From young people comes a change in hospitality
Spring is now turning toward summer and it is already time to head to the beach. Admiring the spectacle of a golden-hour sunset from the terrace or garden of a historic house with a “sea view,” like the one that appears on the cover of this issue of our magazine, is exciting thanks not only to the rapidly changing colours and the light that turns from golden to almost fiery, but thanks also to our awareness that the same spectacle was witnessed prior to our time by women and men who have written important pages in the history of our country.
The journey of Le Dimore Storiche continues, therefore, even in this year of 2023 which is marked by the strong development of tourism following the encouraging signals received during the previous biennium and strengthened by the return even of those nationalities that remained at the window after the pandemic, such as the Chinese. Our historic houses are ready to welcome this varied travelling populace, attracted by the wonders discussed in the features shown in the next pages: Sicily and its wine itineraries, trips to the land of Parmigiano Reggiano, the practice of equestrian sports. And then there is an in-depth look at young A.D.S.I. members, our new generation, who are increasingly convinced of the role their residences can play in defining a sustainable economy that enhances in the medium and long term the territories where they are located. Hospitality thus takes on an ethical and moral value: it means sharing with educated and curious visitors the contents of the residence itself of which the owners, as one of our young people points out, are only the custodians, caretakers of an asset that stands as a heritage of humanity.
