words by Carla PassinoOlives and prosciutto tickled your palate, lasagne oozed meaty creaminess, brasato released its boozy flavours and you lost your…
Carla Passino
Articles by Carla Passino
Wed, 02/11/2009 - 04:06
words by Carla PassinoFrozen in time since the early 1940s, Villa Peduzzi is soon to be restored to its former glory and turned into four large flats—…
Tue, 02/10/2009 - 06:05
words by Carla PassinoA performance analysis of the Italian property market for the last 25 years shows that values have grown substantially in real t…
Thu, 02/05/2009 - 11:14
Words by Carla PassinoThe museum, which commemorates the English Romantics life in the Italian capital, celebrates its centenary this year but requir…
Thu, 02/05/2009 - 04:13
Italy’s turbulent history has given it many historic towns of great architectural interest. We discover three small but perfectly formed ones: Gradisc…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 07:25
Words by Carla PassinoThe market for urban lofts bucks the property slump while average housing prices start to decline.Forget the ancient stone farmh…
Fri, 01/30/2009 - 07:13
Words by Carla PassinoYou can occasionally find wrecks for sale at rock bottom prices in Italy, but their purchase requires careful consideration as t…
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 04:07
This is a mouth-watering winter for Italy-bound art lovers. The season’s calendar is packed full with interesting events covering all the most importa…
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 03:39
Words by Carla PassinoContemporary details meet vernacular architecture in this panoramic Chianti home close to Siena.A golden stone farmhouse stands…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 05:42
Words by Carla PassinoThe Italian branch of international estate agent Re/Max is offering special discounts on properties across Italy until the end o…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 05:22
Words by Carla PassinoLocated in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, iCapannini is a sustainable development set in a traditional stone farmhouseThe…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:49
Forget all you know about Italian Carnival—streamers, confetti, costumes, floats and carefree merrymaking. Mamoiada is different. This Carnival, which…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:45
Few Carnival festivals can rival Putignano’s history. The Apulian town started celebrating Carnival in 1394 and never stopped.The revelries started by…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:42
Viareggio’s Carnival started in a coffee house. Back in 1873, the young scions of some of the city’s best families met around the coffee tables of the…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:28
Ivrea’s long Carnival starts on Twelfth night. On the Twelfth night of 200 years ago, to be precise. Some of the town’s Carnival traditions date from…
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:23
Italy’s most famous Carnival may have started as a clever political ploy to keep the populace happy. First recorded in 1094, and made an official holi…
Fri, 01/16/2009 - 06:23
Words by Carla PassinoAfter the customary Christmas hibernation, the second home market is slowly waking up.The news from international agents are tha…
Tue, 01/13/2009 - 06:02
Words by Carla PassinoProperty sale volumes saw a greater drop in Italian provinces than in the provincial capitals, and in the North more than in the…
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 06:23
Looking for an Italian ski resort for your next settimana bianca? We give you the lowdown on three of Italy’s very best mountain villages: Courmayeur,…
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 05:58
Words by Carla PassinoLive the castle life in a splendidly renovated three-bedroom apartment in Bocchignano, Lazio Thick stone walls shelter Bocchigna…