the place you’ll discover Il Borgo del Balsamico. At this historic visitor home, in Botteghe Albinea, sisters Cristina and Silvia Crotti produce DOP and IGP vinegars. It’s a stunning setting – an 18th century villa and farmhouse surrounded by wisteria-draped gardens, considerable with damask roses and fruit timber.
You’ll be able to go to the tasting rooms as a day tripper however we suggest reserving to remain over in one of many property’s three, refined guestrooms (plus one condo); suppose parquet flooring, Venetian plasterwork and punctiliously chosen antiques. There’s a small pool within the gardens too.
Doubles from £148, examine availability at reserving.com
Locanda al Colle, Tuscany
Calling Locanda al Colle a mattress and breakfast is a little bit of an understatement. This 12-room guesthouse has lots of the perks of a five-star lodge with its antiques and artwork, saltwater pool and immaculate gardens. Including to the unique really feel is its tranquil location, on a pine and olive tree-dotted hill outdoors Camaiore (additionally simply reached from seaside resorts like Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi and the beautiful city of Pietrasanta).
The general vibe is casual however impeccable, and the identical might be mentioned of the meals, with every little thing freshly made every day, from the sourdough bread and granola at breakfast to the muffins for afternoon tea. Resident chef Gianluca additionally conducts cookery classes within the kitchen and, twice every week (on Wednesdays and Saturdays) hosts sociable dinners serving home made ravioli and extra on the candlelit terrace (on Monday evenings easy suppers of Tuscan soup and bruschetta are additionally accessible).
Doubles from £252, examine availability at mrandmrssmith.com
Planeta Wine Property, Sicily
Unsurprisingly it’s all about wine on the Planeta Wine Property, simply outdoors Menfi in south-western Sicily. As one among Sicily’s most effectively established and extremely regarded wine producers, Planeta has 5 totally different territories dotted across the island however Menfi is the place all of it started, again within the sixteenth century. At close by La Forestiera (a part of the property) there are 14 guestrooms set amid regimented vines, plus a restaurant whose menu is knowledgeable by its environment – the herbs of the countryside and seafood from the close by coast.
Sip a glass of Nero d’Avola on the pool terrace or go to one among Planeta’s wineries for an in-depth tasting. In addition to the pool, within the hotter months visitors have entry to the Lido Fiori on the seaside at Porto Palo di Menfi, 10 minutes’ drive away. Planeta additionally has huge olive groves at Capparriva producing DOP Val di Mazzara oils; visitors can join a tasting and study harvesting and urgent.
Doubles from £225, examine availability at reserving.com
La Locanda Delle Donne Monache, Basilicata
Barely much less well-trammelled by British guests than different corners of the nation, Basilicata is sandwiched between Campania (to the north) and Calabria (to the south). Its rumpled Tyrrhenian Sea shoreline is brief however candy at simply 30km lengthy, with mountains rising abruptly from the ocean. Maratea, its principal city, is an enthralling cluster of buildings dotted with twisting alleyways and over 40 church buildings. Additionally on the town, La Locanda delle Donne Monache is a former 18th-century convent, now a wise lodge, with a pool and views over the countryside to the ocean.
The lodge’s Il Sacella restaurant embraces the flavours of the province – chillies and pork are in style regional staples – and the menu options native sausages from Maratea, home made pasta with mussels, shrimp and cuttlefish and baked sea bream washed down by Basilicata’s signature wine, the pink Aglianco del Vulture.
Doubles from £98, examine availability at reserving.com or expedia.co.uk
Domu Antiga, Sardinia
A Nineteenth-century farmhouse within the rural heartland of Sardinia, Domu Antiga is within the village of Gergei, surrounded by empty plains and olive groves roamed by extra sheep than folks. The sensitively restored constructing is now house to 4 ethereal guestrooms whose homeowners are captivated with native traditions.
Visitors can bounce on a cute Piaggio Ape van and tour the Unesco World Heritage-listed archaeological web site of Su Nuraxi at Barumini. Alternatively, be part of chef Maria Grazia’s bread and cheese-making courses or strive your hand at making native pasta shapes, just like the island’s distinctive malloreddus gnocchi. Maria additionally oversees the guesthouse’s lavish breakfasts, and cooks dinner on request (count on grilled greens, native ravioli and Sardinian cheeses). There’s additionally a pizzeria and a vineyard shut by.
Doubles from £182, examine availability at reserving.com
San Luis, Avelengo
San Luis is the place to go to get away from all of it, breathe deeply and simply immerse your self within the tranquility, interrupted solely by birdsong and cow bells chiming out by the encompassing valleys.
Bedrooms are unfold throughout a scattering of chalets and treehouses round a small, glacier mint-clear lake. Lots of the rooms have their very own scorching tubs and saunas and all of them have small kitchens and eating areas.The showstopper is the double-height spa space in the primary clubhouse with its blazing fires, black linen loungers to sink into, large home windows gazing out over the treetops and an inside/outdoors swimming pool – swim out, race down the pontoon and bounce into the new tub (or, in summer time, plunge into the chilly waters of the lake).For foodies, the buzzy, floor ground eating room appears to be like out over the lake and purrs with effectivity. The menu is available in two guises; a conventional one, which pulls on the area’s Austro/Italian gastro-heritage, and a extra trendy, Mediterranean-inspired various dreamt up by government chef, Arturo Spicocchi (5 programs, however you may choose and select how a lot you wish to eat and half parts can be found). Lunchtime means soup, salad and cheese, and teatime heralds muffins in addition to home-made ice cream.
Examine charges and availability at sanluis-hotel.com
Don Totu Dimora Storica, Puglia
A classy boutique lodge within the coronary heart of rustic Puglia, Don Totu Dimora Storica is an 18th century palazzo boasting among the most secluded grounds and greatest worth rooms within the area. Within the rural city of San Cassiano giant picket doorways alongside an unassuming backstreet open right into a mini palazzo, gracefully adorned in muted tones. Squishy armchairs and books and board video games are available to maintain guests occupied. Or, assist your self to snacks from the kitchen (home made biscuits, juices, muffins and nuts) and pad out by a higgledy-piggledy courtyard to search out stone staircases resulting in secluded terraces. Scented white rose petals drift down from a pergola that results in a pool and gardens, jazz trickles from audio system and tiny lizards dart from one cacti-filled pot to a different.
The six bedrooms at Don Totu every have a person really feel. The homeowners take advantage of the constructing’s quirks (vaulted stone ceilings, quiet alcoves, slender staircases resulting in terracotta terraces…) and have gathered a set of furnishings from throughout the area so as to add up to date touches. There’s no restaurant on the lodge however order earlier than 10.30 and you’ll take pleasure in lunchtime sandwiches and salads made with the area’s unbelievable produce. The lodge’s small staff of workers supplies complimentary snacks to interrupt up your day, anyplace within the grounds, from afternoon tea to aperitivo.
Doubles from £295, examine availability at mrandmrssmith.com or reserving.com
Palazzo Seneca, Norcia
The foodie city of Norcia is about within the densely tree-covered Sibillini Mountains in Umbria. Enter by one among seven gates within the city’s heart-shaped, historic partitions and also you quickly uncover a community of paved streets wealthy with foodie delights – café and restaurant tables spilling onto pavements and conventional meals outlets, Norcinerias, full of prosciutto, cheeses, spelt and truffles.
Relais & Chateaux’s Palazzo Seneca is an elegantly restored sixteenth-century constructing hidden in one among Norcia’s slender streets. Authentic stone flooring, open fires and squishy chairs await within the reception rooms, whereas delicate wrought iron frames, twisted picket columns and picket bedheads have been crafted so no two of the 24 rooms are the identical. Pad all the way down to the lodge’s candlelit barrel-vaulted spa within the basement, full with jacuzzi, sauna and Turkish tub.
For breakfast, a serve-yourself unfold is laid out on huge picket surfaces, with a whole desk devoted to charcuterie and native cheese. The lodge’s Michelin-starred Vespia restaurant is the place the trendy and progressive strategy actually comes into play, with little stacks of 24hr-cooked suckling pig and crisp buttery potatoes with splashes of vibrant root veg purée, Norcia sausage ravioli and Breton rooster two methods.
Doubles from £217, examine availability at reserving.com
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Langhe Nation Home, Piedmont
Doubles from £209 per night time, examine availability at reserving.com
An imposing 18th-century farmstead close to Alba, in Piedmont, Langhe Nation Home is surrounded by vineyards and hazelnut orchards, and has been superbly renovated by homeowners Alessandro and Nadia (a Sluggish Meals member and educated sommelier).
The one meal served right here is breakfast but it surely significantly impresses: hazelnut muffins and tarts, biscuits (baci, brutti ma buoni), croissants, jams, seasonal fruit, cheeses from Alta Langa, sliced hams – all home made or native. Cooking courses for Piedmontese recipes might be organized, and visitors will help themselves to a glass of wine from the poolside wine fridge earlier than going out for dinner within the native village.
Doubles from £209 per night time, examine availability at reserving.com
Castello Banfi Il Borgo, Tuscany
Set on Montalcino’s largest wine property, by a medieval citadel, Castello Banfi Il Borgo is a glamorous Italian lodge formed from a hamlet of former property staff’ homes. Romantic, historically styled suites – with terracotta flooring, vintage furnishings and linen-canopied beds – and classical Tuscan cooking (programs are additionally accessible) make it in style with honeymooners but it surely’s the property’s Brunello that attracts in visiting gourmands; within the on-site enoteca/ wine bar native sheep’s cheese and prosciutto might be paired to the property’s wines.
Doubles from £762, examine availability at reserving.com
Lodge Schgaguler, Dolomites
Pale wooden and light-weight hues dominate at Lodge Schgaguler, a central Castelrotto lodge surrounded by the Italian Dolomiti Superski area and all its infinite ski runs. The meals right here is lighter than the hearty mountain fare of the encompassing mountains, with an Alpine-meets-Med twist. However the strategy to components stays as hyper-local as potential, taking advantage of what’s on the lodge’s doorstep. Eat light-as-a-feather gnocchi sprinkled with Alpine herbs, and drink milk provided direct from native farms. The wine checklist is cherry-picked from Tyrolean producers additional down the valley close to Bolzano, and there’s a collection of grappa from neighbouring distilleries.
Doubles from £318, examine availability at reserving.com
The Marriott, Venice
Venice has lengthy been recognized for its iconic Italian landmarks and historically wealthy tradition. And cooking is an intrinsic a part of that tradition. On the Marriott, Federico Belluco, one among Italy’s youngest Michelin starred cooks, demonstrates why, taking advantage of the island’s kitchen backyard of herbs, edible flowers and greens in dishes akin to silky tortellini or comforting seafood stew, all drizzled in Isola delle Rose olive oil, the one olive oil produced inside the metropolis’s boundaries. The resort’s luxurious bedrooms and suites are trendy and minimalist. Significantly spectacular are the Residenza suites, which include non-public swimming pools with views of Venice.
Doubles from £509, examine availability at reserving.com, marriott.com or expedia.co.uk
La Favia, Milan
The four-bedroom La Favia guesthouse, an city hideaway tucked inside a refurbished Nineteenth-century constructing, takes its inspiration from homeowners Fabio and Marco’s travels: no two rooms are the identical. On sunny mornings, begin the day with breakfast within the rooftop backyard – eggs cooked to order, pastries, muffins, bread, home made jams, fruit and juice squeezed from oranges grown within the homeowners’ personal citrus grove.
Doubles from €125 together with breakfast, examine availability at lafavia4rooms.com
Masseria Montenapoleone, Puglia
In time-honoured Pugliese farming custom, breakfast is an important meal of the day and, at Masseria Montenapoleone – a classy farmhouse lodge – it’s served within the atmospheric environment of the Outdated Stables. Freshly picked fruits from the farm, dried fig tarts straight from the oven, citrus carpaccio with cinnamon, native cheese and cured meats are simply among the treats on provide for the primary meal of the day.
The nice and cozy sandstone farmhouse, which dates from the 1600s, has 16 guestrooms and is surrounded by a aircraft of silvery olive and almond timber. Simply outdoors Fasano, on the Salento coast, it is rather a lot a working farm, devoted to natural produce. Visitors are inspired to choose their very own fruit and greens and to go behind the scenes to be taught extra about Puglian delicacies.
Doubles from £212, examine availability at reserving.com
Antica Fattoria La Parrina, Tuscany
The Maremma is a nook of Tuscany the place you may nonetheless discover countryside roamed by conventional cowboys referred to as “butteri” and Antica Fattoria La Parrina is the proper cease for a window into rural life down on the Tuscan farm. In addition to making well-regarded wines and grappa, the farm additionally produces cheese, honey, olive oil, fruit, greens, pasta, flour and meat – there’s an on-site store that may put many a farmer’s market to disgrace.
In a single day visitors (it additionally doubles as an agriturismo) also can benefit from the farm’s bounty on the breakfast desk, in addition to at lunch and dinner; every little thing is made onsite. Visitors can picnic within the grounds, take pleasure in wine tastings, be part of a Tuscan cookery lesson and even go boar looking on the property. The property’s 12 bedrooms, housed within the stable farmhouse on the centre of the property, channel rustic appeal reasonably than nation stylish and there’s a pool, gardens and the seaside resorts of the Tyrrhenian Sea a brief drive away.
Doubles from £115, examine availability at reserving.com
Lodge Emilia, Le Marche
With rolling hills, historic cities and seashores lapped by the limpid waters of the Adriatic, Le Marche’s under-the-radar charms are many. Lodge Emilia instructions a haughty spot on the Cornero Riviera, a slice of dreamy shoreline south of Ancona principally given over to a nationwide park. Along with its 30 visitors rooms, there’s a pool, an artsy vibe, a restaurant specializing in native dishes and fabulous sunsets.
Whilst you’re there, take the serpentine highway all the way down to Portonovo, nevertheless. At night time the loungers are tidied away and tables are arrange on the seaside. Seafood is the order of the day, particularly the acclaimed wild mussels discovered within the bay, among the sweetest you’ll ever style and harvested within the conventional approach. Served in plenty of guises; sautéed with lemon, served with spaghetti or with “paccheri” and fennel as is the case at Da Giachetti (ristorantedagiachetti.it). Il Laghetto (illaghetto.com) and Da Emilia (daemilia) are two extra to strive.
Doubles from £67, examine availability at reserving.com or expedia.co.uk
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