From Portofino to Puglia, these are the very best hotels in Italy as selected by DUCO travel advisers and the hotel industry.

Until 2008, the idea of an entry-level, front-engine, V8-powered cabriolet may have seemed like utter sacrilege for die-hard ...

And in some ways, it is. Portofino is located in Liguria, Northern Italy, close to my favourite city of Genoa. From Genoa, it’s just a 40-minute train ride to Santa Margherita Ligure ...

The striking coastal settings that have long drawn visitors to Cinque Terre can be found elsewhere on the Italian Riviera.

Portofino, dotting the edge of the Italian Riviera 20 miles east of Genoa, is neither of these things. You could not describe it as a secret; you certainly cannot call it “new”. And yet ...