Picture this: a weekend spent basking in the sun, sipping delicious wines, hiking past incredible scenery, and exploring more than 800 castles in one of Italy's best-kept secret destinations.

Emilia Romagna is home to some of Italy’s best-preserved castles, spread across pristine countryside ideal for rambling. Parma’s picturesque Castello Di Torrechiara was built between 1448 and ...

In Otranto, we toured the 15th-century Aragonese Castle and shopped at the many ... “Franciacorta is known to be the very best area in Italy for elegant, classic sparkling wines, with ...

The region that brought Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano to the world has another, lesser-known draw — its hilltop castles ... Home to Italy’s most celebrated red, tiny Barolo presides ...

Best viewpoint ... The fishing town is the romantic Italy of collective imaginations: a fortified outpost by the sea with a medieval castle at its tip, a cathedral on the piazza and colourful ...