Legend has it that Canyon Gorropu is an act of ‘divine love’ whilst being the deepest canyon in Europe and one of the most spectacular natural sites in the world.

Many timeless traditions in Sardegna tell an everlasting story. One of them is a protective work tool, a precious object handed down from father to son. The Sardinian knife: one of the best-known traditional elements of the island’s craftsmanship.

The South of Italy has often left our clients longing for more time in dream destinations like Sardinia. Marco Solas, Director of Von der Heyden Real Estate, assisted by Gabriele Maxia of Albanese, Maxia and Partners, explains how some tax changes may appeal to our international retiree clients and how this dream can become a reality.

“And suddenly there is Cagliari: a naked town rising steep, steep, golden looking, piled naked to the sky from the plain at the head of a formless hollow bay. It is strange and rather wonderful, not a bit like Italy. The city piles up lofty and almost miniature. It makes me think of Jerusalem: without trees, without cover, rising rather bare and proud, remote as if back in history, like a town in a monkish, illuminated missal. One wonders how it ever got there. And it seems like Spain or Malta: not Italy.”