The hustle and bustle of everyday life, as well as the pandemic, has meant that more and more people are heading away from cities and opting to move to the countryside.
Last year idealista/news reported the details of the 1 euro house scheme in Castiglione, Sicily, adopted by the village in an attempt to repopulate the area and save it from abandonment.
If you're dreaming of moving abroad but the expense is putting you off, Italy should be at the top of your search list as it has been named as one of the cheapest countries in the world to buy a house.
Whether your dream home is beside turquoise waters and sandy beaches, or if you prefer panoramic mountain views, Italy is the perfect destination for you.
Although refurbished houses in Italy are a less expensive investment and allow you to basically make your dream house yourself, buying a new house has definite advantages.
First of all, you are sure that you will not have to spend any more money to fix up the house, but that the purchase price is t
The list of Italian villages offering houses for sale for one euro is still growing. The Sicilian village of Leonforte has also decided to offer the houses in its characteristic Baroque historic centre for a symbolic price.
There is a property for everyone in Italy, and if you are one of those looking for a relaxed lifestyle in 2022, here we present the perfect solution. After the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown and teleworking, the need to escape to a more natural environment is high on everybody's to-do list.
Beyond the great European capitals, post-pandemic tourism seems to be setting a new trend, which CNN experts have already picked up on. They have reviewed the most beautiful villages in Europe.
This prefabricated mobile house makes it possible to live sustainably anywhere in the world. Its wooden structure gives it a cosy and homely feeling, typical of a cabin in the woods, but with all the necessary comforts.
Much of the world has experienced an enormous and inexorable demographic shift in the last few decades: small towns and villages in the countryside, in the mountains, and the hills, of countries from Spain to Japan to the US and more, are emptying.
How many times have you thought: "It would be nice to have a chalet as a second home, for the summer holidays and for skiing in the winter!"
Chalets (known as baite in Italian) are a kind of wooden houses found in the mountains, similar to cabins or lodges, which can have both masonry an
Italy is famous for its traditional homes, with a huge variety to be found up and down the country. One such type of property is the trullo, a circular, pyramid-shaped building found mainly in the Itria Valley, located between the provinces of Brindisi, Bari and Taranto.
It is not often that you find yourself with the opportunity to buy a hotel. Right now however there is just such an opportunity on the market in Italy, with a Sicilian hotel complex up for auction.
On the small Italian island of Pantelleria, midway between Sicily and Tunisia, small stone constructions dot the landscape. They are a type of property unique to the island (though there are also some on nearby Lampedusa), traditional stone buildings that have stood for far longer than a millenium.
There was a time that abandoned, run-down, and dilapidated properties garnered almost no attention from real-estate agencies. There was little to no interest in these kinds of properties and so no need to pay much attention to them.
There are yet more houses for sale for 1 euro in 2021 in Italy, once again in the region of Sicily. 1 euro houses are now for sale in Calatafimi Segesta, a town in the province of Trapani where the famous Temple of Segesta is located.
The number of Italian municipalities launching the project to sell houses for 1 euro continues to grow. Now, Pignone in Liguria is about to promote its selection of 1 euro homes.