Northern Tuscany is place which is "impossible" to visit without searching for an Italian property.

Author Roma Tearne wrote an article for the Times enthusing about the delights of the Italian region following her recent travels with her husband there.

He was interested in experiencing a part of Italy that is off the beaten track and away from the main horde of tourists.

Roma said: "After two days of hill walking…and noticing the extraordinarily iridescent wild orchids, we began to feel our hectic life in England disappear."

She was on the hunt for a new home for the pair of them.

Several adventures through the rough and authentic Italian towns and villages of Tuscany finally brought the pair to a small village on the Passo della Cisa where they spotted an empty, neglected house cluttered with roses, wild thyme and a garden of fig trees.

The Times states that Roma now owns an Italian property in Northern Tuscany.

Some of the art spots which may draw Brits to relocate to Italy in the region include Florence, Lucca, Pisa and Siena.

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