Country Archive
How to Survive the Crazy Italian Roads
Date: 05/21/2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Puglia, Italy
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As I’ve discovered recently, Italy’s “heel” province of Puglia is a treasure trove of bargain coastal property and unique countryside homes. To find the best deals, however, you’ll need a car, because the local bus and train networks won’t take you to Italy’s most interesting corners.
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Invest in a Piece of Italian History…From $31,000
Date: 04/29/2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Alberobello, Italy
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Small, conical, dry-stone-roofed houses, or trulli, cover the hill like barnacles on a turtle’s shell. The Lord of the Rings is what first springs to mind when you see Alberobello in Puglia’s Itria Valley, between the Adriatic and Ionian seas.
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High Rental Returns on Your Italian Sea-view Apartment
Date: 04/28/2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bevagna, Italy
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San Pietro in Bevagna at night in the low season is not a place to get your pulse racing. At first sight, you might even be tempted to turn around and head back to the busy town of Manduria just a few miles north, as there are few shops open and fewer people on the street to give you directions. My friend Annette and I spent some time trawling the deserted main road of San Pietro looking for a hotel before the welcoming lights of Hotel Byzantine came into view.
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Your Own Restored Italian Home for $86,000
Date: 04/14/2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Salento, Italy
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Giovanni Russo is one of life’s go-getters. He is a hyperactive 50-year-old Italian with a passion for building and renovation.
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A Home With a View of the Adriatic Sea: $186,000
Date: 04/13/2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Puglia, Italy
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A long stretch of the deep turquoise waters of the Adriatic comes into sight almost as soon as you leave Bari airport, and the sandy beaches of the Ionian to the south are no more than 40 minutes’ drive away. For me, one of the best things about Italy’s “boot heel” province of Puglia is that you’re never far from the coast.
Read OnItaly’s Heel Has Appeal
Date: 04/12/2008Sunday, April 13, 2008
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I’m not an expert on Italy, but I’m learning quickly thanks to Leigh Fergus, our European editor.
Right now Leigh is in the region of Apulia…called Puglia in Italian. Apulia makes up the heel and much of the Achilles tendon of the Italian boot, and Leigh describes it as a beautiful region with long stretches of sun-baked coastline on both the Adriatic and Ionic seas. Inland Apulia sounds like an Italian postcard…rolling, sunny plains and uplands that are a major source for much of Italy’s grain, wine, and olive oil.
Read OnAn Italian Vineyard of Your Own for Less Than $100,000
Date: 04/03/2008Friday, April 4, 2008
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Two hours east of Rome, hemmed by the glittering Adriatic, Abruzzo offers dreamy hill towns, tiny farms, ruggedly wild countryside, and the diamond-bright peaks of the Apennines. Most towns and mountain villages are within an hour’s drive of sandy beaches.
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