Ristorante Costadoro

I arrived to Italy’s Lake Garda met by rays of sun shining through the cypress-lined walkway and birds frolicking in song- and how could they not be, in a place as beautiful as this.

Costa d'Oro is an a water-front Italian villa, so enjoy your meal lakeside or in the familial dining rooms inside, overlooking the emerald green water.

The food at Costa d'Oro is exquisite: milky mounds of mozzarella, eggplant parmigiana, garden-picked basil and vegetables and bread hand-made that morning on site.

Boats roll up lazily, and passengers enjoy a glass of Chianti and the sound of the water lapping up to the Italian shore.

My only warning about Costa d'Oro on Lake Garda: it will be impossible to leave.