A corner of paradise on the coast of Portofino. Set in a peaceful inlet that can only be reached on foot or by boat, within a typically narrow Ligurian village nestling between the blue sea and the green terracing of Mount Portofino, a Benedictine monastery was established in the 10th[…]

Castello Mackenzie was built between 1893 and 1905 by the young and Florence architect Gino Coppedè on commission of the Scottish insurer Evan Mackenzie. The castle was inhabited by the Mackenzie family for 27 years. Four years after Evan’s death, in 1935, her daughter Isa sold it to a real[…]

Located in the fishing village of Bogliasco near Genoa, in a region of extraordinary beauty whose landscape has stimulated creative expression for centuries, the Bogliasco Foundation offers one-month residencies to individuals who can demonstrate notable achievement in the Arts and Humanities: those disciplines that seek to understand our place in[…]

From the end of the 19th century up to the 1950’s, many wealthy British families used to spend the winter season on the Italian Riviera. During this period, Alassio became a real British Colony with more than 2000 English residents. There was a chaplain to celebrate service in the colony’s Anglican[…]

Villa La Contessa is a XVII century villa, owned by the family Oldoini, a family of Cremona who settled in La Spezia around the XV century.The villa is set in a small village called “Toracca” of much older history. The village in fact, accordingly to the feudal tradition, was completely[…]