Your Guide to Italy's Greatest Escapes

Luxury book publisher Taschen just released an updated edition of Great Escapes, which takes a visual journey through Italy while highlighting the best hotels and hideaways throughout the country.

Filled with stunning photographs of resorts and homesteads as well as all the high culture and food every AIROWS reader needs to know about, this is a must-read if you're thinking about visiting Italy in the near future. And if you're not, its stylish atmosphere will surely leave you frantically booking plane tickets.

Everything from the Amalfi Coast to the Aeolian Islands is explored in the 360-pager, and unsurprisingly, it's not just iconic Italian staples like Villa d’Este on Lake Como and the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercolewith. Author Christiane Reiter and editor Angelika Taschen also explore all the secret hidden jewels throughout the country, like the romantic Castello di Vicarello in Tuscany and the super-stylish Masseria Moroseta in Puglia.

If you think you need to dive in, Amazon has the newly released 2019 edition available for just $40.