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Deal of the month!! Sweet Italy Estates proposes you the latest property: a great deal, stunning location and fabolous view from a spacious roof terrace!! The property is located in the heart of Dogliola, an ancient village with characteristics alleys and and breathtaking views. It is a stone property on 3 levels plus 2 cellars, one of which used to be an oil mill. The ground floor is habitable and it is composed of: spacious kitchen with fireplace, dining or sitting room, bedroom, bathroom.
February 2010 It's fun time in Italy and we all want to involve you!!! Carnival is just around the corner so why don't you take this fantastic chance to live it to the fullest with us Italians?? Sweet Italy Estates proposes you a fantastic offer! We will pay for your accommodation so that you can look at properties with us and enjoy the taste (literally...have you ever had Italian carnival sweets and pastries???) of this joyful period all at once!... Believe us...this is not a Carnival joke!! This offer includes 2nights stay at Villa Martina B&B (www.vasto-agriturismo.it), breakfast included; this offer doesn't include week ends. For further information please contact us, we will be happy to help you arrange your viewing trip!!
January 2010 Sweet Italy Estates wishes You a wonderful 2010, rich in happiness and health! ...may the 2010 be the perfect year for you to find the perfect balance you are looking for, accept new challenges and go for a life change: choose to live in the Country where the sun is always shining, where people are loud because they are happy, where one of the reason why you cant' wait to wake up in the morning is because you know it would be another day with delicious lunches and dinners, where your bed linen would get dried in few hours while waving from your balcony, where your neighbour's party become yours too!!... ...now you know you cannot wait any longer...start your new year with the right decision: your Italian home is waiting for you!! Contact us for more info on how to purchase in Italy, how to select the ideal location for you and book with us your inspection viewings! December 2009 Dear Clients and Dear Users! Once again Xmas is right around the corner and everyone is excited and getting ready for huge lunches, dinners, expensive decorations and celebrations. There is very little yet so much each of us can do to make some onelse's Xmas a better day: Sweet Italy Estates, together with Gruppo Pavone srl (www.gruppopavone.com ), chose to renovate its devotion and faith in UNICEF and made a generous offer to support this cause. We surely know that this will not be enough, but surely is a little drop of water, that together with many more, will form an Ocean of togetherness, brotherood and human dignity! This is our warm way to wish all of you a Happy Festive Season!
November 2009 Dear Client, have you recently visited properties with Sweet Italy Estates? Did you like one of the inspected properties?...And You are thinking of purchasing it??
Then…what are you waiting for??...don’t hesitate!!
Sweet Italy Estates offers you 2 nights stay in Rome, “the eternal City” and return tickets from Pescara to Rome for two people!*
You will be staying in one of the most popular, central and prestigious squares in Rome!
We want to give you the best of it: you will be starting a new adventure living in a new Country or simply buying your holiday home in Abruzzo...what you need then is a great WELCOME to Italy!! and....that's how mean it. You will be able to fly to Pescara airport (the regional airport) and get a direct coach to central Rome. We will book for you a room in one of best areas in Rome and all you will need to worry about is: your meals and your personal shopping!
Before you will go for your short break, we will give as much information as possible on : things to do, places to see, and what you can't miss in Rome!!
*The offer is addressed to those who sign a purchase proposal with 20% deposit; this same offer will have to be accepted by the seller. Proposals will have to be signed within and not beyond 30th November 2009. The subscriber will be able to travel between 12/01/2010 and 14/03/2010. Bookings are subject to B&b and coaches availability. Contact us if you wish to have more information on the present offer: info@sweetitalyestates.com or francesca@sweetitalyestates.com If you wish to visit more properties, please visit our website www.sweetitalyestates.com and book a viewing trip with us!
October 8th 2009 Birdwatching, Oak and holm groves in Torino di Sangro If you are looking for a green area, a place to breath pure oxygen, a place for bird watching in Abruzzo, we suggest to visit the Holm and oak grove in Torino di Sangro. Just head north on the SS 16 towards Pescara from Vasto and you hit it on the left hand side. There are tons of signs where you can discover all the variety of birds available, trees and other interesting notions. Following the directions on the Statale 16 Adriatica road, we can discover a peculiar combination: in the same direction, there are a natural reserve, the Holm-oak grove of Torino di Sangro, and an English military cemetery . Following the winding road, we will find several fences defining the natural paths and the hiking paths that can be covered on foot, mountain bike or horse. In the Visitors’ Centre, the operators explain that we are in a coastal biotope protected since 1979, and regional reserve since 2001, that is included in the larger perimeter of a site that has a community interest. From mount Conero to the Gargano there is no other coastal area with the same naturalistic value: 175 hectares of mixed wood with a prevalence of four kilometres of luxuriant Mediterranean scrub – from the sea level to about 115 metres above sea level – and creates a unique example of environment with the large riparian areas of the Sangro and two other green lungs of the valley, the Forest of Mozzagrogna and the Regional Reserve of the Lake Serranella . Even in the picnic area, the silence is broken only by the song of the many colourful birds such as the bee-eater and the red woodpecker, or by the typical rhythm of the tortoises during the mating season. Bird watching in Abruzzo is possible in this area. The scientific interest is focused on the population of tortoises, the largest in the northern-central part of the Adriatic sea. There is also a faunal area dedicated to these reptiles, chosen as a symbol of the reserve. September 8th 2009 Bathing in the fruit of the vine
August 31st 2009
August 27th 2009 Down along the Chieti coast, between Francavilla & Vasto is what is called ‘Costa dei Trabocchi’ and this 15 km piece of pebbled coastline beyond the fish makes a wonderful morning or evening long shadow walk. Trabocchi resemble a man-made giant beached prawn sitting on the rocks with giant tendrils casting wide nets out into the deeper reaches of the sea. They are literally fishing machines for the seasick, for those that prefer rocks to waves. Fashioned from the salvaged acacia trees and whatever other pieces which the tide and storms wash in, no two stilted trabocchi ever look the same. Each aged piece of salvaged wood has its own internal clock by which needs as must repairs are carried out. Most are over 120 years old in origin although of course not each part on a trabocco will be that old. For many families their trabocchi have almost become a pastime or hobby, a place to spend their time fishing for dinner but not their main business due to the overfishing out in deeper waters, but of course nobody will ever say no if you ask if they have any fish for sale so do try in your best Italian. This is sustainable fish as much as fishing goes in Italy, the catch is never large and economical, what isn’t needed is thrown back. If you are based in a hotel in Abruzzo and have no-where to cook don’t worry, still visit; trabocchi are wonderful to watch, they are timeless and a place to reflect on how the Abruzzi that built them 200 years ago were simply trying to lessen a loss at sea which could bring about hunger to an entire generation. For those that like sketching or photography, their spiny skeletons are great subject matters and many a hotel will arrange a visit on their nearest and dearest owned trabocco. Do try the local fish, avoid the tourist fried & battered and instead try the particularly good local Fish Soup/Stew – Rodetto di Pesce all Vastese – it’s a mixture of assorted fishes, tomatoes, garlic olive oil and touch of peperoncino – delicious! Further Reading Official Website of Cala Lenta, the local Trabocchi festival sponsored by the Slow Food Movement- 1st Weekend of July, during this you can eat on the Trabocchi too and that tradition almost carries right through to mid-August. August 5th 2009 ABOUT ABRUZZO:...With its sandy beaches, mountains like the Gran Sasso providing exhilarating skiing opportunities, rolling countryside dotted with villages and vineyards, and locals who are friendly and helpful, it is not difficult to let Abruzzo tempt you into submission. Add the fact that it’s largely undiscovered by property buyers and, as such, offers some super bargains, not to mention that it’s only around an hour or so driving time from the outskirts of Rome, and you wonder why you hadn’t invested your hard-earned cash in Abruzzo property and upped sticks a long time ago. July 15th 2009 The Trabocco "...above a group of rocks, there streches out a "trabocco", a strenge fishing machine totally composed of planks and beams, resembling a giant spider..." With these words, D'Annunzio described the "trabocco" (fishing platform) of the Turchino in his poem "il Trionfo della Morte" (The Triumph of Death), written during his stay in the Hermitage of San Vito Chietino. Born towards the middle of the 19th century, they have now been declared national monuments and have survived until today thanks to the continued maintenance on the part of generations of fishing folks. With their continual maintenance, the trabocchi have gradually assumed always more unusual aspects. The length of coast between Ortona and Fossacesia is the most suitable for this type of fishing , as already at a few metres from the shore the sea is deep enough for the full immersion of the nets. The trabocco is, therefore, a fishing platform, constructed on its posts and surmonted by a platform with its small hut where the fishermen manoeuvre a large winch; via a system of ropes, pulleys and long ples, known as the "antennas", the large net is lowered into the sea, and after a little, raised again with the catch.
June 22nd 2009 Brodetto alla Vastese: Place water, salt, extra virgin olive oil, parsley, garlic and sliced pepper into an earthenware pot; heat up, then pour 350 gr. of peeled cleaned and chopped tomatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil, then add the already cleaned fishes without removing their heads: first the hardest ones, then the others, last the tender fillets of sole; cover and cook for 20 minutes. Do not scramble at all as the fish is not supposed to be chopped or overlapped; this dish, strictly unique for each dinner, includes 450 gr. cleaned fish (mantis shrimp, sea-hen, scorpion fish, greater weever, little cuttlefish, little spotted ray, red mullets, codfish, sole). Some mussles as a final touch (optional). Ingredients for 4 servings - Preparation time 1 hour and 30 minutes Cooking time 35 minutes into an earthenware pot, on top of the stove.
Enjoy the taste of Abruzzo!
June 8th 2009 Hi every one!
...and for those who are happy to have a combo trip...there is plenty to do in Abruzzo and in the Vasto area...wineries, restaurants, cafe', beaches, monuments, art, summers sports and much more!!!
April 24th 2009
"Spring is a miraculous experience. The whole world comes alive after the winter in which it seemed that everything was dead. The world comes filled with color and the scent of delicious greenery. The world that seemed so dull and cold has come alive once again. Little did we know that beneath the cold hard ground the plants and trees were preparing for rebirth. Spring gives us hope for rejuvenation in our own lives as well. Spring is a time to renew the excitement and zest for life that lives inside..." Spring...yes this is the right time! The perfect time for you to visit the Country, our Region and of course enjoy the so much waited sun and warm weather. This would be for you the greatest experience ever...it won't be only "house hunting", it would also be a way for you to taste, smell, feel ...Italy of course is well known for the delicious food and beautiful weather....but been part of it, believe me ...it will be even greater!! ...Personally I like sharing thoughts and experience with people I come accross ...the pursuit of happyness isn't only been ok, having what you want or what you need...the whole main point is: enjoying every single second of life!...Have you ever done that???...Come live here, Abruzzo a place You can call Home!
Book your viewing trip with us, we will take care of you!
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