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May 2011 Hideaway Report

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Piazza Navona
Domaine de Murtoli © Camille Moirenc
Montréal skyline

Source: May 2011 Hideaway Report

Rome has so many layers of history and architecture that it takes a lifetime to discover its riches. In my experience, this magnificent and endlessly fascinating city should be savored rather than devoured, since its artistic treasures... Read More...

Tags: Italy, Rome, video


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Since many restaurants in Rome are closed on Sundays, we recommend two favorite addresses, for lunch and dinner. For lunch, Piperno, a charmingly old-fashioned restaurant in the ancient Jewish quarter, is always a pleasure. For dinner, we... Read More...

Tags: Italy, Rome


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The riches of Rome are so inexhaustible that many people never discover the many fascinating sites of the surrounding Latium region. In my experience, however, a day trip into the country is the perfect antidote to the crowds and noise of... Read More...

Tags: Italy, Rome, touring


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On cold, wet days this past winter, I often found my mind drifting back to the hypnotically beautiful view we enjoyed last fall from our freestone cottage on the 4,900-acre Domaine de Murtoli in southern Corsica. In the foreground, the... Read More...

Tags: Corsica


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Ever since France won control of Corsica from Genoa, it has had a complicated relationship with this fiercely independent Mediterranean island, located some 150 miles from its southern shore. Roughly the size of Puerto Rico, Corsica was... Read More...

Tags: Corsica


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Visiting Montréal today, it is hard to believe that not long ago the city was in serious decline. A 1995 referendum in support of sovereignty for the Province of Québec failed by just 1 percent. Businesses fled, dealing the... Read More...

Tags: Canada, Montréal


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One of the highlights of the Montréal calendar is the annual International Jazz Festival, which this year runs from June 25 to July 4. Past headliners have included Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck; among those on the schedule this... Read More...

Tags: Canada, Montréal


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There was a time when dining in Montréal inevitably meant eating French. Nowadays, the restaurant scene is more cosmopolitan, but fine French food is still to be found in abundance. Read More...

Tags: Canada, Montréal


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Set on a grid pattern, Montréal is an eminently walkable city, and an excellent place to start is the lovely Vieux-Montréal, with its time-honored buildings set on cobbled streets.Begin at the Place d’Armes, which... Read More...

Tags: Montréal, touring


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