The Lakes offer great shopping opportunities, with food and wines making for excellent souvenirs. From family-run shops brimming with local produce, excellent cheeses, cured meats, olive oils and ...

Tourists regularly flock to Italy to enjoy its beaches and islands, they admire its historical cities – and of course they enjoy the food. Recently, they’ve been coming in far greater numbers, leaving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Locanda San Vigilio is one of the best restaurants in the Italian Lakes With a typical Mediterranean climate, the restaurants in ...

When I first saw Laghi di Fusine in my friend’s photos, it was love at first sight (which is difficult given how many different places we see on social media every day). However, the beautiful Fusine ...

The restaurant and Italian garden at Passalacqua, a 24-room villa overlooking Lake Como. Photo Credit: Passalacqua In the autumn, when the crowds have thinned along the shores of Italy's Lake Garda ...

So often, travelers think of Europe – especially the Mediterranean and Italy’s Lombard Lakes – as a purely summertime destination, perhaps not immediately considering a winter escape to a gem like ...

“What a fantastic mountain; if a kid drew a mountain, it’d look like this,” our expert guide, Tim Jepson, shared with our group. It was the second morning of the National Geographic Expeditions Swiss ...

If you’re looking for a holiday that combines relaxation, culture, beautiful scenery and memorable excursions, then an Italian lakeside holiday is an excellent choice. Spread across northern Italy, ...