The good life! An epic Italian road trip with 007 filming locations and breathtaking hotels along the way

The good life! A dreamy Italian road trip from chic Milan to the sunny south, with 007 filming locations and hotels transporting you to a bygone era along the wayFiona Hardcastle and her family kick off their Italian odyssey with a night at the Four Seasons Hotel MilanStay at a grand total of 10 hotels, they cross the Piedmont region, Tuscany and Salento to the south Their journey takes them to the best Italian pizzeria on TikTok, the Trevi Fountain and a "spectacular" Bond filming location
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Posted: 12:26 GMT, Jan 4, 2023 | Update: 15:21 GMT, 04 Jan 2023
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The hum of mopeds fades away as we pass between the marble pillars. The children stop chatting. Incense fills the air.
“It smells like church,” murmurs Félix, 10. He is right. Only, we are not in the house of God, but in the hushed emporium of another great G.
Giorgio Armani, that is- to say, and its flagship store in Via Sant' Andrea, the center of high fashion in Milan.
Immaculate designs are everywhere - not just in heavenly clothes captured in a transparent glass cube at the entrance. This is the world of Armani and, like any self-respecting designer, he left nothing to chance.

The floor, an ivory and green marble checkerboard; the walls, a tapestry of soft gray silk. Even the chairs, rugs, tables and lamps - all designed by you know who - leave me weak in the knees.
We really need to go before a handbag gets the better of me. Or before 16-year-old Rose fell so in love with a navy cashmere sweater that we had to remortgage the house.
I look around to find Evie, 15, in the beauty area...

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The good life! An epic Italian road trip with 007 filming locations and breathtaking hotels along the way

The good life! A dreamy Italian road trip from chic Milan to the sunny south, with 007 filming locations and hotels transporting you to a bygone era along the wayFiona Hardcastle and her family kick off their Italian odyssey with a night at the Four Seasons Hotel MilanStay at a grand total of 10 hotels, they cross the Piedmont region, Tuscany and Salento to the south Their journey takes them to the best Italian pizzeria on TikTok, the Trevi Fountain and a "spectacular" Bond filming location

Posted: 12:26 GMT, Jan 4, 2023 | Update: 15:21 GMT, 04 Jan 2023

The hum of mopeds fades away as we pass between the marble pillars. The children stop chatting. Incense fills the air.

“It smells like church,” murmurs Félix, 10. He is right. Only, we are not in the house of God, but in the hushed emporium of another great G.

Giorgio Armani, that is- to say, and its flagship store in Via Sant' Andrea, the center of high fashion in Milan.

Immaculate designs are everywhere - not just in heavenly clothes captured in a transparent glass cube at the entrance. This is the world of Armani and, like any self-respecting designer, he left nothing to chance.

Fiona Hardcastle and her family set off on a road trip in Italy that begins in Milan and ends in the southern region of Salento. Above is the Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany, one of the glamorous hotels where they stop along the way

The floor, an ivory and green marble checkerboard; the walls, a tapestry of soft gray silk. Even the chairs, rugs, tables and lamps - all designed by you know who - leave me weak in the knees.

We really need to go before a handbag gets the better of me. Or before 16-year-old Rose fell so in love with a navy cashmere sweater that we had to remortgage the house.

I look around to find Evie, 15, in the beauty area...