It was the first taste of the lemon and ginger risotto that started me thinking that this country house high on an Umbrian hilltop was some kind of vegetarian paradise.
Now every time I meet someone who is a vegetarian I rave at them evangelically: you must go to Montali.
The setting is beautiful, with renovated farm buildings sitting in an olive grove in the hills near Lake Trasimeno. You have to drive up a windy road to reach Montali and once there you feel cut off from the hassles of modern life. There is a little pool and you can sit with a book or just watch the Umbrian countryside.