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Italy is home to lots of beautiful towns and incredible villas and palaces and it follows, therefore, that it is also home to plenty of truly stunning parks and gardens. These wonderful spaces are perfect for some peace, solitude, relaxation, and restoration among lush green surroundings and natural beauty, just the thing you often need on holidays if you are prone to darting around to see and do everything while you can. If you're looking for a moment to pause, take stock, and take a breath of fresh air, these little slices of greenery are ideal spaces in which to do so. There are endless examples located all over Italy but we thought we would pick just five of our favourites and offer you up a list of some of the most beautiful gardens and parks in Italy and photos of them as a feast for your senses...

Cannoli, popularised in the English-speaking world by the particular fondness of the dessert of Italian-Americans as depicted in film and television, are one of Sicily's best-loved and most enduringly popular sweet treats. Indulgent, tasty, and fairly addictive, if you're trying to conjure the perfect beaches, Arab-Norman architecture, dramatically barren landscape, vibrant culture, and slow and leisurely pace of life of Sicily but can't get there in person, cannoli are just the ticket! Travel with your taste-buds from the safety of your own kitchen today and try your hand at making this delicious dessert until you can savour the authentic flavours in person in Sicily!

Italy has inspired, produced, and been the setting of lots of incredible films throughout the decades. In fact, due to a particularly rich period in the 20th century when Italy produced, arguably, many of the best movies ever made, it is a perfect destination for serious cinephiles the world over. From, “The Bicycle Thieves,” to, “The Godfather,” to, “Cinema Paradiso,” to, “Life is Beautiful,” to, “Gladiator,” to “Call Me by Your Name,” the list of incredible films made or set in Italy is endless and, luckily, some of them even have backdrops and settings that can still be visited. So, if you're interested in a whistle-stop film industry virtual tour (for now and hopefully in person sometime soon!) of Italy, read on and discover the perfectly picturesque places in Italy that have graced the silver screen throughout the history of cinema...

If you are a beach-lover and sun-worshipper then few things would suit better than a vacation rental in Sardinia and a few weeks relaxing on and exploring her perfect beaches. Perfect beaches – crystal clear waters, soft white sands, Mediterranean greenery, the scent of it heavy in the air – are no uncommon thing in Sardinia, as you will quickly discover. However, even among the plethora of excellent choices, there are still some particular beauties and exceptional beaches among them that are worth singling out.

Take Tuerredda Beach, for example, which is considered the “jewel” of the southwestern coastline of Sardinia and one of the ten most beautiful beaches on the island. Located in a cove between Capo Malfatano and Capo Spartivento, in the territory of Teulada, this 500m-long gem looks like a beach from a far more tropical setting with its unreal, deep blue waters and perfectly soft, pale strand, framed by rich green flora.

Sardinia is famous for her beaches and for good reason. It is an astoundingly beautiful place with an astounding number of truly incredible beaches to choose from. So, if you are looking for your next beach holiday destination, why not browse our vacation rentals in Sardinia?

Among all of those excellent beaches, if you ask locals about their favourites, most are likely to mention Spiaggia della Pelosa. Boasting shallow, crystal clear azure waters that are perfect for kids to splash around in safely and for snorkelling, soft white sands made for leisurely wanders along the strand, and lush and diverse coastal vegetation, it is an ideal oasis and one of the most picture-perfect beaches in all of Europe.