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Lake Orta is considered the most romantic of northern Italy's sub-Alpine lakes. On its eastern shore – just above the town of Orta – la Darbia is set into an idyllic hillside and celebrates la dolce vita in Piedmont.

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 3 you will find the most popular hotels.

Travel journalist Angelina Villa-Clarke has gone off the beaten track for Forbes Travel Trends Report 2025, exploring lesser-known destinations. One of her discoveries: the estate La Darbia, overlooking Lake Orta in Piedmont.

Kate Wickers has been to La Darbia resort above Lake Orta, who is considered the most romantic of the Upper Italian lakes. Her enthusiastic report is now to be read in The Mail on Sunday, print edition November 10.

Piedmont’s best kept secret overlooking Lago d’Orta - THE PLAN Interior Design & Contract 08, the supplement for the Salone del Mobile Milano presents our partner house La Darbia at great length in April 2024.

Wine architects and a poet's muse. With a beguiling panorama of Lake Orta in Piedmont, La Darbia sits relaxed above it all. As if incidental, the property pulls out just about all the stops of the good life: it's all the fault of the people involved here. And the lake's of course.

As we do every year, in mid-January we publish the holiday destinations that our readers particularly liked last year. In part 2 you will find the most popular international holiday destinations.

In part 2 you will find the most popular international vacation domiciles.