The properties available for rent here can be very elegant but after two years of negotiating chaos in Firenze ~ including household floods, building noise nuisance and eye-watering energy bills, we've finally escaped the over-priced rental market, and bought our own little piece of Florence! We closed the deal late March 2026, on an apartment tucked away in an old Florentine turreted towerhouse (a Villa), with sizeable shared grounds, ample parking, a pool and conveniently only fifteen...

“After two decades of living around the world, the Dayan family arrived in Florence at a moment when they could finally choose where they wanted to put down roots. From navigating Italian bureaucracy and buying a house, to learning the language and becoming part of the local community, they share what it really means to relocate to Florence and the challenges they are conquering. Meet the Dayans; Tatjana (German) and Alejandro (Argentinian), on the threshold of their Tuscan house in Florence,...

After a childhood in Northern France, Anne-Sophie spent fourteen years in London, before coming to Italy with a love of the language and the dream of a different way of life. More than ten years later, that dream has taken her to Trentino and, eventually, Florence. Some hopes came true; others needed adjusting. After navigating bureaucracy, work culture and Italian social circles, what does Anne-Sophie know now that she didn’t when she arrived? Anne-Sophie looking stylishly summery at the...