Italy
Long avenues of parasol pine, the scent of lemon blossom and jasmine on the evening air, stone paths scattered with orchids and cyclamen, vertiginous cliff-top towns perched over the impossibly blue Mediterranean. Timeless countryside: rolling hills, vineyards and cypresses; cities of living history: elegant cafĂŠs, cooling fountains, palazzos. Opera, poetry, the greatest art in the world, the passions of Casanova and a sense of all-pervasive style.
48 ITALY