Casa Verdeggia, Liguria

Casa Verdeggia is a totally restored rustic detached house consisting of 2 separate 1-bed apartments in an oasis of peace just a 5-minute walk from the medieval village of Verdeggia in Liguria. Part of a small group of houses on the edge of a nature reserve, the house offers views to the mountains and has […]

Top Ten Cities for Apartments in Italy

Embrace the urban whirl! Italian cities are small, beautiful and eminently liveable. A city apartment has strong rental potential, and offers many advantages for your own holidaymaking.  Here are the top ten cities for apartments in Italy… #1 – Rome  (Population 2,850,000) Italy’s brash, loud, vibrant capital is a confident, thick-skinned place, secure in its achievements […]

This week’s #ItaliaIcon – The Trullo

They were originally constructed as temporary field shelters, and then affordable village housing – yet nowadays they can command quite a price… The trulli were first built by farmers and shepherds working in the Itria Valley, and would often be dismantled and reconstructed elsewhere as the patterns of agriculture shifted across the land. Then they […]