Silvia Marchetti

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Silvia Marchetti

Sebastian Ross rented in London for most of his life, but it was after he moved onto a boat in Sussex that he eventually bought his first home. Mr Ross, 35, a creative strategist, bought a six-bedroom house in Sicily for €1 (84p). He discovered the house in the medieval village of Sutera and believes it would cost close to £1m if it were in London, even with the same level of work needed to renovate it.

1 week ago | cntraveller.de | Silvia Marchetti |Assala Lakbiri

Gardasee Hotels: Die malerischsten Rückzugsorte zwischen Alpenpanorama und Seeromantik. Für viele Norditaliener:innen ebenso wie für Münchner:innen, die der sommerlichen Hitze und gelegentlich entfliehen möchten, ist der Gardasee ein beliebter Ort zum Entspannen, Sonnenbaden und Entdecken. Dank der umliegenden Alpen bleibt die Luft selbst im Hochsommer relativ frisch.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Silvia Marchetti

Over the years, many sun-starved Britons have fled abroad for Italy‘s warmer climes, snapping up property in locations from Tuscany to Sicily for as little as a euro. However, as the €1 (85p) scheme grows in popularity and more foreigners buy homes, prime locations could be at risk of attracting too much interest and too many crowds. The houses also often require major renovation work that costs huge sums.

2 weeks ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Silvia Marchetti

There’s a tiny village in southern Italy that harbours a secret. Welcome to Agnone, deep in the region of Molise, surrounded by lush fields full of grazing sheep and archaeological ruins dating back to the pre-Roman era of an Italic tribe, the Samnites. But this wasn’t the secret. Since the middle ages, this village has been making church bells for the Vatican and other Catholic parishes around the world.

2 weeks ago | local3news.com | Silvia Marchetti

(CNN) — Ever since the concept of one-euro Italian homes emerged a few years ago, there’s been a recognized pattern to these highly popular sell-offs of crumbling properties in charming but depopulated areas. Once a town announces it has some on offer — usually places hoping to revitalize their communities with new residents willing to spend money on preserving historic housing stock — there’s a brief frenzy as buyers swoop in to snap up a bargain.