Italia!

March 2007

Features:

• HOMES IN LAZIO Rural, affordable and full of clean lakes and pretty hills, there’s so much more to Lazio than Italy’s capital city. Fleur Kinson gives you the lowdown on this incredibly diverse and increasingly popular area.
• PROPERT Y FOCUS: DEVELOPMENTS Purpose-built developments can take the stress out of buying a property overseas. Here’s a selection from all over Italy that includes apartments, houses, new builds and property conversions.
• 48 HOURS IN ORVIETO Famous worldwide for its white wine and extraordinarily beautiful cathedral, Orvieto also conceals a wealth of secrets. Sarah Lane inds out more.
• PARADISE REGAINED: SARDINIA Paul Pet tengale returns to the isl and where he lost his hear t and discovers an ideal f amily break in Chia Laguna.
• FERTILE IMAGINATION Fleur Kinson discovers the beautiful gardens around the northern lakes.
• A TRUE ORIGINAL Carolyn Lyon gets the spa treatment in a stunning hotel on Ischia.
• PAST ITALIA! The world’s oldest ilm festival in Venice.
• EAT ITALIA! Ursula Ferrigno on that essential: bread.
• DRINK ITALIA! Barolo – powerful and pricey but worth it.