ITALIAN CITIES
ROME
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T
he towns and cities of Italy are a favourite short-break holiday destination. Who hasn’t daydreamed of a watery weekend in Venice or a
couple of days strolling along Rome’s Via Condotti, stopping for a cappuccino in an atmospheric cafe? So why not extend that to an urban
holiday home where you are only ever an easy stroll from the heartbeat of Italian culture and style. British buyers used to choose the vines
and olive groves of rural Italy to buy their holiday homes but low-cost airlines off ering fl ights to more destinations change that. When a fl ight from London to Pisa or Perugia costs less than the train ticket to the airport a foreign city bolthole is not only an attractive option but a more realistic one too. Advantages of city living include the
opportunity to immerse yourself easily into Italian life with a good supply of people, restaurants and museums on the doorstep. T ere should also be a good pool of
potential renters if you want to earn some income and of course city homes can make ideal lock and leave properties, less stressful to leave empty than a remote home in the country. However Italian cities were generally
designed for life hundreds of years ago so the logistics of driving and parking can be testing. Few city centre homes have outside space and for all their beauty, Italian cities
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are oſt en noisy and cramped places. “Bought correctly city property is a good
investment,” says Linda Travella of Casa Travella (
casatravella.com). “A word of warning though: take
knowledgeable, professional advice. All cities have good and bad areas and if you spot an apparent bargain online and buy cheaply in the wrong area you will never be able to sell.”
The ‘Gold Standard’ trio T e holy trinity of Rome, Florence and Venice set the gold standard for Italy in terms of culture, desirability and property prices. “Rome is the 2,000 year-old political,
spiritual and cultural heart of Italy,” says Andrea Plani of City Capital (invest-in-italy. it). “It is the sensuously alluring, romantic city of Fellini’s Dolce Vita, rich in artistic treasures including masterpieces by Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci and Caravaggio. It can be phenomenally busy, teeming with tourists and snarled with insane traffi c but it is also the perfect place to while away a leisurely aſt ernoon with a coff ee at an outdoor café or enjoying an evening stroll along the Tiber.” T e most popular areas for buyers are
around Piazza Colonna, Via Giulia and Trastevere with square metre prices from €7,000 to €9,000. For value Andrea tips Testaccio where an 80 m2 two-bedroom apartment would cost €420,000. “Testaccio has no famous tourist
attractions but it has the best food market and feels totally Italian,” says Andrea.
“Advantages of city living include
the opportunity to immerse yourself easily into Italian life with a good supply of people, restaurants and museums on the doorstep”
FLORENCE
Priced out of Florence? Four miles away Bagno Ripoli is a town with medieval and Renaissance architecture set in the Florentine hills. Villa Peruzzi is divided into apartments with a communal pool and gardens and secure underground parking. A two-bedroom apartment for €700,000 (£560k). Beauchamp Estates:
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