Meet the Villa Pia Family: Luciano In our delightful new series on the blog, we introduce you to the ‘Villa Pia family’ — the amazing team that helps make your holiday in Italy so special. We asked the staff questions about work and what they do in their spare time. We hope you, our readers,…
Meet the Villa Pia Family: Patrizia and Marinella In a delightful new series on the blog, we introduce you to the ‘Villa Pia family’ — the amazing team that helps make your holiday in Italy so special. We asked the staff questions about work and what they do in their spare time. We hope you,…
Best Places to Eat Gelato + Ice Cream Maker Giveaway! Gelato. It even sounds delicious. Officially the richest and creamiest ice cream in the world, gelato is one of our top 3 foods you must try when visiting Italy. The Villa Pia family spends a good part of the year in London where the Gelato…
Eurochocolate Comes to Umbria + Win a Chocolate Gift Box! While men around the world grow out their facial hair for the Movember charity campaign, here in Umbria this October they will be twirling (and swirling) moustaches of a different kind. ‘Eat Your Mustache’ aka #MustaChoc is the 2015 slogan for the…
Villa Pia’s Blood Orange Polenta Cake Recipe There are few joys as elegant as entertaining guests with a lovingly prepared meal followed by a thoughtful desert. At Villa Pia, we strive to create meals that will not only nourish our guests, but also inspire them to recreate our recipes when they entertain in their own…
5 Italian Food Bloggers to Follow Do you read food blogs? There is some wonderful content out there, and some of the best Italian food blogs are crammed with gorgeous recipes and photos to inspire anyone to cook like a real Italian. Here are our favourite 5 Italian Food Bloggers to follow: 1.…
Kids Cookery in Tuscany + Win a Melissa & Doug Kitchen Play Set! Cooking with kids is one of our favourite activities at Villa Pia. We’re very proud of our children’s cookery classes where the little ones get stuck in making popular dishes like pizza, fresh pasta and chocolate cake. In Italy, the…
Pesto alla Genovese: Easy Family Recipe Pesto alla Genovese is one of the simplest accompaniments to pasta and it’s rare to find a child who doesn’t love it. A jar of store-bought pesto can be a lifesaver when you’ve run out of supper ideas; but it’s just as easy, more affordable and infinitely more delicious…
Easy Recipe for Tiramisu When people rhapsodise about Italian desserts, it doesn’t take long before tiramisu takes over the conversation! Funnily enough, tiramisu is a fairly recent addition to the Italian sweets menu and nobody can agree on who came up with the delicious concoction. However its origins are traced to the northern Italian town…
Discover Italy: A Sweet Taste of Genoa We often find when our guests arrive at Villa Pia they fall head over heels in love with our picturesque Umbrian farmhouse, and never want to leave! But, of course, there is an entire country of sights and experiences to be discovered beyond our backdrop of rolling Tuscan hills.…