The Donna Camilla Savelli: 17th Century, Breathing and Echoing

Sarah Stodola — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:49:26 +0000

One of the qualities by which a hotel should be measured, but often isn’t, involves the extent to which it immerses the visitor in its particular locale. If we are visiting a place, we may as well experience it, right? With this understanding in mind, over the past few years hoteliers have begun bringing local cuisine, art and design elements into their properties. The result has been pleasant if in many cases monolithic. The struggle to achieve something authentic remains. […]

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Art Deco Dissonance in Tuscany

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:05:06 +0000

We’d been floating around Tuscany for a few days and, honestly, chose the town of Montepulciano as our next stop based merely on the obvious fact that it had given its name to the famous Italian wine. You need something to go on when navigating Tuscany, because no choice is a wrong one, every village is as intriguing as the last, a medieval collection of sturdy stone and stucco buildings, arranged around cobblestone streets, perched dramatically atop a hill. The […]

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Italy – Flung

The Donna Camilla Savelli: 17th Century, Breathing and Echoing

Art Deco Dissonance in Tuscany