©2009 THE LEMON TREE COMPANY, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED +44 (0)7761 015 014 Italian is such beautiful language to speak and listen to - musical and so emotionally expressive - it seems to complement the geography of the country, a long peninsula shaped like an elegant high heeled boot.     With the current property market’s flight to quality, Italy’s traditional destinations of Tuscany, Umbria and the Italian Riviera, a term often applied to the stretch of coast in Liguria in Northern Italy which borders France, continue to attract enquiries and property sales.   The North of Italy oozes sophistication – Milan, Venice, the beautiful lakes of Como (Garda, perhaps, being the best known) the Alps and Aosta Valley ski areas.     Of all these perhaps the romantic city of Venice needs least introduction and conjures up a whole host of enticing images.  And, of course, Rome - the Eternal City and capital of Italy, where you can visit the separate principality of Vatican City, and immerse yourself in Italy’s religious and cultural centre. Travel down to the green and sweeping hills of Tuscany to the ever popular, and easily accessible, Pisa, and drive across to Florence, the regional capital of Tuscany in the centre of Italy.   The Tuscan countryside with it’s beautiful scenery and tranquillity – Chianti-shire  (as it’s most popular region is known) is a prime destination for a second home, whether a ruin for own renovation or a ready finished project. Now continue on south to the Almalfi Coast, with the the mountainous coastline south of Naples. Meander through to the perennial resorts of Sorrento, Positano and the beautiful island of Capri.  Italy, it’s just so……. well……… Italian!  . Villa Striano, Tuscany (click box for Zest Sheet) Back Oli Hamlet, Tuscany (click box for Zest Sheet)