Life In Italy Real Estate Advertisement Policy and Costs The real estate advertisement format was created for Italian real estate owners and realtors selling real estate, who want to advertise properties to foreign buyers. The real estate advertisement format has the following features: You list your asking price […]
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Renting a place in Italy
Do your homework ( rent before you buy ) When you first arrive in Italy, for example in Rome, it is a good idea to spend a bit of time in a apartment with a short term rental agreement, using Airbnb or similar sites, or in a hotel or “pensione” (a more […]
Types of Holiday Accommodations
Accommodations to ensure Relaxation The Hotel Excelsior, in Rome’s Via Veneto: a symbol of the Dolce Vita (by Rosemary Dukelow at flickr.com) If you’re looking to enjoy a relaxing holiday, think about renting a self catering villa or a vacation home. It’s a great way to get away from it all, relax, […]
Rome Transportation
Public transportation in Rome In a city of the size and stature of Rome, one would expect a good public transportation system. Europe’s other major capitals have set a high standard, offering a variety of extensive and efficient options. After all, petrol prices are far higher in Europe than in […]
The Towns of Tuscany
Lucca, Tuscany The Renaissance Walls, the most significant monument in Lucca, form an intact circle of about 4 km in length, with a series of ramparts, an imposing complex of defensive works, ditches, gun outposts, barriers and large underground chambers, they lost their military value and were transformed into a […]
Tarot Garden
Artists’ Wonderland in Capalbio, Tuscany Giardino dei Tarocchi, Tarot Garden in Capalbio, Tuscany Ph. Riccardo @ flic.kr/p/eFfFZF Artists’ dreams come true in Italy: having been an artist myself for a long time, I can well imagine how it may be like to be given more than an hectare of […]
Tourist spending boosts New Year sales
(By Sandra Cordon). (ANSA) – Rome, January 2 2015 While Italian businesses said free-spending tourists will help to boost traditional January retail sales events, consumer groups warned that families are too tapped out after years of recessions to shop. The semi-annual sales started in two southern regions, Basilicata […]
Italian Culture
Leonardo’s Helicopter When it comes to culture and the arts, there is not a field in which Italy has not exercised a profound influence. From music to literature, from architecture to visual arts and sculpture, from medicine to natural sciences and technology, the history of Italy has shown the […]
Rome in a Nutshell
Travel Diary Rome 2011, July They say that there are certain sense memories we carry with us throughout our lives. I always thought that was a beautiful idea, however, it had never happened to me. At least, not until I returned to Italy. We were on the train, looking through […]
Favignana, Sicily
Cala Rossa, beautiful beach in Favignana, Sicily Ph. depositphoto/chrupka Favignana is a butterfly shaped island considered to be the largest among the Egadi. The other main islands of the Aegadian archipelago are Levanzo, Marettimo, Maraone and Formica. This island is located in the midst of the Mediterranean Sea and is at […]