A new entrant to the Italian luxury holiday market is a London based agency called Essenza Escapes. Created in the midst of the pandemic and with a website launched in April 2021, Essenza offers beautiful rental villas, luxurious city centre apartments and boutique hotels across Italy together with a wrap-around concierge service.
Essenza differentiates itself from other travel agencies because:
- it serves travellers who are looking for special places to stay and who are passionate about Italian lifestyles such as food and wine, cycling, history and art. Essenza offer over 140 highly curated immersive experiences using qualified and accredited suppliers. They know that clients don’t want just beautiful places, they would like a story to share with family and friends.
- Essenza’s approach to guests is highly bespoke, talking to all their guests and providing them with expert guidance via consultations with wine sommeliers, historians and art experts
- Essenza is one of the first companies to actively support business executives who wish to base themselves in Italy for longer stays to work and remote school their children: https://www.essenzaescapes.com/experiences/work-play
- Essenza is not a start-up company: its founder Margherita Piliero has run a successful villa rental in Tuscany called Le Pratola for 12 years and they already have a portfolio of special properties and loyal guests, as well as an experienced, bilingual team based in the UK and Italy.
Edited by: Stephen Morton
