A prominent tower stands like a sentinel over a majestic ocean panorama where steamships once moored alongside a cliff to await receiving their cargo. Mounted on a rock shore, this abandoned Italian port is a marvel of 20th-century engineering—not to mention a perch with a view like no other. Porto Flavia, located on the southwest…

When Marquess Massimo d’Azeglio built this charming waterfront Art Nouveau pieds dans l’eau villa, he surrounded himself with the beauty of Cannero Riviera. The property affords endless views of Lake Maggiore, the Dolomite Mountains, the private beach and boat dock, and, for a bit of aristocratic splendor, the property’s 1.48 acres of botanical gardens, which…

If life on a balmy island in the Mediterranean sounds enticing, the region of Sardinia is looking to lure new neighbors to come live there—and they’re paying you to move in. To curtail a dwindling population, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, next to Sicily, has earmarked 45 million euros for people buying or…

MILAN—Raging forest fires in central Sardinia have forced the evacuation of 900 people as flames threatened some residential areas and others were engulfed by dense smoke, firefighters said Monday. No deaths or injuries have been reported. “Currently, the situation for the people seems to be under control”, said Alessandro Paola, deputy chief for Italian firefighters’…