Denver Life Magazine

Pleasures of the Venetian table

Who has not been seduced by la dolce vita? Haven’t we all harboured a pipe dream to live in an Italian villa? Well, my fantasy has come true.

I’m at the Villa Domenico in the Veneto region, where I’ve signed up for a stint with Flavours Holidays. A driver picked me up at Venice’s Marco Polo airport and now I’m relaxing by the pool with Livia, my hostess for the week, who pours me the first of many flutes of Prosecco to come.

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