Carla Passino
Articles by Carla Passino
words by Carla PassinoOlives and prosciutto tickled your palate, lasagne oozed meaty creaminess, brasato released its boozy flavours and you lost your…
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—…
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…
Words by Carla PassinoThe museum, which commemorates the English Romantics life in the Italian capital, celebrates its centenary this year but requir…
Italy’s turbulent history has given it many historic towns of great architectural interest. We discover three small but perfectly formed ones: Gradisc…
Words by Carla PassinoThe market for urban lofts bucks the property slump while average housing prices start to decline.Forget the ancient stone farmh…
Words by Carla PassinoYou can occasionally find wrecks for sale at rock bottom prices in Italy, but their purchase requires careful consideration as t…
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…
Words by Carla PassinoContemporary details meet vernacular architecture in this panoramic Chianti home close to Siena.A golden stone farmhouse stands…
Words by Carla PassinoThe Italian branch of international estate agent Re/Max is offering special discounts on properties across Italy until the end o…
Words by Carla PassinoLocated in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, iCapannini is a sustainable development set in a traditional stone farmhouseThe…
Forget all you know about Italian Carnival—streamers, confetti, costumes, floats and carefree merrymaking. Mamoiada is different. This Carnival, which…
Few Carnival festivals can rival Putignano’s history. The Apulian town started celebrating Carnival in 1394 and never stopped.The revelries started by…
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…
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…
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…
Words by Carla PassinoAfter the customary Christmas hibernation, the second home market is slowly waking up.The news from international agents are tha…
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…
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,…
Words by Carla PassinoLive the castle life in a splendidly renovated three-bedroom apartment in Bocchignano, Lazio Thick stone walls shelter Bocchigna…