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How Much Does It Cost to Live in Italy: Milan

by james.appleton | Wed, 05/05/2021 - 12:08

Visitors to Italy, even those to the mountains and lakes of Lombardy, often skip the region’s capital. Milan’s weather is less reliable than Tuscany’s, and its…

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How Much Does it Cost to Live in Italy: Bologna

by AlexSakalis | Thu, 09/17/2020 - 05:30

Bologna is a fascinating city. Large enough to never be boring, yet small enough to never feel overwhelming, it sits roughly at the tripoint between Milan,…

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How Much Does It Cost to Live in Italy? The Maremma

by elisascarton | Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:43

When we think expats in Tuscany, we think of Frances Mayes’ Under the Tuscan Sun; we think of the English patient in the gorgeous Villa San Girolamo and we,…

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How Much Does it Cost to Live in Italy: Sicily

by rochelledelborrello | Thu, 08/13/2020 - 03:44

Sicily is probably one of the most fascinating regions of Italy with an intriguing mixture of tourist hot spots, picturesque seaside towns, UNESCO world…

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How Much Does it Cost to Live in Italy: Umbria

by rebeccawinke | Tue, 07/21/2020 - 08:19

Though Umbria has been known as “the next Tuscany” for decades, this small region in the center of Italy has managed to dodge the bullet of tourist crowds and…

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How Much Does it Cost to Live in Italy: Puglia

by Nikki Taylor | Thu, 05/28/2020 - 04:05

Puglia, Southern Italy’s shining star and the second most researched region (after Tuscany) by overseas buyers when looking at real estate. So what makes…

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How Much Does it Cost to Live in Italy: Abruzzo

by Anna Lebedeva | Thu, 04/16/2020 - 05:11

I bought my house in a small mountain village in Abruzzo 12 years ago but I still can’t get enough of the views that I see from my balcony: in the south,…

The Huge Cost of Little Babies in Italy

by Natalie Aldern | Wed, 03/23/2011 - 04:58

Life in Italy comes at a certain cost, and usually brings to mind a budget for adult pleasures like homes, holidays, food and wine. But how much does it cost…