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Orta San Giulio
Italy's most romantic lake, a medieval village, and an island that appears when the mist clears.
The island of San Giulio sits in the centre of the lake — a small, dreamlike piece of land with a Romanesque basilica dating to the 4th century and a Benedictine monastery that still functions today. From the village of Orta, you can reach it by boat in five minutes. It's the kind of view you have from your window that never becomes ordinary.
Our approach
How we work
We are not a listing platform. We work with a limited number of clients at a time — because finding the right place to live deserves proper attention.
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Understanding what you're looking for
We start with a real conversation — not a form. We want to understand how you want to live: the landscape, the pace, the kind of community, the budget. The practical things and the ones that are harder to articulate. Only once we understand that do we know where to look.
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Finding properties that actually fit
We search on your behalf — through our local network, off-market contacts and direct relationships with owners and agents on the ground. We don't send you everything we find. We send you what makes sense, with an honest view of each property: the good and the less good.
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From offer to keys in hand
Buying property in Italy involves notaries, surveys, local bureaucracy and a fair amount of patience. We stay with you through all of it — coordinating the right professionals and making sure nothing gets missed on the way to completion.
Milan Malpensa
~44 km · under 1 hour
UNESCO
Sacro Monte di Orta — World Heritage Site
Skiing
Alagna Valsesia ~50 min
Lake Maggiore
~25 km east
Property prices
€1,800–3,500/m² depending on lake view
Character
Medieval village · intimate scale · no overdevelopment
Isola San Giulio - UNESCO Sacro Monte - Lake swimming - Valsesia skiing - Medieval village - 44km to Malpensa
Biella
Three things that make this territory worth considering seriously.
A quality of life that is genuinely hard to find
Clean mountain air, some of the purest water in Europe, the Oasi Zegna on the doorstep and a pace of life that doesn't need to be manufactured. Biella offers what many people move to Italy looking for — without the tourist overlay that comes with better-known destinations.
An accessible market with real upside
With average prices around €800–900/m² in town and considerably less in the wider province, Biella is one of the most affordable entry points in northern Italy. Prices have been rising steadily since 2023 — up 7% in 2024 alone — and the fundamentals that drive long-term value are solid.
Close to everything, far from the noise
Two international airports under an hour away. The Italian lakes within reach. Ski slopes at the edge of town. Biella sits in a geography that makes it genuinely convenient without feeling like a compromise — which, in the end, is what good location always comes down to.