Thinking of buying a property in Italy…? 

by Nicholas Marr

Thinking about buying a property in Italy for investment or simply a place to get away from it all?

It is essential to know the best regions for buying Italian property.

Buying Italian property-ABRUZZO

Abruzzo is located in east central Italy. Real estate prices are typically 50% less than its neighbours of Tuscany and Umbria.Abruzzo is considered the last overlooked and undervalued area in central Italy. Abruzzo has a unique sea and mountain location. So to ski in the mountains and swim is the sea is all possible

Cities: L’Aquila is the regional capital. Pescara, Chieti and Teramo are other important cities.

Flights to Abruzzo: Daily flights to Pescara with Ryanair allow cheap and easy access! Abruzzo landscape is of rugged beauty with towns dotted along the countryside.

Buying Italian property-MARCHE

Marche lies due east of Umbria and with real estate prices lower than many other parts of Italy. Marche offers great investment opportunity . There are a choice of farmhouses requiring restoration this can be acquired at bargain prices. Marche’s landscape ranges from the peaks of Monti Sibillini to flat plains nearer the coastline and 100 miles of sandy beaches.

Cities: The regional capital is Ancona. Other important cities are Ascoli Piceno, Pesaro, Urbino and Macerata

Flights to Marche: both Ryanair and Easyjet fly to Ancona.

Buying Italian real estate-PUGLIA

Puglia is located at the south eastern tip of Italy with hundreds of miles of coastline. Puglia is mostly a flatland with high coastlines plunging steep into the sea. The region is ideal for a real estate investment with relatively low prices. Houses range from small ‘trulli’ awaiting restoration to large masserias and modern villas.

Cities: Bari is the regional capital. Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto are the capitals of the respective provinces.

Flights to Puglia: flights to Bari are commonplace.

Buying Italian property -SARDINIA

Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean. Sardinia lies in the heart of the Mediterranean, located due west of the central Italy coast. Demand for real estate continues with the South of the Island offering very good investment opportunities. The Island possesses a diverse landscape from soft sandy beaches lined with dense pinewoods to sharp cliff tops.

Cities: Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia

Flights to Sardinia: A high number of flights can be found to Cagliari in the South and Alghero in the North including low cost airline Ryanair.

Buying a house Sardinia Italy- more information from Italian Tourist Board

Buying property in TUSCANY

Tuscany continues to prove a very popular destination for overseas investors and bargains can still be spotted particular in the interior and south. The costs of renovation work here s a lot cheaper than in other parts of Europe. This means improved chances of profits from renovation projects.

Cities: Florence is the capital of Tuscany. Other important cities are Siena, Pisa, Arezzo, Pistoia, Lucca, Livorno, Grosseto, Massa Carrara.

Flights to Tuscany: regular flights to Florence and Pisa exist from the UK including Rynair flights from London, Glasgow, Brussels, Frankfurt and Hamburg.

Buying property in Tuscany more information about Tuscany Italian Tourist Board

 

Buying property in UMBRIA

Umbria is located in central Italy, bordering Tuscany in the west and Marche in the east. Known as the ‘Green Heart of Italy’, the he region is mostly mountainous and hilly with woodland and beautiful lakes including the huge lake Trasimeno Stone farmhouses offer a rustic piece of Italy.

Cities: Perugia is the regional capital. Other important cities are Assisi, Gubbio, Orvieto, Todi, Spoleto,Terni.

Flights to Umbria: regular flights to Perugia can be found.

Author: Nicholas Marr is clearly an observer of life and front row spectator of the events in the overseas property market.A lifetime property investor his UK based company Marr International owns one of the fastest growing overseas property websites in Europe.http://www.homesgofast.com Article Source

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Buying Italian property – the Veneto

The Veneto is one of most beautiful regions in Italy, thanks to its huge variety of landscapes and ancient towns. The region of Veneto is the most diverse region in Italy. If you want to experience all that Italy has to offer in one relatively small geographical area, then, the Veneto should be your destination. Perhaps one of the least discovered parts of Italy, this small, north eastern region situated among Emilia Romagna to the south, Lombardy to the west, Trentino-Alto Adige to the North and Friuli to the east, was once ruled by the major might that was Venice.

Veneto has a rare combination of pleasant climate, stunning scenery, beautiful towns and cities, cultural heritage and culinary delights.

The countryside has a unique charm with yet its small cities, fascinating treasure troves of art and beacons of fine living, and only a few miles to the north the Alps begin, their foothills dotted with charming towns and lined with picturesque world-class vineyards.

The advent of cheaper air travel and improved internal transport links makes visiting other parts of the region much easier.

The cities of Treviso, Padua, Verona and Vicenza are all within reasonable travelling distance of Venice and offer a richness of history, art and culture, individual to each fascinating city.

There are many who regard the mainland, rural areas of the Veneto to be flat and uninteresting but this is because they do not know of stunningly beautiful Colli Euganei (Euganean Hills) situated about 55 kms from Venice and studded with picturesque little hills towns, beautiful Venetian villas and terraced vineyards, centred around the main spa town of Abano Terme.

Property in the Veneto

A wide variety of property is available in the Veneto ranging from historic buildings to modern flats. Locations vary from deep in the countryside to bang in a city centre and there properties available to renovate or those where you can simply unpack and move in. Mountain cottages, holiday homes and even Venetian flats overlooking the Grand Canal, are all available and prices vary according to type and location.

If you are looking for properties located on the hills (Euganean Hills near Padua, Berici Hills near Vicenza) you can find traditional houses which were originally built by farmers as country houses, with typical facades of exposed stone. Now, they have become desirable bolt holes for those seeking peace and tranquillity away from the stress of urban life. For those looking for a countryside retreat, ex-working farms with outbuildings, ripe for conversion for the holiday rental market, are easy to find. Historic villas and sometimes, even castles, come onto the market, their prices equating with their historic significance.

Holiday rental is relatively underdeveloped in the most unspoiled areas of this region and there is great potential for buyers looking to capitalize on their investments. Agriturism, bed and breakfast and self-catering accommodation are all commercial ventures worth exploring in this most undiscovered of Italian regions.

Flights

The region is well served by airports receiving flights from the UK and Ireland. Ryanair flies daily from Stansted, Luton, Liverpool and Dublin into Treviso (Venice).

Easyjet, from Gatwick, flies daily into Venice and British Airways has daily flights into Venice and Verona from Gatwick.

Local estate agents

If you are considering buying property in the region, Properties in Italy, a company situated in the heart of the Veneto, has on its books, the full range of the types of properties available, in a variety of stunning locations. They are able to arrange viewing trips, including overnight accommodation, to enable leisurely visits to see property in this largely undiscovered part of Italy. Full assistance with legal advice, mortgages, restoration.

Properties in Italy

web: http://www.propertiesinitaly.net/

e mail: info@propertiesinitaly.net