Close your eyes and imagine your dream Italian home. If the home you’re considering is surrounded by rolling hills, fruitful trees, azure blue seas, and picturesque villages – you’re destined to live in Tuscany. Located in central Italy, Tuscany (or Toscana) is famed for its world-renowned art and architecture. There’s a vast selection of property [...]
David Merrick, a management consultant from Beaconsfield, recently bought a holiday home in Italy. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Here he tells us about it and how the information provider the Italy Buying Guide helped him with his purchase: So why did you decide to buy in Italy? We have been to Italy [...]
Meet Italy Buying Guide reader Dave Garrison, who moved from the UK to Tuscany just five short months ago. Now fully settled in, Dave discusses the emigration process and what advice he would give to others who are looking to do the same. Moving to Italy had been a plan of mine for several years. [...]
Tuscany is known as the ‘Garden of Italy’, embracing the beauty of endless hills and framed by unique coastlines. For many centuries Tuscany was the best kept secret in the Mediterranean Sea, and still today we think it’s the best location to live and enjoy life every day of the year but what really makes [...]
Although the biggest St Patrick's Day celebrations will take place in Ireland, there is also a festival in Florence next month to mark the occasion.From March 15th to 18th, a series of concerts celebrating the Emerald Isle will be held at the Saschall Theatre in Florence, which may interest those staying in property in Italy.Among [...]
Florence stages its annual cricket festival in May, but Italy property seekers will be hearing chirps rather than the echo of leather on willow as it is the insect of that name that takes centre stage.Staring on Ascension Sunday (May 24th) in Parco delle Cascine, the event focuses on the traditional notion of the crickets [...]
Property on wine-growing estates is one way to invest in Tuscany property, it has been stated.In an article on viniculture and property, the Daily Mail reported that the choices available to those buying in the region include an apartment for £268,120 on a managed wine estate, according to property agent Luca Santoro of House & [...]
Fans of boating races will be able to enjoy a slightly unusual one in Tuscany next month - it's on land.Tuscany property investors can see the Barchini Boat Race in the village of that name, where four crews, each representing a different part of the town, drag and push their vessel on wheels through three [...]
Tuscany property seekers may wish to consider fractional ownership as a means of acquiring restored real estate in the Italian region, it has been suggested.Writing for the Independent, Janet Street-Porter said the popular practice of acquiring a ruined old home and restoring it has become harder to do in recent years, due to a diminishing [...]
Pisa stages its annual marathon in May, allowing runners and spectators alike to enjoy a feast of architecture, culture and at least a little athleticism.Listed by Run Abroad as one of '101 races to run before you die', the event takes place this year on May 17th, with the 26-mile challenge starting in the nearby [...]