Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2012
Italy Villas, Apartments, Sicily Villas,
Sardinia Villas, Tuscany Villas and more
Welcome to the Authentic Italy website. We are a specialist company offering Italian holiday villas and apartments to rent in all areas of Italy. To see our total offering please click on Italy villas or Italy apartments and see our choice of nearly 2,000 alternative places to rent. Our site even has a special section for Luxury Italy Villas and Luxury Italy Apartments.
Tuscany Villas
By way of introduction to our site we would like to take you through a small tour of some of the main regions and cities starting with Tuscany. This region is perhaps the most photographed and beautiful region in Italy and here we have one of our most extensive offerings of beautiful Tuscany Villas often with swimming pools and lovely Tuscany Apartments either in the countryside or towns and cities. These Tuscany villas and Tuscany Apartments range from the traditional stone Tuscan farmhouses with Terracotta tiled floors, often renovated into fabulous vacation apartments and holiday homes, to Renaissance style Tuscany Villas from the Medici period, and onto Tuscany Apartments in the most wonderful city and country locations.
Sicily Villas
There are also the islands of Italy which are wonderful and majestic. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is an autonomous region of Italy. There are a wide selection of properties on the island such as Sicily Villas by the beach and sea or inland immersed in the countryside with swimming pools. We offer some fabulous Sicily Villas and Sicily Apartments so that you can relax in Authentic Sicilian surroundings whilst enjoying the fabulous local cuisine and atmosphere.
Sardinia Villas
The fabulous island of Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is also an autonomous region of Italy. Our range of Sardinia Villas and Sardinia Apartments are in stunning locations by sandy beaches, rocky coves and in quaint Sardinian towns both by the turquoise blue waters and inland in the hills. We offer a full range of Luxury Sardinia Villas with pools and great locations.
Lake Garda Villas & Lake Como Villas
The lakes in northern Italy are a very sought after location with the two most famous being Lake Garda where we have some lovely Lake Garda Villas, and Lake Como where many of the rich and famous have wonderful Lake Como Villas along the lake coastline. The advantage of the Italian lakes area is that it can often be cooler than the Italian coast during the hot summer months and is therefore also popular with the local Italians. We have a wide range of Lake Garda Apartments and Lake Como Apartments for you to choose from for your vacation in Italy.
With Authentic Italy, you will get a real taste of Italy, often away from the usual tourist track. We can help you with your Italian vacation so that you get a truly individual holiday. Although we are UK based, we have local people in Italy who can ensure your stay is one of the most enjoyable vacations you will ever have. This will allow you to enjoy that Italy self catering or even catered holiday that much more by staying in surroundings with a feeling of the real Italy.
Of course many people prefer city breaks or historic holidays visiting the fabulous wealth of historic towns and cities in Italy. We have carefully selected the best cities for offering Italian holiday apartments for your holiday rental. We specialize in Venice Apartments in this romantic city full of canals, Rome Apartments in possibly the most famous historic city in the world, Florence Apartments in Unescos most wealthy historic art city, Lucca Apartments in a wonderful ancient walled city well worth a visit, and Sorrento Apartments in the most famous city on the Amalfi Coast in Campania.
The Italian coast has many beautiful locations and varies widely from steep rocky coastlines to glorious stretches of golden sand. Some of the locations are very well known but others are well worth discovering. Taking a mini tour through the regions from the north west down the west coast and back up the east coast, we offer holiday rental accommodation in the following areas: at the very north west we offer Liguria Villas and, in a wonderful coastal strip great for walking in nature, we offer Cinque Terre Apartments in the national park of the same name. Heading south there are villas and apartments on the Tuscany coast and then into Lazio where we offer Lazio Villas to rent for your holidays in Italy; many of these are within a daily trip from Rome. South of Lazio is Campania and the famous Amalfi Coast which was the refuge of many famous film stars, artists and poets of the past and has had a resurgence in recent years. In this area we offer Amalfi Coast Villas and on the island of Capri we have some Capri Apartments. Across the Gulf of Salerno we have some super Cilento Apartments; this area is great for a relaxing holiday from where you can travel by ferry in one-and-a-half hours to the Amalfi Coast. Inland we have Campania Villas for your vacation in Italy.
Continuing our coastal tour from the foot of Italy we rent some lovely traditional Puglia Villas in this region known for its white conical stone houses. Puglia is also known as Apulia, so please look at our selection of Apulia Villas. Heading up the east coast you will reach Abruzzo which has a lovely Adriatic coastline with a long stretch of golden sandy beach adjacent to the turquoise blue waters where we have Abruzzo Apartments in various locations. Further north you enter Le Marche which is striking with its mountainous hinterland falling down to the beautiful Adriatic coastline with sandy beaches. Our range of Le Marche Villas covers both the inland countryside locations and the Le Marche coast. The end of the coastal journey is when you reach the Northern Adriatic Coast where we have apartments for holiday rent in places such as Jesolo Lido and Bibione Pineda. Please click here for our Northern Adriatic Coast Apartments.
The only areas not covered on our mini tour are the inland regions of Italy which have a variety of scenery that is often breathtaking and reminiscent of famous scenes in paintings or in films. Perhaps one of the more famous inland regions with wonderful relaxing countryside is Umbria which is less busy than its neighbours in terms of tourism. We really have some wonderful authentic Umbria Villas for your relaxing stay in Italy. Another region for holidays in Italy would be the Alto Adige or Trentino area in the north bordering Austria. In this area we offer Alto Adige Apartments and Trentino Apartments for your Italy vacation.
If you are unsure of your ideal destination then our Search Facility will give you a helping hand. In addition, if you would like to read more about Italy, the areas, places to stay for your holiday and general information then please click on Italy Information.
We are an independent holiday accommodation company specializing only in Italy villas and Italy apartments, and dedicated to finding you a holiday villa or apartment in Italy as well as helping you organise a holiday package that is totally unique and captures the Authentic Italy. Click here to find Flights to Italy from your most convenient UK airport.
Our many Italy Villas and Italy Apartments allow you an ideal Italy self catering holiday, or in some circumstances, with the more exclusive villas, we can organize cooks for your stay. Whatever the situation there is also a myriad of lovely restaurants, trattoria and pizzeria for dining out. We and our partners have visited many of the properties and we have also chosen a small number of agents that we can rely on to provide you with your ideal accommodation for your holidays or vacation in Italy.
Our prices are extremely competitive and you can make significant savings over the prices of the large operators. With Authentic Italy, you are always guaranteed a personal service. So why not go ahead and book that wonderful independent Italy holiday or Italian vacation right now!
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