Facts about Italy

Tourist Overview: Italy is the country of olive oil, pasta, wine, sunshine, roman ruins and renaissance palaces. Yet Italy is more complex and interesting than these stereotypes. It is a modern country with deep Roman Catholic roots, full of interesting sights for the casual tourist and even more for the educated visitor. It is easy to spend two weeks in major tourist centers without any reason to get bored, but it is equally simple to get off the beaten track. In the north, next to the Alps and the flatlands of the Po river, both cultural jewels and industrial highly developed cities attract. But even in the busy cities, people live the "Italian way of life". In Lombardia's capital Milan, city of haute couture and business, you can easily spend weeks without being bored. On every corner you will discover something new. The north-west of Italy is a paradise for every culinary interested traveler.

For wine lovers, Piemonteis directly connected with Barolo and Barbaresco, the most famous wines made out of the Nebbiolo grape. Piemonte's capital, Turin offers more than just a starting point to visit these wine regions. Lots of museums, modern art, book and music fairs make Turin one of the leading Italian cities concerning cultural life. The Lunigiana region, Albenga and Cerialeare worth a visit and even a longer stay. Gourmets should not miss the Emilia Romagna, Italy's culinary center. Bologna, "La Grassa" like the Italians say, is a must see as well as Ravenna with its impressive mosaic works and the Byzantine architecture and last but not least Rimininear the Adriatic Sea. Words fail to describe its beauty of Tuscany: you have to go there to see, to smell and to experience the beauty of the old towns and lovely valleys yourself. Florence, Lucca, San Francisco, Pisa and Siena offer more cultural highlights than some countries as a whole.

Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia

Size: slightly larger than Arizona, United States of America

Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south

Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands

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Regions: Italy is divided into the following regions: Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Corsica Emilia Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Puglia Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Alto Adige Tuscany Umbria Valle d'Aosta Veneto

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Italy Real Estate News - updated 5th Nov '09

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Italian market improving all the time Italian real estate hasn’t undergone the same fall from grace as seen in other parts of Europe, and recent news indicates that the view in Italy is improving, especially in the commercial sector. Published: 05-Nov-09

Italy fashions a stable market Whilst the rest of Europe clatters about amongst the devastation of the economic fall out, the Italian real estate market seems to squint at the rest of us and then slip back wondering what all the fuss is about. Published: 22-Oct-09

Buyers roam Italian property market Figures last month indicate a real growing interest in Italian real estate, according to the Prime Location International Search index. Published: 21-Oct-09

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