The Private Access Company
by The Aegis Core Group
Some doors in Italy never open through a listing. They open for those who know whom to ask.
Tell us what you desireAn Italian story
No country in the world holds as many World Heritage Sites. In Italy every stone has a story to tell: a Renaissance palazzo rests on Roman foundations, a Baroque residence looks out over the same sea once crossed by Greek ships bound for Syracuse.
Here beauty is not the exception. It is the everyday landscape.
And yet the most precious Italy is not the one on postcards. It lives behind the closed doors of Roman palazzi, in estates handed down for generations, in villas that have never appeared in a listing.
That Italy cannot be bought with a click. It opens through trust, through relationships built over the years.
Those who come from afar soon discover it. Historic constraints, land registries, permits, rules that change from one town to the next. Many dreams stop in front of a planning office, or at a door no one knew how to knock on.
Private Access to Italy was born here, between Rome and Sicily, from The Aegis Core Group. We know the families, the doors and the rules. We are advisors, managers and creators of experiences, brought together under one name.
We accompany your wish from the very first conversation to the day you feel at home in Italy.
You bring the dream.
We open Italy to you.
Our philosophy
The client comes before the asset.
We do not need to hold everything in a portfolio. In fact, that is exactly what sets us apart.
Those who choose us do not browse a list of properties. They tell us what they wish to live, build or own in Italy. The search begins from that conversation, even where the market does not reach.
Italy's most beautiful residences are not for sale. They are waiting for the right person.
Positano · Amalfi Coast
What we are asked
Some of the conversations with which our assignments begin.
I want to buy something extraordinary in Sicily.You find it.
I want to invest €30 million in Italian hospitality.You find it.
I want to bring twelve people to Italy for my sixtieth birthday. Something none of them has ever done.You create it.
I would like to buy a vineyard.You find it.
I want to spend three months a year between Sicily and Milan.You build it all.
The model reversed
What usually happens
Offer→Choice
You are shown what is already available, and you choose from what is there.
Private Access to Italy
Person→Search→Access
We start from who you are: your interests, your wishes, the way you want to live Italy. Then we open the doors that usually stay closed: a residence never published, a hotel, an estate, a winery, a museum opened just for you.
About us
We are your private gateway to Italy: a single point of contact who listens, searches on your behalf, opens the right doors and coordinates every detail, from the residence to the experience.
Residences
Residences, palazzi and estates, including ones never published, found to suit you.
Aegis Core LuxuryAdvisory
Advice on assets and hospitality, with trusted professionals for legal and tax matters.
Aegis Core LuxuryLifestyle
Private openings, celebrations and bespoke travel, organised with licensed tour operators.
CapriccioResidences
Your home cared for, ready for your arrival or rented out while you are away.
Aegis CorePersonal assistance
A single point of contact who coordinates every request: transfers, privacy, access, hospitality.
Private Access to ItalyEach area has a defined operational responsibility. Regulated activities, such as brokerage in sales and the organisation of travel, are carried out by parties holding the professional qualifications and authorisations required by law.
Icons of Italy
The places the whole world dreams of. For our clients, they often open in a different way.
And then there are the places you will not find in any guidebook. Those, we open for you.
Discover the storyOur themes
A home, an investment, a piece of land, a memory, a new life. Choose where to begin.
Places without an address
They have no website, no listing, no entrance ticket. They exist, and they wait.
Imagine a Renaissance courtyard in the heart of Rome, before the city wakes up. The gate opens for you alone. Coffee is served beneath a loggia few Romans have ever seen.
Imagine a cellar carved into lava stone on the slopes of Mount Etna. The winemaker rarely opens it, and pours you a wine you cannot buy anywhere.
Imagine the garden of an ancient Sicilian convent, among citrus trees and centuries-old olives. No sign, no visitors. Only silence and the scent of orange blossom.
Imagine a terrace in Ortigia as the sun sets over the Great Harbour. Below you, the sea of the Greeks. Beside you, the people you chose to bring along.
Imagine a lakeside villa, closed for decades, reopening its halls for a single evening. Candles lit, the water still. For you and your guests.
These places exist. You will not find them on a map. They have only a door, and someone who knows how to open it.
Request accessThe Italy we know
We live and work here. That is why we know where to find what never appears in a listing.
Penthouses among the domes, noble palazzi, quiet courtyards.
Access on request
Villas suspended between Naples, Positano and the Gulf.
Access on request
Baroque residences in Ortigia, a few steps from the sea.
Access on request
Terraces suspended between the Ionian Sea and Mount Etna.
Access on request
We do not present a catalogue. Every proposal stems from your request and is shown to you in confidence.
The journey
A private conversation about assets, interests and wishes. Before properties, we talk about you.
We search to measure, including off-market, through a network of owners and operators who trust us.
We show you only what deserves your time: a few proposals, chosen one by one and already examined.
We negotiate on your behalf with discretion, protecting your privacy, timing and value.
Renovation, furnishing, management, hospitality and experiences. Everything ready when you arrive.
Confidential portfolio
Our clients' privacy is our priority. That is why we never disclose who they are: we only tell what we made possible for them.
Rome · Vatican City
A private visit to St Peter's Basilica before opening to the public, with access, welcome and logistics coordinated for the entire delegation.
Venice
A historic palazzo that belonged to a great Venetian family, with frescoed halls and views over the water. Every stage of the sale was handled in the utmost confidence.
Sicily · Taormina
A property facing one of the most celebrated landscapes in the Mediterranean, handled in complete confidence.
The founder
“True luxury is not owning beauty. It is living it.”
An engineer born in Catania in the shadow of Mount Etna, Fabio Fazio has always cultivated a passion for art and culture. His work has taken him among historic residences, hotels and art spaces, from Venice to Taormina, alongside cultural institutions and internationally renowned artists. From his years in luxury real estate he has learned that the greatest value is the relationship with the client, built on trust and discretion.
Today he lives in Rome and travels to Italy's most exclusive places for his clients, whether they wish to buy a residence or live a unique experience. This vision gave birth to Private Access to Italy, because luxury, beyond access, is the experience of beauty. At his side works a team of professionals, each an expert in their own field.
Read the founder's letterBehind Private Access to Italy
Private Access to Italy is the brand through which the group opens Italy to its clients. Behind the brand are a single point of contact and five specialised divisions.
The golden diamond on our arch is the keystone: the stone that holds everything together. It is what we do for every dream entrusted to us.
Private access
Confidential search for residences, palazzi, estates and fine assets, even unpublished. We listen to your wishes and find what reflects you.
Visit websiteExperiences
Bespoke travel, private openings of museums and art venues, unique dinners and events in Italy, designed just for you and those you love. Because yes.
Visit websiteManagement
Your home cared for in every detail, ready for your arrival or let while you are away, and your assets managed by a single point of contact.
Engineering
Due diligence, design and restoration. Every residence is checked before purchase and looked after afterwards, with the care a unique asset deserves.
Visit websiteWherever you are
An important meeting does not happen over the phone. It happens face to face, in the place where you feel at home.
That is why, as well as welcoming you in Italy, we are ready to come to you wherever you are: your office in London, your residence in Dubai, a drawing room in New York or a villa on Lake Geneva. We board a plane, bring Italy with us, and sit down to listen to you.
We believe in the value of meeting in person. That is where a wish becomes a project, and where a client becomes someone we truly know.
Tell us where to find you. We take the first step.
Let's arrange a meetingPrivate consultation
A residence, an investment, an experience, a new life in Italy. Every assignment begins with a private meeting, in Italy or wherever you are in the world: we come to you. Fill in the form and we will get back to you.