Viareggio is usually synonymous with sunshine, a light breeze carrying the scent of salt, sunglasses glistening on tanned noses and that almost kitschy lightness of being that Italian coastal towns…
Caretta caretta in Tuscany: why turtles are suddenly nesting in Marina di Massa, what volunteers are doing – and how beachgoers can help protect a small natural wonder. A picture-perfect…
Having a home in Italy sounds like living the dolce vita: warm summer evenings, olive groves, and a view of the sea. It’s no surprise that more and more people…
How dilapidated farmhouses and town palazzi are transformed into stylish dream homes – with expertise, funding and Italian craftsmanship The first glance at a crumbling farmhouse in the Tuscan hills…
Chianti, an absolutely emblematic area of Tuscany, stretches between Florence and Siena, offering a living experience that seems to have come straight out of a Renaissance painting. Here are the…
Born in 1452 in Anchiano, a small village near Vinci, Leonardo was the Renaissance man par excellence: painter and sculptor, artist, set designer, thinker, man of science, anatomist, inventor, military…
La Dolce Vita – when the film of the same name by star director Federico Fellini was released in 1960, a new attitude to life was born. Italy became a…
Anyone who has gone or is planning to go to Tuscany will certainly know the classic famous places like Florence and its Uffizi Gallery or Ponte Vecchio, Siena, Arezzo or…
An insight into regional architectural styles and their impact on real estate values.
November 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death. The Italian composer created works for eternity such as the operas “Tosca”, “Turandot” and “Madama Butterfly”. In summer, Puccini is…
