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In Honor of Italy's 150Th Anniversary As a Country, Watch! THE ITALIANIn honor of Italy’s 150th anniversary as a country, Watch! editors and CBS stars share their favorite places and raise their glasses to one of the O most bellissima places J B on the planet 86 AUGUST 2011 / WATCH! FdCW0811_086-092_SCR_Italian_V4.indd 86 6/29/11 8:58 AM ITALY ISN’T CALLED BEL PAESE— “the beautiful country”—for nothing. From renowned art and mouthwa- tering food to fast cars and outrageous fashion, Italy offers something for casual tourists and savvy world travelers alike. In honor of Italy’s 150th anniversary we dispatched three different writers to three different regions—Lombardy, the most populous and richest region in the country; Veneto, which boasts 60 million tourists a year; and Piedmont, which is 43 percent mountainous and nearly surrounded by the Alps—to uncover their favorite hotels, restaurants and, of course, adventures. And we asked one of our favorite CBS stars, Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother, to share some highlights from his Watch! cover shoot in Rome and Venice. WATCH! / AUGUST 2011 87 FdCW0811_086-092_SCR_Italian_V4.indd 87 6/29/11 8:58 AM The Travel Issue Scaligero Castle, below left, is one of the best-preserved castles in Italy, while both the casks and vineyards at Bella Vista winery, below right, are sights to behold, too. GRAND PRIXFrom fast rides to fabulous food, here’s what makes LOMBARDY so unique By Mona Buehler BRESCIA ou’re in a cute 1930s Aston Martin, to begin the legendary drive south. Learn zipping through stone villages surrounded about Mille Miglia history from owners by glacial lakes, snow-capped mountains Maurella Musatti and Chiara Morandini yand hillsides fl ecked with olive groves and over homemade casonsèi at Trattoria lemon trees. A classic Maserati passes with a honk, Al Fontanone near the Santa Giulia and a cherry-red Ferrari roars up from behind. Museum, or dine at trattoria Pizzeria No, you’re not in a scene from The Italian Job— Plaza and watch the parade of gas-pedal you’re cruising in the Mille Miglia, the annual pushers cruise by. 1,000-mile Italian vintage auto race from Brescia to Rome and back. LAKE GARDA Every May, this medieval city an hour east of If you’re nautically inclined, Italy’s larg- Milan hosts the ultimate auto-afi cionado est lake is perfect for boating, sailing and experience, rallying hundreds of water sports. Channel your inner 007 classic rides from around the by chartering a high-speed Riva boat at world. Owners of cars from the lake where the opening scene from Bentley to Bugatti—even Quantum of Solace was fi lmed, and stop shiny new Ferraris—pose The legendary Mille Miglia celebrates Italian RUTHNICK JOSH in stunning Sirmione for a charming for photographs in Brescia’s cars and vintage autos. lakeside experience. After lunch at Palace town square while waiting Hotel Villa Cortine, a dunk in the hot EVERYBODY LOVES ITALY It’s been 11 years since Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal took his beloved sitcom to Italy to Robert fell in love with the beautiful gelato shoot its hourlong Season 5 premiere. We talked to Rosenthal about the trip. — Jim Colucci girl? Here’s a restaurant inside an idyllic park— maybe this is the spot where Ray starts Watch!: Where did you fi rst get the idea to take the magic. So I started asking CBS each year if to “get” Italy. Or Rome’s Spanish Steps. You Raymond to Italy? we could do this, and they said, “No, no, no, no.” start thinking of the lines each character would Phil Rosenthal: During the fi rst season, I And the fi fth year they said yes. say. Debra would fi nd it gorgeous, and Ray asked Ray [Romano] what he was going to would see it as steps. “We have to climb all do on his hiatus. He said he was going to the Watch!: Conveniently for a foodie like you, of the way up? Is there a Spanish Elevator?” Jersey Shore. I said, “Why don’t you go to course. Europe?” He’d never been—even to Italy, where Phil: This was quite a scam I pulled. Because Watch!: In what areas did you shoot? Here his family had been from. He said, “Nah, I’m not fi rst, of course, I had to go and scout, and I Ray’s name is actually “Romano,” and you really interested in other cultures.” Even his own! brought my wife and a few people from the crew. went to Rome. So I said, here’s a show: Send this guy over But it wasn’t money for nothing. The locations we Phil: Ray wasn’t clear where his family came to Italy as Ray Barone, and bring him back as found started dictating the story. You see a gelato from, but his wife still had family in Sicily. And Roberto Benigni, after he’s been transformed by shop next to the water, and you think: What if after we fi nished, they went to Sicily, and had 88 AUGUST 2011 / WATCH! FdCW0811_086-092_SCR_Italian_V4.indd 88 6/30/11 1:04 PM Scaligero Castle, below left, is one of the best-preserved castles in Italy, while both the casks and vineyards at Bella Vista winery, below right, are sights to behold, too. to begin the legendary drive south. Learn springs at Aquaria at Terme di Sirmione, vehicles on the island—visitors and locals about Mille Miglia history from owners and exploring the fortifi ed Scaligero alike get around on foot, bike and moped. Maurella Musatti and Chiara Morandini Castle, you’ll be ready visit to The Enjoy local delicacies such as perch, over homemade casonsèi at Trattoria Vittoriale, the bizarre home of smoked sardines and polenta at Al Fontanone near the Santa Giulia poet Gabriele D’Annunzio. Restaurant Vittoria. Museum, or dine at trattoria Pizzeria Across the southern banks of Plaza and watch the parade of gas-pedal LAKE ISEO & FRANCIACORTA the lake, venture to the rolling pushers cruise by. Cool your engines here, Franciacorta hillside for wine because these locales are tasting at Bella Vista winery. LAKE GARDA more about walking and If you have a soft spot for spar- If you’re nautically inclined, Italy’s larg- quaffi ng. First stop: pictur- kling wine like Blair Waldorf est lake is perfect for boating, sailing and esque Monte Isola, the (Gossip Girl), be prepared to water sports. Channel your inner 007 largest inhabited lake fall in love with Franciacorta by chartering a high-speed Riva boat at archipelago in Europe. sparklers, made using the the lake where the opening scene from Accessible only by boat, the same traditional méthode cham- Quantum of Solace was fi lmed, and stop island maintains its quiet charm and penoise bottle fermentation techniques The legendary Mille Miglia celebrates Italian RUTHNICK JOSH in stunning Sirmione for a charming healthy atmosphere by forbidding motor as France uses. cars and vintage autos. lakeside experience. After lunch at Palace Hotel Villa Cortine, a dunk in the hot GET TRAVEL TIPS AND GUIDES FOR LOMBARDY AND THE BRESCIAN PROVINCE AT WWW.BRESCIATOURISM.IT It’s been 11 years since Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal took his beloved sitcom to Italy to Robert fell in love with the beautiful gelato called Lago di Bracciano. And a little perfect shoot its hourlong Season 5 premiere. We talked to Rosenthal about the trip. — Jim Colucci girl? Here’s a restaurant inside an idyllic park— town there called Anguillara. maybe this is the spot where Ray starts the magic. So I started asking CBS each year if to “get” Italy. Or Rome’s Spanish Steps. You Watch!: Speaking of life imitating art, did we could do this, and they said, “No, no, no, no.” start thinking of the lines each character would Ray the actor have the same epiphany? And the fi fth year they said yes. say. Debra would fi nd it gorgeous, and Ray Phil: We all had such a beautiful time would see it as steps. “We have to climb all together, and sure enough, Ray followed his Watch!: Conveniently for a foodie like you, of the way up? Is there a Spanish Elevator?” character exactly. After shooting each night, course. when we would go for dinner, you could see Phil: This was quite a scam I pulled. Because Watch!: In what areas did you shoot? Here him go “Oh, my God!” We’d have a glorious fi rst, of course, I had to go and scout, and I Ray’s name is actually “Romano,” and you the exact experience as in the script we’d just meal, then we’d have to try some pizza, then brought my wife and a few people from the crew. went to Rome. shot, with tiny, cramped arrangements, and he’d need gelato, then he’d fi nd another But it wasn’t money for nothing. The locations we Phil: Ray wasn’t clear where his family came life imitating art. Apart from Rome, to mix it up pizza and we’d have to have some of that, found started dictating the story. You see a gelato from, but his wife still had family in Sicily. And a little, we wanted a scene in bucolic country- and then some more gelato. He became shop next to the water, and you think: What if after we fi nished, they went to Sicily, and had side. We found a lake about 40 minutes north completely enamored. WATCH! / AUGUST 2011 89 FdCW0811_086-092_SCR_Italian_V4.indd 89 6/30/11 1:05 PM VIVA ITALIA! THE HILLS Celebrity Scrapbook Even after two years, Neil Patrick Harris calls his visit to Italy the “trip of a lifetime.” Over a ARE week in April 2009, the actor and his partner, David Burtka, joined Watch! for a cover shoot in Rome and Venice, where he boarded the ALIVE Orient-Express to Paris.
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