Where To Live in Italy - Our Favorite Regions

Knowing where to buy a home in another country can feel like searching for a red jellybean in a 5 pound jar while being blindfolded. Let's take that blindfold off and start talking about different regions in Italy and what each of our hosts like about different areas of the country where each would buy a home in Italy. Buying a property in Italy is made easier when working with the team at Italian Real Estate Lawyers who can assist in helping you to determine what are the appropriate options for you. In this episode of the Italian Real Estate Podcast hosts Marco Permunian, an Italian attorney, along with video podcaster and dual citizen expat, Rafael Di Furia, known for his project Not Your Average Globetrotter (@RafaelDiFuria), continue their series on where to move in Italy.
Italian Real Estate Podcast EP50:
Where to live in Italy - Our Favorite Regions
00:00 Intro
01:13 Which Italian regions would Marco consider to purchase a property?
05:41 Are there other locations that Marco would choose?
09:13 Which regions would Rafael pick?
14:55 Closing remarks
For help with buying a home in Italy, and more information about Italian Real Estate Lawyers visit IREL's website:
ItalianRealEstateLawyers.com
To contact Italian Attorney Marco Permunian and his team, you can use the contact form on the Italian Real Estate Lawyers website: italianrealestatelawyers.com/contact-us/
Also to see more from Rafael Di Furia about life in Italy and life as a dual citizen check out his KZbin channel and website:
KZbin.com/RafaelDiFuria
Http://RafaelDiFuria.com
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[@BrynBonino]

Thanks so much for this episode! I got Italian citizenship a few years ago, and now I'm considering getting an investment property somewhere in Italy. I've traveled to so many parts of the country and love them all for different reasons. Thanks to this episode, I'm now able to zero-in on a more narrow area.

[@draganababic6055]

Friuli Venezia Giulia, so beautiful and underestimated! ❤

[@sgarrita2561]

It would be nice to feature some perspectives of retired Americans as well. Its amazing how much perspective changes when near or in retirement.

[@Teodor2625]

Maybe the next video you should look region by region. My top 3 choices would be 1.Veneto 2.Piemonte 3.Emilia Romagna

[@dseanjackson1]

No offense to Americans, I am one, but I would move to Italy to be surrounded by Italians, not Americans

[@c.m.7734]

same

[@lachanteuse1ROXANNEFONTANA]

hahaha.. that won't happen, when they say Americans are there, they mean you'd have to plan to find them, and go on blog hunts..

[@Lovaaahhh]

Hey now! Some of us (Americans) are very cool, non stereotypical Americans!

[@BrynBonino]

I'm American too. I find that if you speak good Italian, you can surround yourself with Italians. I've spent a few months in various parts of Sicily and rarely saw any Americans, but that might be because speaking Italian, I can "blend in".

[@carolc1543]

My first choice was Rome. But decided to choose an area where the 7% flat tax applies. I visited Puglia twice looking to live there. I decided against it because if the trains. And wow has it changed over the last six years! Many, many more tourists. Also not easy to get around without a car. I love the beauty of the mountain villages in campania, but cannot live there. Then I visited Scalea in Calabria and fell in love. I know many believe Calabria is not an area to live. I did my research on the ground. It felt right. Three hours to Rome by high speed train, close to Salerno and fun and great food of Naples. It has all I need and want.

[@josephaugello1527]

There are some people from California that moved there a few are doing KZbin videos

[@carolc1543]

@@josephaugello1527 yes. I’ve seen videos. Haven’t met yet. Will soon

[@shraddashradda]

Whats the 7% flat tax mean? 🙌

[@carolc1543]

@@shraddashradda for retirees Italy offers 7% flat tax on income if you live in certain areas in a town with less than 20,000 people. It’s good for ten years

[@Nomad_783]

love your thinking outside of the box, great mind! I like many regions but necessarily would live there. Tuscany? very disappointed of the guy saying as first. It is "very famous" sentence right away raising red flags. I dont wanna live a very famous place, that is not for living. tuscan viliages are beautiful but infrastructure is a disaster. No transportation, no health care nearby or other services that you might need. You wanna drive 2 hours for a proper doctors appointment to florence or siena? 30min-1 hrs for every grocery shopping? Or if it is better located then it is already hyped too much. tuscany is such a cliche everyone already knows it and everything is priced in. Puglia is a better idea, but it is also coming up a lot and prices are already reflected in that. Also disconnected and less developed. Veneto / Lazio is a good idea. Veneto is a bit boring unless you live in Venice/garda or Verona which is crazy expensive (and again hyped too much). They are well connected. Lazio is even better coz there are wonderful places around rome, you dont need to live in the city but can get access to the capital and the services you might need. DEF.better idea than an overpriced isolated villa in tuscany that looks great in a hollywood movie, but it is far from everything. Difficult to maintain, cost a lot to maintain and very difficult to sell if you need the money. Yes i would go to well connected affordable regions like calabria, campania, lazio...

[@talesfromtuscany]

Fantastic advice as always. Interestingly, I'm an Australian and I've just invested in a small but totally charming home in Tuscany and I am also looking at small properties in Puglia, so I'm right on the same track with Marco in my choices. I'm so happy with my purchase and my village, although having a small expat community, seems to be, in majority, Northern Europeans, Scandinavians, British and now...2 Australian/Italian/British mixed up semi-retirees :D (I'm sure there will some Americans too but I haven't come across them yet. In general, my village is predominantly Italian and well inhabited all year round. It's not a major tourist destination, although equally as lovely, so that's what drew us there. Normal Tuscan village life :D

[@UKraining]

May I ask the name of the village?

[@lachanteuse1ROXANNEFONTANA]

Liguria!! Nice Airport, withy access to the entire Riviera, French and Italy. Liguria prices not too bad .. Access to Milan 3-4 hour drive for best hospitals.

[@kenhunt5153]

Any suggestions on how to get real estate agents to respond to home purchase info? They virtually never give out an address for the property - Tuscany is the worst.

[@playea123]

Awesome episode as always! Any updates on the digital nomad visa? Did the legislation expire or is it just stalled?

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Unfortunately there is a bit of a delay from the government we can’t really explain. As soon as the provisions needed to make this visa officially obtainable will come into effect we will be sure to make a video about it.

[@playea123]

@@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance thank you!!

[@ladislavterban9025]

good show

[@angelicaponce4763]

Abruzzo regione very nice and cheap to live there

[@scampercom]

As an American, a large population of Americans might also be a reason _not_ to look in a particular area. Just saying. ;)

[@lucchese20]

I agree with you. 😁 On the other hand, the good news is there are many, many places in Tuscany (let alone the entire nation) that haven’t been discovered by Americans-if that’s your preference.

[@scampercom]

Indeed! In fact I’m looking in a lovely region not mentioned in this video-not actually factoring in American presence per se, but it’s overall less “popular” than Tuscany. But I just had to get my snarky comment in. ;)

[@lucchese20]

@@scampercom No worries man. Best of luck in your search. 👍🏻

[@lachanteuse1ROXANNEFONTANA]

there is no large population of Americans ANYWHERE in Italy! You'd be lucky to bump into one outside of tourist areas! Italy is very strict about who lives there, and Americans are not allowed in unless you get citizenship, very difficult or manage to have patienceenough with their bureaucracy to actually complete purchase on a property.

[@scampercom]

@@lachanteuse1ROXANNEFONTANA Interesting! I may qualify for citizenship through jure sanguinis, which would be like a gift from my ancestors. :)

[@chrisclocker]

What area / region is Marco Permunian from, which he said his first choice was ?

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Marco Permunian is from the Veneto region

[@PeterCc5u]

Choices for the rich