The Whole Earth Guide in Italy

Properties in Italy

Escape to a true city of romance - Venice

It is said that if you want to really get hopelessly lost in a city then Venice will be your choice. This city promises to wrap it's arms around the most cynical traveller and seduce them into a world of romance and magic.

Venice is built on three hundred and seventeen small islands, and holds one hundred and fifty canals, connected by an amazing four hundred and nine bridges, of which only thr... full details

Turin (Torino) - the shroud and the city

In the minds of many people Turin (or Torino in Italian) is all about the shroud but there's much more to it than that of course.

The shroud itself is held within the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the centre of the city. Unless you are very lucky, you'll probably have to make do with looking at the copy of the shroud on display at the entrance of the cathedral as the shroud itself is n... full details

Capitol of Tuscany and the birthplace of Renaissance - Florence

Florence, the city of flowers, was the place where the Renaissance grew and anticipated Enlightenment and thus Modernity as a whole. Florence is one of the most beautiful and ancient cities in Italy and the world. It gave to birth many of the men who have more profoundly influenced the course of human history in every field of knowledge, art, literature and philosophy. Most of the world artistic p... full details

See the most famous leaning tower in the world at Pisa

The Tuscan city of Pisa is most famous for it's leaning tower. It's the tower where, thanks to the lean, Galileo was able to perform his famous experiments which demonstrated that all weights fall at the same speed. Odd as it may seem to us today Aristotle had declared that a ten kilo weight would fall at ten times the speed of a one kilo weight yet nobody had bothered to check this theory until G... full details

Apartment, Chueca, Madrid

The apartment is located in Chueca. Read up about it on any website and youll discover that apart of being a stones throw from the center of Madrid called Sol, Chueca itself has great, restaurants, bars, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing all within 10 mins walking of the apartment. You really dont need a car to get around. The metro, bus and train system in Madrid works like clockwork and there ... more details