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Guide to eating prickly pears

Right now, every fence along every south Italian road is ripe with prickly pears, but in my opinion they look better on the cactus than on my table.

Photo of Lake Como

The Perfect Companion to the Gardens of the Italian Lakes

The Perfect Companion to the Gardens of the Italian Lakes When I’m not in Italy, I love to immerse myself in books with information and inspiration on places to visit. One of the most enjoyable and authoritative books on horticulture in the foothills of the Alps I’ve come across lately, is a newly published, thoroughly […]

Flowers in Sicily

Flowers in Sicily

Flowers in Sicily Flowers in Sicily are few but flashy and exuberant even in summer, when most of the landscape is dressed in dusty green, brown and hay colours. Here are some of my favourites. Booking.com

Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Alex Ramsay

Gardens of Venice

A new book on the gardens of Venice and Veneto captures the diversity, magic and fascination of cultivated nature in and around the lagoon city.

Italy’s Tivoli gardens on a Monday

Italy’s Tivoli gardens on a Monday

Never visit Italy’s Tivoli gardens on a Monday, unless you see an attraction in lots of parking spaces and the absence of other tourists.