Italian cities

According to a study carried out by idealista, real estate investment in Italy is increasingly profitable, with the returns on renting out both residential and commercial property rising across the board.

In the real estate market in Italy, which began to show signs of recovery in the first part of 2018, the three main Italian cities of Milan, Rome and Naples stand out in terms of property sales.

There are places whose beauty makes them seem unreal, as if they had been created by an artist or as a stage for a theatrical show. In Italy there are many places that we could classify as "too beautiful to be true" and today we present you with 5 of them.

The floods of recent weeks have sparked a debate about prevention and reconstruction costs in Italy. Who pays for the disaster? What insurance coverage and state funds are provided?

When it comes to high street fashion, the Italian retail market ranks sixth place in the world (after Hong Kong), with the standard bearer for Italian shopping being the Via Montenapoleone street in Milan.

Everyone enjoys a good pasta dish, but there's just so many types to choose from. Pack your suitcase and set off to discover some of the most popular and typical pasta dishes in Italy, region by region, those specialties that are immediately associated with a specific location.There are many re

Italy is famous for its many fashion streets, the streets where the shops of the best international fashion brands and designers are present.

A veritable treasure chest of history and tradition that mixes respect for the past with the desire to have fun and the multiculturalism of the new generations – this, and much more, is Monti.

Italy, the Belpaese or 'beautiful country', is an amazing open-air museum. A substantial percentage of the world's cultural treasures are gathered here.

In the first half of 2018, the profitability of the short-term rental sector increased in comparison with the same period last year, according to the third Halldis Short-Term Rental Observatory.

If you really want to know the culture and history of a country in detail, soaking in its art and immersing yourself in its traditions, you simply have to visit its museums.

The Italian residential real estate market continues to grow.

Italy is the undisputed home of opera.

In September, everything starts again.

While more than 400,000 out-of-town students are preparing for the new academic year in big Italian cities (according to data from Miur from 2016/2017), the impact of this onslaught on property prices is becoming clear, especially in neighbourhoods near universities. This big rise comes mainly from

The Truffle is a real delicacy typical of some regions of Italy, such as Piedmont and Umbria. In the kitchen it is used to season pasta and risotto and to prepare delicious main courses enriched with its aroma, but it is also excellent spread on bread as a creamy topping.

Average prices of second-hand homes in Italy fell by 0.7% month-on-month in August, to an average of 1,780 euro per square metre, according to the idealista housing price index. This decline is slightly lower than the 1.1% drop recorded in August 2017, while the year-on-year decline is 2.2 percenta

Good news for the academic world in Italy from the Qs World University Rankings. The ranking, in fact, includes 30 Italian universities, of which 21 have improved their position.

The growth of the residential sector in Italy in the first quarter of the year is not uniformly reflected in the main Italian cities.

Everyone has heard about the Erasmus programme, but what is it exactly? More importantly, how can you be a part of it?

The study centre Unimpresa has compiled a ranking of the most "charged" cities in Italy according to the level of taxes levied on homes, commercial properties, companies and families.

According to the "City Costs Barometer", the annual ranking from Britain's Post Office Travel Money, the cheapest European cities to spend a weekend in are in Eastern Europe.

From the south to the north of the Italian peninsula, houses that would otherwise be abandoned or destroyed are being sold by private individuals or by municipalities for the symbolic price of one euro.

In recent years, real estate investment has once again become attractive to many investors attracted by lower prices and higher annual returns. But which are the best cities in Italy for property investors?

Forbes magazine has published its ranking of the best cities to move to in 2018 to live well and spend less.