The Italian residential real estate market continues to grow.

You probably didn’t know that there are some 33 thousand caves in Italy. Some are long and deep and go for miles, while most are small and as yet unexplored.

Italy is the undisputed home of opera.

The Villa Bellosguardo, set like a precious jewel in the Florentine hills, lies in a perfect position in the ancient village of Lastra a Signa, a place richly steeped in culture, tradition and hospitality.

In September, everything starts again.

While more than 400,000 out-of-town students are preparing for the new academic year in big Italian cities (according to data from Miur from 2016/2017), the impact of this onslaught on property prices is becoming clear, especially in neighbourhoods near universities. This big rise comes mainly from

Everybody has their own retirement dream. Some think about picking up an old, forgotten hobby, some want to travel the world or learn something new, and some simply plan to relax.

The Truffle is a real delicacy typical of some regions of Italy, such as Piedmont and Umbria. In the kitchen it is used to season pasta and risotto and to prepare delicious main courses enriched with its aroma, but it is also excellent spread on bread as a creamy topping.

Just a few short minutes from Rieti and immersed in the quiet of an ancient park, 'Villa Vecchiarelli' stands in a dominant position on the hills at the foot of Terminillo, from where it enjoys a splendid panoramic view. The villa is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century architecture.

Average prices of second-hand homes in Italy fell by 0.7% month-on-month in August, to an average of 1,780 euro per square metre, according to the idealista housing price index. This decline is slightly lower than the 1.1% drop recorded in August 2017, while the year-on-year decline is 2.2 percenta