Holiday homes Italy

The beautiful scenery, the climate, the great out-door life-style and the delicious food.
Discover here "La Dolce Vita".

Driving for hours through the undulating landscape, past vin yards, lakes and coastlines, enjoying the beautiful scenery? Slowly making your way through old villages or beautiful towns like Venice, Rome or Florence and enjoying the architecture, art and culture? Or just lazily relaxing with a glass of wine and delicious Italian meal on a lovely terrace?

Every visitor will undoubtedly be able to find something to his or her liking in a country oozing with culture and history, beautiful countryside and on top of all that it's famous cuisine! Just think of all of those wonderful pastas, the wine, or the Italian ice cream...

But the most valuable asset of this country has to be it's enormous artistic and cultural inheritance, which can bee seen in the many art treasures and the greatness this country has produced in the areas of culture and art. In not only painting, architecture and sculpture, but also in music, literature and for example design.

Think of Rafaël, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli. Or Rossini, Puccini, Verdi, Vivaldi and Monteverdi. With all of it's art treasures scattered across the whole country, Italy is also sometimes referred to as an open air museum.

Make a trip through this picturesque composition of scenery and culture…

Holidays 2004

New Year’s Day
Twelfthnight
Feast of the woman (Mimosa)
Good Friday
Easter Sunday and Monday
Liberation day
Labour day
Republic day
Whit Sunday and -Monday
Maria Ascension day
All Saints
Immaculate Conception
Christmas

1 January
6 January
8 March
9 april
11 and 12 April
25 April
1 May
1st Sunday of June
30 and 31 May
15 August
1 November
8 December
25 December

The weather in Italy

Opening hours

Opening times can vary from place to place, but as a general rule they are as follows:

• Shops: Open Mon. to Sat. 9.00 to 13.00 and from 15.30/16.00 to 17.30/18.00, but in larger cities and tourist areas often a lot longer. Many shops are closed on Monday mornings.
• Banks: Open Mon. - Fri. 8.30 to 13.30. Sat. Sun. and public holidays closed. Post offices are also open on Saturday mornings. Larger offices also in the afternoons.
• Museums: most museums are closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays. Most museums also close between 13.00 and 15.00/16.00 or are only open in the morning, but this is changing and a number are open till 19.00 (especially in the North). During the winter most museums have shorter opening hours.
• Churches: daily from 8.00/9.00 to 12.00 and 15.00/16.00 to 18.00/20.00, except during Mass. Many churches are closed on Sunday afternoons. Pay attention to your clothes and wear something appropriate.