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The summer looks good on you

Despite everything that's been thrown at the travel industry, there is)-inside the Palace of Versailles grounds-opens soon, with an Alain Ducasse restaurant and Valmont spa (.airelles.com). In Italy, Hotel Castello di Reschio, a 3,700-acre ancient estate in Umbria, re-opens on April 21, after years of careful restoration (www.reschio.com). On the island of Sicily, there is Villa Igiea, a Belle Epoque that once attracted royalty and the best of Hollywood (www.roccofortehotels.com). The 100-villa Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, opens in June, in time for the popular eastern atoll manta-ray season ()

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