This article is more than 6 years old. Italian villas were once only the trappings of the aristocracy, but nowadays it’s easier and more affordable than ever to live out a dolce vita fairytale on your ...

The villa was featured as a backdrop for Aubrey Plaza and Meghann Fahy's characters Harper and Daphne in the third episode of the popular show Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

The first time I saw Europe, I carried the weight of the world on my shoulders. At least that’s how it felt to my 20-something body as I lugged most of my earthly possessions in a backpack larger than ...

IT WAS EVENING outside the walled Renaissance city of Lucca. The geometric outlines of the church of Santa Maria Assunta were fading in the distance, blending with the hillside’s dusky blue. My ...

For travelers and even agents this barrage of historic homes-cum-resorts poses a problem: namely how to tell one from the other. They are all historic. They have all been carefully restored. Moreover, ...

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 ...

Italy became a nation in 1861 when most of the Italian peninsula united under King Victor Emmanuel II, the then-king of Sardinia. Prior to this, Risorgimento, as it was known, consisted of a number of ...

“I grew up here, and it’s such a unique place,” says Marie-Louise Sciò, whose father, Roberto, bought the property from Getty in 1980, living in it with his family before turning it into a sister ...