Author: Andrea Franchini

  • Postcard from…Porto Ercole 

    Postcard from…Porto Ercole 

    In its 1960s jet-set heyday, Porto Ercole was more popular than Portofino. Today it’s more low key, and while it’s best known for being Il Pellicano-adjacent, it offers those not booked into its iconic hotel a restaurant-lined marina, pebbly beaches and family vineyards, with countless Tuscan villages a day trip away.

  • Postcard from…Capalbio, Tuscany

    Postcard from…Capalbio, Tuscany

    A few days spent exploring the herb-scented, sun-splashed wild coast of Maremma, with its medieval villages, small family-owned wineries and one surreal sculpture garden

  • Auberge Wildflower Farms, Hudson Valley

    Auberge Wildflower Farms, Hudson Valley

    A weekend farm-to-table (to spa table) getaway from NYC

  • The Shelter Island List

    The Shelter Island List

    A few essentials on this low-key, caught-in-time island retreat near the Hamptons