
Make the town of Mazara del Vallo your base for exploring the area. The recently opened Mahara Hotel (doubles from $138) has 77 rooms housed in an 18th-century walled fortress that faces the sea. And...
Modern architecture has never been particularly welcome in Venice. Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Kahn were all rebuffed in their efforts to add to the city’s historic fabric. Only after...