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November 12, 2013 | News | By Mary Winston Nicklin

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From Sicily to Sardinia and Capri, Alex Polizzi explores the Mediterranean islands that deliver the flavour of a nation I am often asked just how Italian I feel. I am inescapably Italian. My heritage, my Roman Catholic upbringing, everything I cook and so many childhood memories underlie my British education, my London upbringing and most of my working life. After the last series for Channel 5, f [. ]

To mark the Queen’s visit, Juliet Rix seeks out the British legacy on this captivating Mediterranean island Peacocks strut around the fountains, colourful flower beds, towering palms and formal maze of San Anton Gardens, a public park leading to the private summer residence of the President of Malta. This 17th-century limestone palace, built by a Grand Master of the Knights of St John (the Knig [. ]

Magic awaits in Venice off-season and, following its recent overhaul, the Gritti Palace hotel is perfectly positioned to reveal it In many ways the weeks before Christmas are the perfect time to visit Venice. The crowds have abated, and there is no more haunting sight than the lagoon cloaked in mist, so dense when I visited last weekend that one couldn’t see the top of the campanile in St M [. ]

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana reveal Sicily's most beautiful landmarks and stylish addresses in this new Telegraph Celebrity Travel Guide video series Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have a long-standing association with Sicily. It’s where Domenico grew up (in the small town of Polizzi Generosa, near Palermo) and the duo still visits regularly. Dolce Ga [. ]

Benjamin Franklin once wrote, "Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy." There is no better place in the world to confirm what Ben said than in Tuscany. This region in the heart of Italy is chock-full of great wineries, but I like to focus on two well-respected red wines, each centered on a specific town: Montepulciano is known for its Vino Nobile, and Montalcino is famo [. ]