A taste of Italy: food for free

wild greens

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 […]

Piedmont regional property guide

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 […]

Homes in Piedmont

Langhe Piedmont

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 […]

Italy’s five best small islands

Italian islands - Elba

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 […]

Past Italia! Pisa Cathedral

pisa cathedral

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 […]

Italia! photos of the month: October 2019

venice

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 […]

Tremezzo apartment, Lombardy

tremezzo apartment

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 […]

Selva di Fasano villa, Puglia

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, […]

Casa Pianello, Lombardy

Pianella del Lario, Como

This is a lovely find! In Pianello del Lario, on Lake Como, just 2km from the lake and surrounded by the beautiful greenery of the natural world, stands this wonderful and completely renovated, detached country house. It has 80 sqm of space, with 1,300 sqm of garden. Internally, you’ll find a living room, kitchen, two […]

Villa Carezza, Trentino-Alto Adige

carezza

In Carezza, 25 minutes from Bolzano, at 1,650m above sea level, we have a beautiful chalet for sale. On the ground floor, a double bedroom, bathroom with shower, WC, whirlpool bath, sauna, relax-room, living room and ski room; on the first floor, a bedroom with bunk bed and single bed, a double bedroom, large living […]