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Italy remains one of Europe's most popular retirement destinations. Its slower pace of life, excellent cuisine and history continue to attract retirees from around the world.

To find Italy’s most pleasant climate in 2026, you need to look east, along the Adriatic coast, which dominates the ranking. In this context, Bari confirms its place at the top for the third consecutive year. The data comes from the Sole 24 Ore Climate Index, which each year compares Italian provincial capitals based on overall climate wellbeing.

A place in the province of Biella in northern Italy’s Piedmont region is identified by idealista as the cheapest municipality in Italy for buying a home in the second quarter of 2026. Average asking prices are €331 per m², compared with a national average of €1,903 per m² for the same period.Th

Italy still attracts remote workers, retirees and professionals in large numbers, and the search for the best places to live in Italy hasn’t slowed down in 2026. The reality, though, is a little less glossy than the brochure version.

Italy is home to one of the most welcoming cities in 2026, according to the latest Booking.com Traveller Review Awards.

Italy has quietly picked up a new global title.

Northern Italy is compact enough to explore easily by train, but varied enough that you can go from Alpine peaks to lagoon cities in a matter of hours.  If you’re trying to narrow down the best cities to visit in northern Italy, it helps to start with the heavy hitters.

Today, only the Great Pyramid of Giza survives of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The rest exist in fragments and legend.

It’s not every day that a major financial and fashion capital is crowned the most walkable city in Europe, but that’s exactly what recent research has found.

Italy has once again earned a place near the top of TripAdvisor’s 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best for destinations.

Italy’s Capital of Culture 2026 is a mountain city that most tourists still skip in favour of Rome or the Amalfi Coast.

Italy’s big survey by a respected national financial newspaper is a handy starting point if you are trying to pin down the best places to live in Italy for quality of life.

Florence has been crowned Europe’s best city in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2025.

Siena has been named the winner of the EU Green Leaf Award 2027.

When we go on holiday, what we often seek is peace, relaxation, and tranquility. But getting a break doesn’t always mean choosing small villages or rural areas—many medium and large cities in Europe offer the same.

The annual survey by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on the quality of life in various Italian cities and provinces has recently been published. The well-being felt by residents and the services offered greatly influence the livability of an Italian city and its province.

Unveiling Italy’s crown jewel of wealth and exclusivity, this enchanting Ligurian town isn't just famous for its breathtaking coastline and glamorous lifestyle—it also boasts the highest per capita income in the country. Based on the income declared in 2023, referring to the 2022 tax year, the

It is well known that large cities offer services, leisure possibilities, and opportunities, but smaller towns and cities also have a lot to offer. In small cities, the quality of life is often very high, as the environment is decidedly more peaceful and relaxed.

Vienna tops the list of cities with the best quality of life in 2023/2024, followed by Zurich in second place, with Auckland and Copenhagen taking third and fourth places respectively. Geneva rounds out the top five, further confirming Switzerland's positive reputation for quality of life.

There are approximately 1.57 billion self-employed workers worldwide, corresponding to 46.6 per cent of the global workforce. Those who make a living as freelancers have to consider many factors when choosing the best city to move to, from the average salary to the number of available jobs.

For the first time in 34 years, the Sole 24 Ore's annual survey on the quality of life, based on 90 parameters not only economic, assigns the province of Udine the first place in the ranking, followed on the podium by Bologna and Trento.

Used house prices in Italy fell by 0.8% on a quarterly basis to an average price of €1,845 per square metre. However, the situation varies greatly in different areas, whose reality differs significantly from the national average.

In Italy, you know that wherever you go you can eat well. But there is a real ranking of the best restaurants in the world and, according to the Compare The Market study, there are two Italian cities in the top 5: Venice, which dominates at number one, and Milan, at number five.

Rising inflation and the resulting increases in interest rates have dominated the charts in the first half of 2023. The prime residential markets have borne the brunt of the problem, but it is the sales volumes, not the prices, that are the main winners.

In the second half of 2023, rents in Italy increased by an average of 10 per cent and, on average, rental property advertisements in 9 per cent of cases remain online for just 24 hours.