Travel is a sensory pursuit. In your everyday life, your eyes,
ears, nose, fingers and mouth can so get used to familiar surrounds that
they cease to distinguish certain sights, sounds, smells, textures and
tastes. But when you travel, your senses are shocked awake, with
surroundings both alien and exotic.
For those renting one of the fabulous villas in Italy, the senses will thank you for the shock! This is a destination finely attuned to every sense, delivering delightful experiences at every turn.
The Culture
Even the luxury and elegance of the villas in Italy could soon become routine if it were not for the feature that pervades the very air of the country - its culture. At every turn, that culture will awake more than your eyes and ears - it will tingle in your nostrils and startle you with wildly delicious smells. From the cafes in Florence to the vineyards of Tuscany to the bread baked in the ovens of Sicily, through the cuisine and wine, the country's diverse and rich history wafts on the air. Even beyond the depth and breadth of the cuisine, in the incense clouds of a Renaissance church or the briny swell of a Mediterranean shore, this country exhales its heritage.
Touch the Past
To many people, history is a dead subject, existing only in words on pages and screens. But when it can be touched, when your senses can be enticed to embrace its textures, then it becomes surprisingly real. Whether you stay in villas in Italy near Rome or Florence or Sicily, you will have so many opportunities to get up close and personal with the past. The cold, stone walls sanded in the 10th century, the Roman bridges carved even earlier, and the landscape forged before humans were even around to conceive of centuries - all bring back the realisation that the past was once as real as the present, when experienced in person.
The Cuisine
Beyond such profound sensory experiences as mentioned above, there are ways to entice your senses in a more light-hearted way. Most visitors to this country eagerly anticipate getting their chance to taste and smell the famous cuisine, created in its original birthplace. There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world and food truly is a lifestyle here - the Italian's don't simply eat to live, but it's certainly possible they live to eat!
The Italian Sun
The sun is the same sun everywhere, in theory. But a stay in any of the villas in Italy may have you believing otherwise. Watching the sun setting over the hills of Tuscany, burning in to the cliffs of Sicily, or slowly rising over the Roman archways and churches, may lead you to believe, as many Italian do, that the sun shines just that little bit differently here.
For those renting one of the fabulous villas in Italy, the senses will thank you for the shock! This is a destination finely attuned to every sense, delivering delightful experiences at every turn.
The Culture
Even the luxury and elegance of the villas in Italy could soon become routine if it were not for the feature that pervades the very air of the country - its culture. At every turn, that culture will awake more than your eyes and ears - it will tingle in your nostrils and startle you with wildly delicious smells. From the cafes in Florence to the vineyards of Tuscany to the bread baked in the ovens of Sicily, through the cuisine and wine, the country's diverse and rich history wafts on the air. Even beyond the depth and breadth of the cuisine, in the incense clouds of a Renaissance church or the briny swell of a Mediterranean shore, this country exhales its heritage.
Touch the Past
To many people, history is a dead subject, existing only in words on pages and screens. But when it can be touched, when your senses can be enticed to embrace its textures, then it becomes surprisingly real. Whether you stay in villas in Italy near Rome or Florence or Sicily, you will have so many opportunities to get up close and personal with the past. The cold, stone walls sanded in the 10th century, the Roman bridges carved even earlier, and the landscape forged before humans were even around to conceive of centuries - all bring back the realisation that the past was once as real as the present, when experienced in person.
The Cuisine
Beyond such profound sensory experiences as mentioned above, there are ways to entice your senses in a more light-hearted way. Most visitors to this country eagerly anticipate getting their chance to taste and smell the famous cuisine, created in its original birthplace. There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world and food truly is a lifestyle here - the Italian's don't simply eat to live, but it's certainly possible they live to eat!
The Italian Sun
The sun is the same sun everywhere, in theory. But a stay in any of the villas in Italy may have you believing otherwise. Watching the sun setting over the hills of Tuscany, burning in to the cliffs of Sicily, or slowly rising over the Roman archways and churches, may lead you to believe, as many Italian do, that the sun shines just that little bit differently here.
Jonathan Magoni is Senior Manager of Cottages to Castles, a
family owned company specialising in high quality holiday villas,
apartments and cottages in Italy. For spectacular villas in Italy
in Tuscany, Sicily, the Italian lakes, ski resorts or city centres, we
offer only the very best. Discover Italy at your own pace and without
time restrictions in our hand picked villas and cottages.
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