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Luxury apartment “Blue Swan” for sale in Tuscany – in one of the most famous, exclusive and renowned resorts on the Tuscan coast Marina di Scarlino. The property is situated in the Scarlino municipality, Tuscany, approx. 8.5 km from the village itself, directly on the coast in a peaceful and private location combined with all [...]
The estate is on the southern hills of Chianti with a splendid view over Siena and the Amiata Mount. The property consists of two adjacent buildings used one as accommodation business and the other for the production of Chianti wine (D.O.C.G.). It is located in a position of rare beauty with a view up to [...]
The Castello di Collalto Sabino is a splendid and historically important castle dating back to the 12th. Century and located only 50 kms from Rome. The property has been tastefully restored with great care and creating an environment totally in accordance with modern living. The castle incorporates 9 en-suite bedrooms, along with a further 2 [...]
These days, it’s possible to see the classic Italy – of olive groves and vineyards, red-tiled roofs clustered in precariously-perched hillside villages, bustling piazzas, Impressionist colors, and, of course, Italian wines and food – in an up-close-and-personal way that most visitors miss. Because you can see this Italy by bicycle. You can actually cycle across [...]
Bucatini, spaghetti, tortellini, rigatoni: There are hundreds of kinds of Italian pastas, and each one has its own, special name. That’s pretty confusing… but it’s also fun! We’ve said many times before that Italian food is regional (in fact, there’s no such thing as “Italian food”). Pasta is a major part of that. Local kinds [...]
“My Tuscany”, this is title of short film trailer of three minutes to “conquest” the American tourists. The Tuscany Region has partecipated at the IFP’s Independent Film Week in New York with this “Tuscan postcards” spirit video, in which the protagonist is a tourist who lives a travel created made-to-measure, based on the requirements, to the [...]
It comes as no surprise that the high profile historic centers of Rome and Florence are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Central Italy along with renowned places such as the stunning Val d’Orcia in Tuscany. However, here are 7 more remarkable sites in Central Italy, many of which are off the beaten path. Urbino, [...]
With summer vacation now over for most of Italians, the coastal areas are returning to a less frenetic period. There are still almost 4 million Italians on holiday (plus a few lucky Americans), but the high-season prices are down and there are a few secret places I like to go to. Much of the activity [...]
I like pasta; I like it a lot. Barely a week goes by without at least one pasta dish gracing our dinner table. And therein lies the problem; its very ubiquity. Being seen as a cheap choice, or a quick fix, serve to diminish its lustre and turn it into mid week meal fodder for [...]
Designer Charlotte Moss brings home eight key lessons from her grand tour of Italian estates. 1. Create an axis (or two). On vast properties such as the Boboli Gardens of the Pitti Palace in Florence, it becomes necessary to draw the eye into the distance by framing the view with trees. The primary axis [...]
Like most of Italy’s eastern/Adriatic regions, Marche is largely unknown outside of Italy, and let’s hope that it stays that way. It’s got everything that its neighbor Tuscany has – hills, mountains, beautiful seacoast, stone Medieval towns, art, and arguably a superior cuisine – and you and a few others in the know can have [...]
This week’s Italian regional lunch class focused on the little known state of Le Marche, or “The Marches”. Located on the east coast of Italy, basically in the center, Marches literally means “marches”, which is an outdated way of referring to borders or frontiers, and this region was demarcated by three of those – Ancona, [...]
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