Wine Country

This one of a kind accommodation has basically seen it all. It started off life in the 17th century and has already been a stable, granary and oil press, amongst other things. After all it has gone through, it remains a remarkably well preserved a...

Rural beauty and simplicity, Italian style. Simplicity Italian style is never just plain simple. It is usually simple and beautiful and the Casa Roccia, Casa dellÁrco and Casa del Cipresso, located within the Borgo di Pianciano estat...

Frances Mayes once said “I can think of no greater pleasure than to get lost on some country road in Umbria." We know exactly what she means, for even a simple journey through the bucolic countryside here is an experience in itself. This is a m...

Decidedly Italian, decidedly Umbrian, decidedly enchanting. Umbria is to many people the Tuscany of yesteryear, a bucolic heaven where Italians from the villages hang out by the piazzas with an espresso coffee in hand and pass the time conversing,...

Peaceful, panoramic, secluded and utterly wonderful. The Locanda del Gallo is one of those beautiful and peaceful old houses set in gorgeous countryside that Italy seems to specialise in. Yet it is at the same time typical and unique, with mo...

The Locanda Palazzone is a beautiful contradiction in terms. It is considered to be one of the oldest hotels in the whole of Italy, having started off life as a 13th century pilgrim's inn, yet it is also one of the country's most contemporary...