Archive for 'Southern Italy'

Come and spend a few days in the magnificent region of Basilicata! This incredible state in southern Italy is home to a beautiful array of little towns and villages, each one with something unique and interesting to share with tourists.

Stay in a beautiful villa rental in Campania, a neighbouring region where you can easily commute to Apulia to explore all of its treasures!

Spend a day sailing one or some of the Monticchio lakes called Lake Grande and Lake Piccolo. These two isolated pools fill up two dormant volcano craters are framed by a lush green forest. They are warmer in temperature than other Italian lakes and are a gorgeous green colour.

While you’re here why not spend an hour or two strolling around the picturesque Abbey of St. Michael which overlooks Lake Piccolo.

Apulia, nicknamed the ‘heel of Italy’s boot’ is a stunning coastal region in the south of the country. This charming place is a haven of history, tradition and culture. Tourists have a wealth of man-made and natural attractions to explore when they come here for a sunny vacation.

Stay in a pretty villa in Apulia on your next Italian vacation and get ready to enjoy a superb time!

Sail around the Tremiti Islands off the Apulia coast and soak of the sun’s rays along one of many Blue Flag awarded beaches here.

Enjoy a few hours of exhilarating wind surfing or wakeboarding to get the adrenaline pumping or simply sit in the cool shade of an outdoor restaurant table along the coast and admire the sheer beauty of the glittering ocean.

Molise may be a small region but it is bursting with many exciting things for tourists to do and see! Molise is quite new, having only been recognised as a region in its own right in 1963.

Before, Molise was an isolated province of Abruzzo. This small but welcoming region has a small coastline bordering the Adriatic Sea and is really starting to entice more and more tourists to its interesting towns, villages and natural attractions.

Stay in a stunning vacation rental in Molise with a swimming pool where you can live the life of luxury while you explore all this glorious region has to offer.

From May until September, most of the region’s festivals take place so tourists passing through this pretty part of Southern Italy are in for a treat! See the lively Bagpipes festival in Scapoli in July or sample some of the many food festivals in August such as the lamb festival in Morrone del Sannio or the Pecorino Cheese festival in Macchia del Sole. The ‘La Ndocciata’ festival takes place in the Orange Flag town of Agnone in Molise on Christmas Eve and is a spectacular fire-lit parade that ends with a massive bonfire.

If you love to party then a vacation in the Italian region of Calabria would be just perfect for you! A region of colour, vibrancy and welcome, a festival or celebratory event is never far around the corner in Calabria, no matter what time of year you visit. Stay at a gorgeous villa rental in Calabria where you can relax and unwind in lavish surroundings before starting your exciting days of exploration here!

Check out the intriguing religious Festival of the Three Crosses held on May 3rd that re-enacts biblical scenes and the expulsion of the Saracens from Southern Italy.

Or witness the lively events that take place during the ‘Palio di Diana’ including tug of war, a sack race and hitting a giant piñata! The townsfolk dress up in traditional Renaissance costumes and host a superb celebration full of music, food and dancing between the main palio events. This thrilling festival takes place in the coastal town of Vibo Valentia.

Agnone is a peaceful scenic town in the Molise region of southern Italy. Set in a mountainous area, Agnone is only twenty five kilometres north-west of Campobasso and offers lots for the tourists to see and do.

It was awarded the prestigious Orange Flag as a mark of its friendly welcome to visitors and beautifully preserved medieval buildings.

There are nineteen churches in Agnone, fourteen of which have impressive bell towers standing tall over the town. The sound of these bells ringing in unison is truly a superb symphony of music!

Tourists have a lovely selection of holiday villas in Molise to choose from where the can easily explore the town of Agnone and other attractions in the region.