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I came up with the concept for the PBS special Dream of Italy: Travel, Transform and Thrive in 2019 before a pandemic was anywhere on the horizon. The TV special of course premiered this year and though I had no idea what would hit the world in between, I think the topic was right on time. I am more convinced than ever …
After 17 years, Steve Brenner and Linda Martinez are selling their vacation rental website, Cross-Pollinate. The couple started Cross-Pollinate in 2000 as a way to manage the requests from guests they couldn’t accommodate in their hostel, The Beehive, in Rome. Over the years, Brenner and Martinez grew the business to include 500 private apartments, B&Bs and guesthouses in eight European …
If you’re thinking of renting an apartment or villa in Italy, if you’ve already started looking for a villa rental, you know all of the choices can be daunting. Here are five quick tips for renting an Italian villa: 1. Make sure there’s someone available nearby 24/7 in case something goes wrong. I learned the importance of this first-hand when …
A charming villa rental in Tuscany provides the base for a week of Tuscan adventures, from teeing up on a Tuscany golf course to meeting Cinta Senese pigs to making ravioli.
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2012 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Updated 2018. Few visitors to the area around Alberobello in Puglia haven’t dreamed of spending the night in one of the trulli, historic conical limestone huts, that dot the landscape here and are now protected by UNESCO World Heritage status. At Masseria Gelso Bianco, 11 …
Borgo Egnazia is the stunning seaside resort in Puglia where stars Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married. Built with with Renaissance, Moorish and Norman influences, it is a great Puglia resort especially for golfers, families and those who want to enjoy Pugliese culture.
Secluded yet easily accessible, Il Casale di Mele is the perfect setting, providing the tranquility of the countryside but within easy reach of E45 which leasds to many famous hilltowns as well as parts of Tuscany. Il Casale di Mele is a traditional Umbrian stone farmhouse built with all the modern conveniences that sleeps 6 + 1. Read more about …
Everyone has a “dream of Italy”… and that dream usually involves renting a villa in the Italian countryside, Tuscany for instance. The award-winning newsletter Dream of Italy can help you make this dream come true with Dream of Italy’s Free Guide for Renting a Villa in Italy Villa.
Here’s what people are saying about the book Up at the Villa: Travels with My Husband by Linda Dini Jenkins: Named one of 2009’s “Ten Travel Books I’d Give My Girlfriends” by Journeywoman.com “Anyone dreaming about renting a villa in Italy must read this book . . .” – Mario Scalzi, President, The Parker Company “…Jenkins provides a window …
Fattoria del Gelso is one of three Umbria villa rentals profiled in the June 2009 issue of Dream of Italy: As the owners of Bella Italia, a successful Italian gourmet and ceramics store in Bethesda, Maryland, Suzy and Bill Menard found themselves spending plenty of time in Deruta, Umbria’s ceramics capital, sourcing imports for their store. In time it made …
