Archive for the ‘Tuscany’ Category

Do you plan to buy property in Italy?Love the idea of owning a villa in Tuscany, somewhere you can jet off to when it all gets a bit hectic at home?Then, part of the process of buying that dream Italian house is exchanging currencies. If you’re in th...

Britons remain the most enthusiastic foreign investors in the property in Italy market, new research shows. They make up nearly one in four (24 per cent) of overseas requests for Italian property, with Germans accounting for 21 per cent. UK buyers a...

Perhaps it’s down to the big freeze - or the enduring appeal of coming home to some good, old-fashioned warmth… but it appears more Italians than ever want a traditional fireplace in their dream homes. The growing trend comes despite the supposed ob...

Buying a dream home in Italy has rarely been easier or more desirable, especially with the pound strengthening against the Euro, Italian taxation changes that have made the buying process cheaper and falling property prices.Throw in the chance to swa...

It's deep in the heart of Chianti but you would be forgiven for never having heard of it, overshadowed as it is by the likes of Siena 28km away and Arezzo and San Gimignano, both 55 km distant. But the small town of Gaiole – or Gaiole in Chianti to ...

Nearby San Gimignano may be the one to which the foreign tourists flock in their thousands every summer. But there are many astute visitors who have been to this part of Tuscany and will insist Volterra, 12 miles away, is just as appealing, if not ...

If you are looking for a heavenly property in Italy, this might just be the answer to your prayers. There are around 5,000 churches, chapels and oratories in Italy ready to be converted into stunning homes, a study has found. These spacious and br...

Technorati Tags: Real estate,Italy,Real estate in Italy,property for sale in Italy,Apartments in florence,Property in Italy The market for property and apartments in Florence is slowly stirring again – thanks to the reduction in prices over the past...

Tuscany is Italy’s most visited region and draws tens of thousands of visitors each year to meccas such as Florence, Pisa, Siena, Chianti and Cortona. But there are numerous parts of the region neglected by visitors and investors looking to buy prop...

Investors looking for villas in Tuscany have historically headed for areas such as Chianti, Florence, Pisa and Lucca. But where to turn to now that because of the demand in this part of Tuscany, villas have shot up in price? There is a place that ret...