Go Slow Italy Special Local Places to Eat, Stay and Savor

The Gorgeous Accommodations Profiled Here Treasure the Traditional and Embrace the Eco-Friendly, Ensuring Some of the most exceptional lodgings and delicious food in Italy. Forty-six places, chosen for their commitment to Slow Food and sustainability, include simple farmsteads as well as luxurious villas; guestrooms fitted with freshly ironed linens; infinity pools with views over citrus and olive groves; rambling gardens fragrant with lavender and jasmine. Meals feature artisanal and organic food: pasta made by hand, home-baked bread, heirloom fruit jams, local meat and fish, produce from the kitchen garden, and wine from local vineyards.

Alastair Sawday is a UK writer and publisher who focuses on environmental issues. He has led tours through France, guided disaster relief teams in Turkey, worked for an international charitable relief organization in Papua New Guinea, and, in 1992, stood for Parliament with the Green Party. In 2006 his publishing company was awarded a Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development. His book Go Slow England was published by The Little Bookroom in 2008.

Chef Giorgio Locatelli has worked at the Savoy Hotel in London, and La Tour d’Argent and Laurent in Paris. Back in London, as head chef at Zafferano, he earned his international reputation and first Michelin star. In 2002 he opened his first independent venture, Locanda Locatelli, which was awarded a Michelin star in 2003.