Oscar Wilde wrote "Grant me luxury, and anyone can keep the necessities".
A selection of rare gems, the luxury villas of Homelike Villas
The great Irish writer and poet of the Victorian age, a great exponent of British aestheticism, was exactly right.
Luxury, a noble virtue not to be confused with anything else, "is a necessity that begins when necessity ends", the great Coco Chanel loved to repeat.
Homelike Villas is able to offer you a selection of rare gems, exclusive and unique villas that really have a lot to tell.
Like Villa del Conero, a refuge in the magic of one of the most beautiful rivieras in Italy, a stone's throw from the Passetto Park and the marvelous bay of Portonovo.
Villa del Conero is the place able to make your vacation a unique vacation for its elegance but also for the attention to detail and originality of everything that will welcome you. Here you will live suspended between the sky and the sea, overlooking the infinite and beyond. On the walls of the living room are beautiful works of contemporary art and modern sculptures. They seem to be here to underline, with discretion, the welcome in a retreat that truly aims at uniqueness.
Still in the Marche region, suspended between the hills and the sea, Villa Sogno Adriatico is waiting for you, an exclusive residence capable of combining all the Italian charm with the warm embrace of the only region in the plural thought to the singular of the Belpaese.
A dream location, beautifully designed and renovated, which overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is able to give its guests a unique experience where the luxury of a vacation and a pleasant escape from everyday life can easily marry.
A stone's throw from the Bosco di San Francesco, with a view towards the medieval fortress of Assisi and a valley that opens every day to beautiful sunsets, Villa San Francesco is a place that puts the soul at peace by offering large spaces both outdoors and indoors and many areas to relax. Infinite combinations make it pleasant for any type of stay. Everywhere the house is scattered with works of art: sculptures but also paintings and installations, pleasantly arranged in many corners and in the areas of passage to delight, even in the smallest of details, your stay.
Just 10 kilometers from the sea of Abruzzo and the coast of trabocchi, not far from the mountains of one of the most beautiful parks in Italy, to open the doors will be Villa California, modern structure capable of giving a pleasant surprise. Here you travel in the future: in the villa there are stereo system with piped music, cd player, dvd, bluray, TV and 100′ projector with home theater system and many designer finishes in the furniture.
In a riot of colors and nature that enlightens the eyes and delights the mind, Villa Prato in Ostuni is an exclusive residence within an estate of 10 thousand square meters. Located in a magnificent position, surrounded by olive trees and lots of greenery, this location has a strong Mediterranean character and boasts a very elegant atmosphere, so as to be a unique pearl in the white town of Ostuni, not far from the sea and surrounded by an extraordinary natural habitat.
Travel up Italy to discover Villa Regina. Ferdinando Arborio, duke of Sartirana and marquis of Breme, made a gift of it to his future wife, princess Luisa Dal Pozzo della Cisterna, before choosing it as a residence for their stays on the shores of Lake Maggiore.
Villa Regina, with its two hundred years of history, is today an important and exclusive period residence, one of the oldest in the area. Here charm and romance are ready to welcome guests in a unique Victorian-style setting with furnishings, furniture and paintings of great value and a truly breathtaking view.
On a branch of Lake Como, monument at the same time symbol and tribute to the Larian Rationalism, Villa Glamour is instead a picturesque building built in the early '40s designed by architect Pietro Lingeri. Its architecture makes it a unique place overlooking one of the most romantic lakes in the world.
In beautiful Florence, known as Alberti's Paradise, not far from the historical center of the Tuscan capital and in the quiet atmosphere of the beautiful Chianti hills, Villa del Merlo is a wonderful place for vacations with family or friends.
The historic house, which belonged to the historic Italian architect, writer, mathematician, humanist and archaeologist, dates back to the fourteenth century but has been carefully restored maintaining all its original charm with its high coffered ceilings, wooden beams, parquet floors, travertine bathrooms and majestic sandstone fireplaces.
Come and discover the real gems of HomelikeVillas in the section dedicated just to luxury villas