How to Make the Most of Your Property Hunting Trip to Italy
Summer is officially here...and many of you are busy planning your property hunting trip to Italy. Living in Italy brings you a few top tips on how to maximise your visit...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate the Purchase of a Property in Italy
Okay...so you've found the house of your dreams! What next? Living in Italy gives you some pointers as to the right questions you should be asking your agent before you take negotiations any further...
View ArticleTEFL jobs for the coming autumn/fall...
Just a quick reminder that it's now or never if you've still got half an idea to teach in Italy next term. The country grinds to a bit of standstill in August so check our updated TEFL jobs listings to...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Island of Sardinia
Looking for a last minute destination in Italy? Did you know that with flights daily from London (two flights a day in the summer months) to Alghero and connections to Barcelona and Frankfurt, Sardinia...
View ArticleHoliday Rental in Abruzzo | Near Campo Felice Ski Slopes
Italy is more than just a place in the sun...Why not start planning your winter holiday to Abruzzo now?...
View ArticlePublish YOUR article on Living in Italy!
If you live in Italy, visit Italy on holiday or simply love Italian culture, we'd love to hear from you! Maybe you've recently bought an Italian farmhouse and have advice you can share about the trials...
View ArticleTranslation Services
NEW! Now available...instant online estimates for all your Italian to English or English to Italian translation jobs! Buying a house? Need a hand with those documents? Have a look at the very...
View ArticleA Beginners Guide to Keeping an Italian Vegetable Garden
Moving to the countryside and being self-sufficient is a common daydream for many city dwellers planning to move to rural Italy. Deborah Swain gives some personal advice about how to start your very...
View ArticleNEW! Italian Design Store...Everything Alessi!
Living in Italy now has a new online store featuring products by Alessi - a name synonymous with the very best in Italian design. The items make the perfect gift for anybody who loves Italy or...
View ArticleFinding Italian Designer Furniture at Reasonable Prices
Finding Italian Designer Furniture at reasonable prices in Italy can be a challenge - in fact a Minotti sofa can cost as much as a Smart Car!... Architect Alessandro Fernandez shares some tips with...
View ArticleContainer Gardening at your Italian Holiday Home
As temperatures soar in Italy with no sign that autumn is around the corner we take a look at how to keep your balcony plants thriving through a long, hot Italian summer! Growing flowers, plants and...
View ArticleA Beginner's Guide to DIY in Italy – Fai Da Te!
In the first of a series of articles, Deborah Swain shares a few personal Italian DIY tips about renovating a home in Italy. DIY Tip No.1 – The treatment of terracotta floor tiles...
View ArticleItalian Garden Design - Topiary In Italian Gardens
Italian gardens have used topiary to create strong form, structure and elegance since Roman times... English landscape designer Jonathan Radford takes a closer look at Italian garden design and the use...
View ArticleDIY Tip No.2 Painting in Your Italian Home
The second of our DIY tips for restoring property in Italy looks at painting your Italian home. We'll focus specifically on decorating a traditional farmhouse where the wall surfaces and overall...
View ArticleThe Rome Film Festival
Deborah Swain has been busy spotting Hollywood stars on the red carpet at the second edition of the Rome Film Festival (Festa del Cinema) which closed recently in the Eternal city ...
View ArticleEscaping to Le Marche Italy with bestselling novelist Adam Williams
Writer, speaker and novelist Adam Williams is the author of three highly acclaimed historical novels about China - 'The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure', 'The Emperor’s Bones' and 'The Dragon’s Tail'. Adam...
View ArticleBudding Authors in Tuscany
Garden designer and author Jonathan Radford tells Living in Italy how a chance meeting with fellow writer Dario Castagno in Chianti set him on the road to literary success...
View ArticleNew Living in Italy Property Blog
Living in Italy has now launched a dedicated Property Blog to bring its readers up-to-the-minute news about the very best real estate opportunities available in Italy. It will focus primarily on...
View ArticleContemporary Italian Gardens
Garden design expert Jonathan Radford casts a critical eye over contemporary gardens in Italy and the need to look back and learn from Classic Italian gardens...
View ArticleDIY Tip No.3 Recycling Original Materials in Your Italian Home
The third of our DIY tips for restoring property in Italy looks at recycling the original materials found in your Italian home. We'll focus specifically on the materials that one finds in a traditional...
View ArticleHabitable village house in Molise
Now is definitely the time to invest in up-and-coming Molise...you can still pick up relative bargains with habitable village houses costing as little as euro 50,000! Full details on the Living in...
View ArticleIce skating...in Rome!
If you're planning a winter break over the Christmas or New Year Holidays in the Eternal City here's something that you may not have read about in the guide books...ice skating at the Auditorium! Read...
View ArticleItalian Recipes and Cookery Videos
Learn to cook the Italian way with Living in Italy following our new Italian Recipes and Cookery Videos
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The key to successful gardening in Italy
Garden designer and Italian Gardening expert Jonathan Radford explains the key to successful gardening in Italy...understanding the differences in Italian soils!
View ArticleTermoli - An East Coast Paradise
Tony Mattucci invites readers of Living in Italy to visit his favourite Italian town - the 13th century sea town of Termoli located on the east coast of Italy in the lesser known Molise Region...
View ArticleOrganic Gardening in Italian Gardens
In recent years organic gardening has established itself as the intelligent solution for the modern garden across the world, as it provides a healthy green space, in which children can play, plants can...
View ArticleThe Lustre of Lucca in Tuscany
In the 16th century they built Lucca’s imposing walls to keep out raiders. These days the barrier, still perfectly maintained and nearly 25ft high in places, seems to have another purpose —preserving...
View ArticleChoosing the Right Plant for an Italian Garden
Living in Italy gardening expert Jonathan Radford discusses how to choose suitable plants for your Italian garden, from classic Mediterranean succulents like Agave and Aloe vera, to acid-loving plants...
View ArticleThe Island of Capri
It's easy to see what has attracted the international jetset to the Island of Capri down the years... and continues to do so. The island basks in almost year-round sunshine, is famous for its classy,...
View ArticleThe Sanremo Music Festival
Living in Italy takes a closer look at the history of the Italian pop music contest the Festival di Sanremo with video clips of the winners of the recent 58th Edition of the annual event ...
View ArticleHow to Prune Lavender in Italy
Spring is in the air and Italian gardening expert Jonathan Radford is back with some timely advice about the right and the wrong way to prune lavender in Italy
View ArticleA Beginner's Guide to DIY in Italy – Fai Da Te - Part 4
In the fourth of in our series of DIY tips for restoring a property in Italy Deborah Swain looks at renovating a modern house in a rustic style.
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Stay connected to us - and get so much more - with the Living in Italy Community Toolbar! Never miss a new article...includes up to the minute property listings from our Living in Italy Property Blog...
View ArticleSardinia - a journey of pure emotion!
Marcello De Martis was born in Alghero, and is a local expert on Sardinia - its history, traditions and landscape. He now lives in London with his family, but returns to his native Sardinia frequently....
View ArticlePlanning and Planting a Tuscan Style Garden
Italian gardening expert and regular contributor to Living in Italy, Jonathan Radford, takes time out from his busy Tuscan garden design business to share his thoughts about his personal favourite...
View ArticleWhat does Gardening in Italy Involve?
After living in working in Tuscany for over fifteen years, gardening expert and Living in Italy regular contributor Jonathan Radford is still pondering the question - How do Italians perceive...
View ArticleIntroducing the Living in Italy Chat Room!
Got a quick question to ask about Italy? Then why not drop by the Living in Italy Chat Room. Live questions, answers, tips, ideas and Italian travel information in real time!
View ArticleGreen Lawns in Italy
As most of Italy swelters in record-breaking temperatures eco-gardening expert Jonathan Radford is back with some timely advice about how to keep lawns green in Italy and still save water!
View ArticleA Budget Holiday in Italy
Living in Italy newcomer Paul Scottyn argues that one of the best things about choosing Italy as a holiday destination is the quality of budget accommodation.
View ArticleFamous Marchigiani!
What do MotoGP star Valentino Rossi, composer Gioachino Rossini and painter Raphael have in common? Deborah Swain takes a look at some world famous Italians who hail from the Le Marche region.
View ArticleOrganic Gardening in Italy and Making Compost
As temperatures drop in Italy and autumn draws to a close eco-gardening expert Jonathan Radford is back with some suggestions for the long winter months... such as making organic compost!
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The Chestnut Tree in Italian Gardens
Gardening expert and Living in Italy regular Jonathan Radford takes a fascinating look at the cultural and culinary heritage of the humble European Chestnut tree.
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Creative Writing Holidays at an Italian Pope's Palace
The notion of writing a novel or screenplay in Italy is not entirely a new one, as creative writing holidays have been around for a while and they have proved to be very successful. However, a creative...
View ArticleThe Abruzzo Earthquake - How You Can Help
Many of us living in Italy were shaken awake in the early hours of Monday morning by the earthquake which has caused such devastation and loss of life in Abruzzo. The Croce Rossa Italiana, the Italian...
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The President of the United States Barack Obama in Taranto!
As Obama joins world leaders at the G8 summit in Italy we take a closer look at a very unusual tribute in Taranto - a sculpture in honour of the 44th President of the United States of America Barack...
View ArticleThe Italian Bread Myth
Mauro Vincent is an Italian resident with a problem...he longs for processed British bread! Is Mother's Pride really a viable alternative to fresh Italian bread?!Read more in Mauro's very funny The...
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Merry Christmas - Buon Natale from Rome!
Buon Natale! - Merry Christmas! from Living in Italy
View ArticleThe Italian School System
Living in Italy is happy to welcome Giulia Schiavon who joins us with an article taking a closer look at the Italian School System.
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