Mario Matassa celebrates the start of the autumn foraging season with a set of Italian recipes that all contain ingredients that can be gathered for free Photos by Mario Matassa Italians are simply wild about wild food. Whether it’s chestnuts, borage leaves and mushrooms in the autumn, truffles in the winter, asparagus, wild hops, nettles […]
If you’re thinking of a new life in Italy, Piedmont could be for you. Fleur Kinson discovers the property potential of this spectacular northern region… Photos by Getty Images Piedmont lies in the far northwest of Italy and gets its name from its location at the ‘foot of the mountains’. It is bordered by […]
Snow-dusted Alps, vine-striped hills, elegant towns and some of the best food and wine on the planet – Piedmont has an embarrassment of riches and is a superb place to buy a home… Words by Fleur Kinson. Photos by Getty Images With some of the shortest travel times between Italy and the UK, Piedmont […]
Surrounded by sapphire seas and fringed with golden sand, Italy’s small islands make perfect holiday destinations – here are five of our favourites Photos by Getty Images and iStock 1 With the Tyrrhenian Sea lapping its shores and a mountainous inland terrain, Elba in Tuscany offers both the pleasures of lazy beach life and the challenges of […]
This fine example of Romanesque architecture is largely ignored, thanks to a mistake that occurred in its grounds… Photo by Getty Images Ask anyone what they know about Pisa and they’ll mention its Leaning Tower, the freestanding campanile of the city’s Cathedral, on which construction began (on dodgy ground) nearly a century after the Cathedral […]
We’ve got lots more wonderful photos of Italy to showcase this month. Enjoy these marvellous shots from Italia! readers… This month’s winner: “It could only happen in Venice! A truly theatrical backstreet.” by Anita Hashtrudi, Aberlady More of our favourites this month… “Isola Bella, view from Stresa. Photo taken in April 2019, just after receiving […]
Casa Celeste is the complete package, at a great price. A lovely brick house, recently rebuilt on the site with material from a house dating back to 1826. It has a gorgeous arched portico, a 10x5m swimming pool, great views, an excellent location, plus five bedrooms and four bathrooms. It enjoys a simple, unpretentious interior, […]
Casa Colpire is a rustic, unpretentious, authentic and recently restored farmhouse in a terrific area of Le Marche. The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with room for a third. The house has hardly been used, so it is literally brand new. It has a great arched portico and first floor terrace. Big views. […]
This beautiful two-bedroom apartment forms part of a period villa in a beautifully kept garden with lovely lake views, within walking distance of amenities in Tremezzo and the lake. The apartment, which is on the first floor, provides about 120 sqm of accommodation and includes a large living room with dining area, separate kitchen with […]
This two-bedroom villa with self-contained one-bedroom annexe is located in a residential area in Selva di Fasano, just five minutes from Fasano with all amenities, 15 minutes to Savalletri on the sea and 40 minutes to Brindisi airport. The very well-maintained villa provides comfortable accommodation, which includes an open-plan living room with kitchen to view, […]