Motoring

This posh Italian event is a bucket-list must for classic car enthusiasts

Wealthy jet-setters own all the best vintage vehicles. And, they relish the chance to show them off at the annual Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Lake Como

30 June 2019 - 00:00 By and bruce fraser

"Feels like heaven, doesn't it?" remarked a middle-aged man to his considerably younger, attractive companion as she sipped on a flute of "bubbles". An overstatement? Maybe not, because strolling through the grounds of the 19th-century Villa Erba - which coincidentally was a monastery - on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, it felt pretty accurate...

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