Archive for the ‘Italy’ Category

Why now is the ideal time to invest in Italian property

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

If you are still pondering whether to invest in the Italian property market, many experts think there is no better time. There are so many signs that point to this summer in Italy presenting a safe opportunity for investment. News and speculation on Italy’s property market The price of housing in Italy ...

Captivating Catania

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Catania, like so many of the enchanting towns and cities on the west coast of Sicily in Italy, is gloriously overlooked by the 3350m Mount Etna, while it in turn looks out onto the Ionian Sea. Sicily's second city, it is an irresistible mixture of various cultures down the ...

Alassio’s fine idea

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Of all the ways to boost flagging tourism over summer it was arguably one of the most innovative. In the Italian Riviera resort of Alassio – a few miles north of Imperia along Liguria's coast – tourists and other motorists who parked illegally got a €36 ...

Italian property remains a buyers’ market

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

For Italian property bargain hunters the market has seldom been more affordable. Prices of property in Italy in the first half of 2008 were seven per cent down compared with the same period in 2007, a report reveals. In Milan, Naples and Palermo the drop was nine per cent, ...

Italian: The English language invasion

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Surely it’s English that’s the real hotchpotch of a language. Everything from aardvark (South African Dutch) to zymurgy (Greek) and large helpings of Old English, Latin, French, German, Swahili, Danish and Old Mother Hubbard’s gobbledygook in-between. Now it seems Italian, that noblest of Latin heirs, is determined to follow suit. For instance, ...