Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Liguria in style.



What is the definition of "Italian"? Is it Sicilian mafia, big gestures, great food or the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (the furniture fair)? Or is it perhaps traditional villas climbing the terraced hills of the Ligurian coast line?

Or maybe it's the perfect combination of old and new, traditional and modern, Italian and Scandinavian? At Villa Rosmarino, where I spent a night recently, it all comes together, and makes perfect Italian sense. Even on a rainy day. The traditional villa is renovated into a stylish and comfortable getaway by Mario Pietraccetta and Fulvio Zendrini, and is positioned on the lush slopes of little fishing village Camoglia.