Silvia Marchetti

Jane and Rosse Mackerron moved to northern France where they could buy a larger house with more land for far less money than they would pay in the UK

An illegal landlord in Rome said her side business was exposed by one of her neighbours who didn’t like noise made by some of her guests when the returned late at night drunk

Sometimes when you leave the mistakes in, conversation can become even more picturesque

A Briton said he and his partner were lucky to buy a property for a cheaper price after it had been on the market for years

In recent years Panettone, Italy’s iconic fluffy traditional Christmas cake, has seen many twists on its traditional flavour

The mayor who tried to clamp down on tourists is calling for a nationwide solution

A British pensioner who was caught out by a little-known local law in Italy was forced to pay his neighbours another £5k before he could officially own the site for his dream home

Each government pledges to boost resources to the police, fire fighters and other emergency services, but it’s never enough

Scottish man with Italian heritage bought out 220 individual parcels of land and combined them to form his dream vineyard and estate

Want to visit Italy but have been put off by the idea of peak season tourists crowds surging through Rome, Florence and Venice? Explore a little further and there are scores of extraordinary places where tourists are a rare site.