It’s hard to put into words how much we enjoyed visiting Florence at the end of our most recent 3-week trip to Italy. We were tired and our expectations were almost unfairly high, but they were easily ...

This iconic hotel is on the site of the former Oceanic Hotel, a storied 1920s-era landmark that was demolished in the late 1980s to make way for its nine-storey, L-shaped replacement. Part of the IHG ...

Cinque Terre is a group of cinque (five) villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore and Corniglia — strung along cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Since it became both a UNESCO World ...

Built in the 17th century, the Church of San Francesco is also known as the Convento dei Cappuccini e Chiesa di San Francesco and the Capuchin Friars Monastery, and it contains many marvelous works of ...

Just like the hard-top Cinque, core to the Roadster is Pagani’s new ‘wonder material’, carbo-titanium. A type of carbonfibre with threads of titanium woven into it, it was first seen on the track-only ...

In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, aside State Gov. Kathy Hochul, announced new plans to enact the state's first pied-à-terre tax, sparking questions in the tri-state area about what the tax ...

New York officials have proposed a pied-à-terre tax on non-primary homes worth over $5 million. Mayor Zohran Mamdani namechecked billionaire Ken Griffin when he announced the levy. Griffin would be ...

Pied-à-terre, French for "foot on the ground," means a secondary home or residence. The new tax "will levy an annual surcharge on one to three family homes, condominiums and co-ops valued above $5 ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's "tax the rich" campaign promise is taking shape, seizing the national spotlight with a proposal to impose a new pied-à-terre tax, a rarity in the United States.

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated Tax Day last week by jointly announcing plans to hike taxes. The pair’s proposal would let New York City impose a new surtax on houses and ...

A new proposal in New York is turning renewed attention to the city’s ultra-luxury second-home market—and could introduce a new tax for owners who rarely occupy their Big Apple properties. Governor ...