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The Martyrs’Monument near Hanoi’sHoan Kiem Lake.RIGHT Dragon boats onthe Perfume River.FAR RIGHT A HoChi Minh posterA railwa ...

A boat tour of Van Long NatureReserve provides a relaxingway to enjoy the landscapeand a chance to spot one ofthe world’s most ...

Seated on a veranda, shaded by longanand guava trees, are 70-year-old HoangVan Huan and his friend, Thanh Mai Phan.During the wa ...

There are 10 main entrancesinto the Imperial City of Hue,one of Vietnam’s seven UnescoWorld Heritage sites64 Lonely Planet Tra ...

overlooking the river, is the complex ofpalaces once occupied by the Nguyen,the country’s last royal dynasty. Hue’sImperial ...

MARCEL THEROUX is a novelist, broadcasterand regular contributor to Lonely PlanetTraveller. His latest novel, The Secret Books,i ...

Saigon’s City Hall was based onParis’s Hôtel de Ville whenbuilding began in 1902.ABOVE FROM LEFT A tricycle taxidriver take ...

68 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017ESSENTIALSGETTING THERE ANDAROUNDVietnam Airlines flies direct toHanoi and Ho Chi Minh Ci ...

VIETNAM BY TRAINOctober 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 691Check into the Silk Path HotelHanoi, which has business-stylerooms with ...

70 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017###### Taste Tour ItaliaEmilia-Romagna has been known for its immenseagricultural abundan ...

October 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 71Prosciutto is a favourite ingredientat Antica Corte Pallavicina in thenorth of Emilia-Rom ...

72 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017TASTE TOUR ITALIAMILE 0ParmaSpend five minutes in Parma and it becomesclear this is a cit ...

South of Parma the landscaperolls down to the Po Valley.OPPOSITE Pigs – such as theseat Cascina Bodriazzo – areraised on cer ...

74 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017TASTE TOUR ITALIA‘It takes the milk of 100 cows to create just sixwheels of Parmesan’ ...

ROAD TRIP ITALIAOctober 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 75MILE 16Reggio EmiliaFurther southeast along the Po Valley, towards thetow ...

76 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017TASTE TOUR ITALIAEmilio. ‘The people of this region have a real aversionto waste. We pr ...

October 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 77``````The smaller the cask, the older thevinegar. LEFT Emilio Biancardi witha bottle of 1 ...

78 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017as he walks between vines bunched with purple-blue Sangiovese. The rest of the 32-acre fa ...

October 2017 Lonely Planet Traveller 79‘The secret behind truffle huntingis to love your dog’Sauro Po d’Esta and Chiccosha ...

80 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017ESSENTIALSGETTING THERE &AROUNDBritish Airways and easyJetfly direct from London toBo ...