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If you have found your perfect vacation rental in Veneto and are thinking about spending some time exploring the wider region and all that it has to offer, then you should definitely ensure to set aside a day to head the few kilometres just outside of the city of Verona to the Moreniche hills overlooking Lake Garda, where you’ll find the Parco Giardino Sigurtà. Often listed as one of the most beautiful gardens in the world and with good reason, it is a truly breath-taking place and a perfectly idyllic spot to get well and truly away from the humdrum surroundings of daily life to experience something utterly refreshing and rather extraordinary.

First established as a park all the way back in 1617 and now combined with a modern garden, the park was sold by its last owner, Dr Carlo Sigurtà, in 1941 and was then opened to the public in 1978. It extends over a whopping 600,000 square meters and is made up of a diverse landscape including woodlands, a medicinal herb garden, a grotto, 18 (yes, eighteen!) flowering ornamental lakes, incredible fields of flowers, a dog cemetery, the Hermitage, the Great Lawn, the Great Oak, a farm, and more. The scale and variety is utterly staggering and the whole thing is an amazing sight to behold with plenty to keep anyone more than occupied for a day (or several!).

Continuing our wedding series here on Italy Villas, we have been discussing some of our best wedding vacation rentals in Italy. These properties are beautiful, photogenic, can house larger crowds, and are already established as wedding venues. If you have been thinking about a destination wedding in Italy, these are the ideal rentals to pick as lots of the groundwork has already been done for you. In the last post, we spotlighted Palazzo Rosadi near Arezzo but another Tuscan gem that is just as lovely and perfect for a wedding is Villa De Ranieri. This beauty is more luxurious and boasts the most extraordinary gardens and interiors that will ensure that you will enjoy your time and that you will be able to capture the most stunning photographs to commemorate the wedding as well. If you are looking for an excellent vacation rental in Tuscany and want to escape to a perfect Tuscan countryside palace for your wedding in Italy, this is the perfect place to do just that….

For the past week, we have been focusing on Italy as a very special kind of getaway destination: as a wedding destination. In previous posts, we discussed the legalities and necessary information about getting married in Italy as a foreigner and we listed some unique Italian wedding traditions that you might want to incorporate into your wedding if you have found a vacation rental in Italy and are getting married there. However, all these things are only useful if you have found the right place to get married. If you are looking for somewhere that can both accommodate you and your guests and act as the actual wedding venue itself, then this is the article for you! In the next few posts we will be highlighting some stunning villas on our website that are used to, and set up for, hosting weddings in Italy. However, in this article, we are focusing on one of the most beautiful and picture-perfect venues among them: Palazzo Rosadi.

The region of Apulia is filled with lots of charming little coastal settlements and, among them, the cute seaside town of Avetrana is a lesser-known gem. You can't find any tourist pages about it in English and it is not particularly primed for tourism, in general but this is a bonus rather than something that detracts from its charms. It is an authentic place, well off the beaten tourist path, and remains largely untouched by the outside world. You won't find endless things to see and do but you will discover an incredibly pretty town to have a wander around, some great beaches, and some surprises along the way. If you have found a vacation rental in Apulia and are looking for somewhere to spend a day, it is a great place to escape from real life for a little while and fall in love with the coastal Italian way of life...

Termoli is a pretty seaside town on the coast, overlooking the Adriatic, in the small region of Molise in the south of Italy. It was once a fishing port but, today, is better known as a quaint resort town that is populated by some striking fortifications and winding streets and little alleys. If you have found a vacation rental in nearby Campania or a vacation rental in Apulia and are looking for a great place for a beach day, it also boasts lots of nearby options to choose from. So, come and discover everything that the charming town of Termoli has to offer.

There are several free beaches in the area but the long Beach of Sant’Antonio, is the best equipped for visitors and prepared for tourism with bathing facilities, umbrellas, loungers, showers, campgrounds, eateries and more. The sand here is perfectly soft and golden and the sea is an impressively rich blue shade. It is also both a Blue Flag and Green Flag beach, the latter being an accolade given only to child-friendly beaches. With the town and the Castello Svevo as a scenic backdrop and the loveliness of the beach itself, it is a picture-perfect spot that the whole family can enjoy, stress-free.