Riva del Garda · Regional cooking
Al Volt
A lovely dinner after a day in the north.
Official website ↗The Dobrý směr food atlas
Where a journey
finds its flavour.
Not a database of restaurants, but the tables, breakfasts, drinks and grand evenings that belong to the places we love. Organised by region, with our own experiences alongside editorial recommendations.
01 · Lago di Garda
One great memory. Several tables for today.
Garda tastes different on every shore. Sport and wind in the north, long aperitivo in the south and lake fish in the west. Lido 84 remains one of our most memorable dinners, but its final service took place on 22 March 2026 — we keep it here as a memory, not a booking recommendation.
Torbole · Lake fish
La Terrazza
Terrace and water — check seasonal opening days.
Official website ↗Torbole · Modern dinner
Aqua
For an evening that deserves a little ceremony.
Official website ↗Sirmione · Fine dining
Tancredi
A grand dinner on the southern shore.
Official website ↗02 · The Beskydy
Čeladná is not a food stop. It is the plan.
The Beskydy can do a simple poussin at a shared table and a dinner in which every course resembles a little landscape. Cattaleya is our choice for an occasion, Petr’s table at Mezi Plůtky for closeness and stories, and Kovárna for an unhurried morning.
Čeladná · Grand dinner
Cattaleya
Book ahead; menus and opening days change.
Official website ↗Mezi Plůtky · Dinner with the hosts
Petr’s table
Simple food, a shared evening and the fire. Arrange it with your stay.
Our story ↗Čeladná · Hotel dining
Miura
Art, a view and a restaurant that belongs to the whole day.
Official website ↗Čeladná · Breakfast
Kovárna
Eggs, coffee and an informal beginning to a day outside.
Current information ↗03 · South Tyrol
Grand-hotel breakfast, a mountain stube and a drink beneath the palms.
South Tyrol proves that one cuisine can speak both Italian and German. Luna in Bolzano means breakfast and Pornstar Martini to us, Sissi means a playful grand evening, and Leiter am Waal means timber, white linen and a valley view.
Merano · Fine dining
Sissi
Andrea Fenoglio, personal service and dinner as an occasion.
Official website ↗Bolzano · All day
Luna Restaurant & Bar
Breakfast, Italian classics and our favourite drink beneath palms.
Official website ↗Above Merano · Stube and a view
Leiter am Waal
Our favourite timber stube, white linen and a view across the valley.
Our story ↗Avelengo · Hotel dinner
Miramonti Panorama
It remains in our Miramonti guide; always check the current concept.
Our story ↗04 · Tuscany
From Fabio’s bread to a grand dinner in Montepulciano.
Tuscany needs no effects. At Follonico, fresh bread, the farm’s honey and olive oil, and Fabio’s dinner are enough. When we want town and ceremony, we head for Montepulciano — Porta di Bacco or L’Altro Cantuccio — and let the season decide the rest.
Follonico · Dinner at home
Fabio’s table
Several evenings a week, depending on your stay and arrangement with the hosts.
Our story ↗Montepulciano · Osteria
Porta di Bacco
Our favourite address for steak, wine and an evening in town.
In our guide ↗Montepulciano · Contemporary Tuscany
L’Altro Cantuccio
A more artful, ceremonial tasting menu.
Official website ↗Monte Argentario · Grand occasion
Il Pellicano
Sea, service and dinner that belongs to the whole stay.
Our story ↗05 · Umbria
A table in the tower, truffles and an evening in no hurry.
At Moravola, the kitchen is not separate from the stay. Morning begins on the East Terrace, dinner follows the season and nearby produce, and a glass of wine belongs to the last light over the valley. When we want to join the world again, we descend to Montone — a little town capable of feeling both intimate and festive.
Torre di Moravola · Dinner by arrangement
Moravola kitchen
Local seasonal menus, produce from the garden and small family wineries. Arrange dinner with your stay.
Moravola kitchen ↗Torre di Moravola · Breakfast
East Terrace
A table facing the valley. One of those moments when the best plan is to remain seated a little longer.
Our story ↗Montone · Umbrian cooking
L’Antica Osteria
An address in historic Montone for regional flavours; check the current menu and opening days before setting out.
Official website ↗Montone · Autumn flavours
Festa del Bosco
Chestnuts, truffles, olive oil and local makers during the town festival. Dates change each year.
Montone ↗06 · Chřiby & South Moravia
An open kitchen, fire and wine that can wait for sunset.
At Zikmundov, food is not a service detached from the house. It belongs to the shared table, conversation with the hosts and an evening that naturally moves towards the fire or wine lounge. Beyond the door, South Moravia adds vineyards and more good reasons not to hurry.
Zikmundov · Dinner in the house
The shared table
Food belongs to the stay and the spirit of the place. Arrange the current possibilities directly with the hosts.
Our story ↗Zikmundov · Close to the action
The open kitchen
A place where cooking, scent and conversation around the worktop matter equally.
Inside Zikmundov ↗Zikmundov · An evening glass
The wine lounge
For a glass after returning from the Chřiby hills, or as the beginning of a slow Moravian evening.
Complete story ↗South Moravia · Wine and a day out
The Blue Mountains
Treat the vineyards as a day’s journey, not a hurried stop. Plan tastings only after the bicycle or car is safely put away.
A vineyard journey ↗07 · Puglia
Pasticciotto in the morning. Fish at night. Olive oil and the sea between them.
Puglian cooking grows from simple things, yet it is never simplistic. We remember Palazzo Daniele through long breakfasts and dinner in the open kitchen, and Masseria Moroseta as a place where its own olive oil and garden are never decoration. The rest belongs to orecchiette, vegetables, fish and whatever the season has brought.
Gagliano del Capo · Breakfast and dinner
The table at Palazzo Daniele
Our experience: a long morning, open kitchen and a house where food belongs to both architecture and hospitality.
Official website ↗Ostuni · Masseria and garden
Masseria Moroseta kitchen
Cooking rooted in the region and the farm's organic olive oil. Confirm the current dinner arrangements with your stay.
Official website ↗Bari and inland Puglia · Puglian classic
Orecchiette
Pasta with cime di rapa, tomatoes or seasonal vegetables. Look for a short menu and fresh production, rather than the longest menu on the square.
In our guide ↗Lecce and Salento · A sweet morning
Pasticciotto & caffè leccese
Warm custard-filled pastry and iced coffee with almond syrup — reason enough to keep the hotel breakfast a little shorter for once.
Puglia our way ↗08 · Piedmont
Tajarin, hazelnuts and wine that speaks differently from every hill.
We are not yet closing Piedmont into a list of exact hotels or restaurants. First we want to capture its flavour: fine tajarin, vitello tonnato, seasonal truffles, cheese, hazelnuts and wines from villages whose names read like a map.
The Langhe · First course
Tajarin
Fine egg pasta, often with ragù, butter or truffle. A simple plate reveals the quality of a kitchen better than any performance.
In our guide ↗Piedmont · Classic
Vitello tonnato
Cold veal and tuna sauce sound simple; a fine version is delicate, precise and disappears faster than the next day's plan.
Piedmont our way ↗Barolo · La Morra · Wine and landscape
Nebbiolo and Barolo
Choose one winery and allow time. Book ahead and plan the tasting after your ride, once the bicycle is put away.
A journey among vines ↗The Langhe · Dessert and ingredient
Nocciola Piemonte
The hazelnut matters almost as much as wine — in torte di nocciole, gianduiotti and small desserts at the end of a long lunch.
The complete Piedmont story ↗09 · Emilia
A table in the glasshouse. Then Emilia beyond it.
Limonaia is our personally experienced Roncolo table. Modena and Parma add researched tips for Michelin evenings, traditional lunches and food at the market.
Roncolo 1888 · Personally experienced
Ristorante Limonaia
A glasshouse setting and seasonal cooking. Book separately from the room; our photographs record dinner in 2022.
Our dinner and current information ↗Modena · Editorial tip · Michelin
Osteria Francescana
Three stars in the 2026 guide. A special reservation; arrange return transport after dinner.
Sources and booking ↗Modena · Editorial tip · traditional lunch
Trattoria Aldina
Lunch only, without reservations. Check opening days before going.
Planning an Aldina lunch ↗Parma · Editorial tip · Parma tradition
Trattoria Corrieri
A traditional table for your Parma day. Menu and booking through the official site.
The Parma stop ↗