Villa stays have always been popular with luxury travelers but the COVID pandemic has made them even more appealing. Rather than brushing up against strangers at hotels or resorts, many ...

This historic Tuscan house once belonged to the family who originally owned the “Mona Lisa” painting. From 1498 to 1517, Villa Antinori di Monte Aguglioni, near Florence, was owned by a relative of ...

As a hustle-and-bustle girlie with a penchant for history and architecture (and no fear of crowds), I have long been obsessed with Italy's pretty cities. Rome, Venice, Palermo, and Milan have all been ...

So in today's aimless real estate scrolling (errr I mean research), I stumble across a property that makes me do a literal double take, as I am sure there must be an ...

Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood neighborhood. It was spring of 1997, and Scali, a law student, was ...

Villa della Torre in Valpolicella, the famous wine region just east of Lake Garda in northern Italy, is a passion project for Marilisa Allegrini. Winemaking runs, quite literally, in her blood: Her ...

Well-preserved historical villas of the early modern period, on the other hand, exist in considerable numbers, especially in locations that have long been associated with the Italian desire for a ...

Whether it is the outstanding Renaissance monuments or authentic, regional cuisine, Italy’s appeal has long been far-reaching. As a country, it has never had to ‘hard sell’ itself to tourists, with ...