100 Sexiest Summer Villas
Posted March 9th, 2010 by Dan Wrightson. Filed under Latest news
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We’re proud to have 4 of our properties listed in the Sunday Times annual round-up of the best summer villas in the Mediterranean!
Read the article here: Sunday Times Sexiest Summer Villas
The villas listed are:
La Caprera – one of the few apartments – but it really is so beautiful, and looks out over Siena.
Nicco – this is just stunning. The view over towards the Cinque Terre and down over Fiascherino and Tellaro is fantastic – seen over the brim of an infinity pool it’s even better!
Le Tanelle – The archetypal perfect tuscan villa, high on a hill, away from the crowds and perfectly restored.
Casa Silvia – I love this one – simple, with fantastic views, affordable and within walking distance of a charming little town.. perfect.
Exhibitions to visit on a day out
Posted March 2nd, 2010 by Joann. Filed under Latest news
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When you’ve basked enough by the pool and are ready for a day out, why not take in one of the important exhibitions that are running from spring to early summer in Italy.
In Siena 26 March – 10 July “From Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello. The Arts in Siena in the Early Renaissance.” While the main venue is at the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex, the show will take visitors on a special discovery tour of a Siena that, on a parallel path with Florence, experienced an extraordinary period in art which witnessed the transition from Gothic to the Renaissance.
In Rome 20 February – 16 June “Caravaggio” at the Scuderie del Quirinale. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of his death, the exhibition The exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinalea offers a radically innovative and up-to-date approach to penetrate the very essence of the “terribly natural” painter, his revolutionary and astonishing naturalistic criterion, and his stubborn if questioning deference to the depiction of reality which no pattern or school could contain, which was solitary in its poetic greatness.
And even in Casole d’Elsa, one of our favourite hill villages, 17 March – 3 October, “Marco Romano and the Sienese Artistic Context in the 13th and 14th centuries” set in the Museo della Collegiata. This small exhibition of sculpture and paintings will give you a sense of the artistic ferment that existed even outside the walls of wealthy Tuscan cities.
