Propertalia - The Definitive Guide to Buying Property in Italy

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The Definitive Guide to Buying Property in Italy

Welcome to the Propertalia website. There are hundreds of websites displaying many thousands of wonderful properties in Italy, but the process of finding and purchasing a property in Italy is never simple. On this website we have collected together a series of the most useful online and offline resources which will hopefully help you to navigate through the potential minefield of buying a house in Italy.

Propertalia Top 30 (ish) Italy Property Buyers' Resources

Money Transfers - The premier foreign exchange and currency transfer specialists will save you money. Transfer funds abroad efficiently, safely and quickly with Thames Currency PLC.
Hotel World Italy - Directory of 25,000 hotels across the whole of Italy. Find yourself somewhere wonderful to stay while you search for your dream property. If you prefer agritourism search through The Italian Agritourism Portal, or The Portal of All Italian Agritourism.
Italian Regions, Provinces and Comunes - The Comuni Italiani website has detailed information and statistical data on the Italian comunes, provinces, and regions. Included are links to official regional sites, postal codes, populations, and some useful links.
Casa.it Online Estate Agent - Find a property in with the biggest property site in Italy. over 80,000 properties are listed for sale and for rent with 25,000 visitors accessing the site daily.
Official Italian Rail Guide - Plan rail journeys in Italy in English online with this excellent website.
The Università per Stranieri di Perugia or University for Foreigners in Perugia has offered courses in Italian for foreigners for well over 100 years. Courses are subsidised by the government and so the prices are very reasonable when compared to private schools and tuition in Italy or in the UK.
Italy Magazine Forum - Very popular forum brought to you by the magazine for lovers of all things Italian. Try also the Virtual Tourist Italy Travel Forum, or through Google visit the soc.culture.italian group.
Ryanair and Easyjet offer a wide range of flights to Italy to places including: Sardinia, Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi, Genoa, Bergamo, Milan, Palermo, Pescara, Pisa, Rome, Turin, Verona, Venice, Cagliari, and Naples.
Google Italia - Search the Internet in Italy with Google. Alternatively try Il Trovatore and their excellent Italian web directory.
Translate from Italian to English - Babel Fish translation from Altavista enables you to translate either a block of text, or a whole web page from English to Italian, or from Italian to English. Fast and free.
Virtual Tourist Italy Travel Guide - Pictures, Tips, and Reviews of Italy from tourists, expats, and Italian residents.
Italian Embassy in UK, or Italian Embassy in USA - Obtain visa information, a codice fiscale, or just find out more about Italy before you go.
Comuni.it enables citizens of Italy (and those living or planning to live in Italy) to access public services through the internet. The site has links to the site of every comune in Italy and much much more. You'll need to be able to understand Italian to really take advantage of this site.
Demographic Statistics about Italy - from The National Institute of Statistics. How many Mongolians live in Tuscany? Find out here.
The LifeInItaly.co.uk Italy Directory gives details of over 600 towns, cities, and provinces across the whole of Italy including Tuscany and wonderful Puglia.

The Propertalia Recommended Reading List

There are many titles on the market which will give you some of the information you need when purchasing a property in Italy. Every property, and every location is different, so in addition to at least two or three good books you will need to ask advice and search around on the internet to fill in any remaining knowledge gaps.
Of all the books, Buying a House in Italy: Where and How to Do It by C. Gordon Neale is probably the best overall. Priced at just over £8.00 it represents great value with over 250 pages packed with vital information.
Slightly cheaper (and a little less helpful) is The Complete Guide to Buying Property in Italy: Buying, Restoring, Renting, Letting and Selling by Barbara McMahon.
The most recently published/revised is the Teach Yourself Guide to Buying a Home in Italy published in January 2005 for just over £10. A slightly longer and more detailed guide is The Sunday Times Buying a Property: Italy which is now a little out of date, or try Buying a Property in Italy by Amanda Hinton.