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September 2011 Hideaway Report

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Detail of The Church of San Giorgio in Modica

Sicily: Stylish Resorts

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

Not long ago, Sicily was a challenging place to travel: Most of the roads were poor and there was a shortage of good hotels. But during the past decade, the island has been laced with new highways, and several upscale resorts and... Read More...

Tags: Italy, Sicily, video

Sicilian Cuisine

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

Sicilian ports land some of the best seafood in the world — superb shrimp from Mazzara, plus swordfish, squid and octopus — and its farms produce outstanding olive oil, as well as fine fruit and... Read More...

Tags: Italy, Sicily

Modica: Chocolate City

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

Modica, a beautiful little town in southeastern Sicily, is renowned for the quality of its chocolate. The delicacy arrived on the island under the administration of the Spanish, who had discovered it in Mexico. Read More...

Tags: Italy, Sicily

Sicily's Baroque Cities

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

In 1693, a catastrophic earthquake badly damaged most of the towns in southeastern Sicily — Modica, Ragusa and Noto were destroyed — prompting a massive reconstruction effort. Fortunately, the... Read More...

Tags: Sicily, World Heritage sites

New York Retreats

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

During our frequent trips to Manhattan, we often feel the need to escape the din and hustle of the city. On our most recent visit, we discovered two contrasting hideaways, one in the Hudson Valley and the other on the East End of Long... Read More...

Tags: New York, retreats, video

New York City Hotels: One Restyled, One New

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

I have long recommended the lovely Hotel Plaza Athenee, located between Madison and Park avenues on New York’s Upper East Side, but as... Read More...

Tags: New York City

New York Dining

Source: September 2011 Hideaway Report

Thanks to waves of immigrants, New York has always been a center of great Italian food — full of charming, if not particularly innovative, establishments where traditional fare reigns. But until the mid-1980s, the really upscale New... Read More...

Tags: New York dining, restaurants