After exploring Italy for the last 2 years I finally moved to Verona. Just a beautiful mid size city with a lot of history and extremely well connected to the rest of the country to continue exploring
My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.
My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.
I just visited Verona for the first time a few weeks ago and it is such a charming town! I am from Belarus, have always wanted to move to Italy since I was 9 and visited for the first time. Then moved to the US as a young adult. But now going back to Italy for vacation, I got an overwhelming feeling to go and live in Italy (6-12 months). Is there enough to do / enough activities for kids in Verona? Thank you!
Grazie Mille! I'll be moving in 2 years however I will be visiting in the Fall. I already have Cremona on my list, I'm glad to add Bologna on neighbourhoods to check out! This video was very helpful.
Spell out the towns' names for us non-Italians. I've mostly looked at smaller towns, under 20,000 people & as small as 5,000. I want to be able to walk to most amenities, grocery stores, pharmacy, Dr ofc, gym facilities/swim pool, vet, restaurants, & post office. I had planned to buy vs rent & have leaned toward Umbria & Tuscany, but looked at Marche, Abrezzo, & even Piedmont.
In Tuscany have a look to the following towns: Barga Pietrasanta, Volterra,San Gimignano , Colle Val d'Elsa, Cortona, Siena, Montepulciano , Pitigliano. In Umbria if Perugia is to big for you check Spello, Gubbio Orvieto, Todi, Assisi. Marche, Abruzzi and Molise are much cheaper and wilder but equally beautiful. Good luck!
@@broragnarok146 another arrogant American. I am tired of it and I live in the US. Ms. Warrior Diva is all you need to know. The people of Tuscany and Umbria don't want this......and it's folks like this that aren't good for anyone. NO manners anymore or as you would say, "please." It's truly sad......Thanks for noticing exactly what I did regarding the shameless "diva." All her demands??? She has NO clue as Italy isn't America. Vacationing and living in a place are vastly two different experiences. She will learn. Peace.
I plan to move to Italy in about 5 years. Bologna has been on my mind but I have to visit it again. I don’t want to live anywhere where I can’t live in centro or very close to centro. I have lived in NYC my whole life and commuting long distances is tiresome. Bologna is near perfect but it will all depend on the cost to rent, especially if it’s skyrocketing.
I’m trying to understand why some expats prefer Italy vs Spain. My family will retire in Europe. Wife would prefer Italy , I would prefer Malaga spain. she believes spain is much hotter in the summer compared to some regions in Italy, I’m trying to convince myself that Italy is a better option however everyone thinks Spain medical system is better than Italy. I need a few unbiased advice here. I am a canadian but hold a european passport so for us it shouldn’t be a problem to be a resident. Thank you
Complimenti per i tuoi video, davvero belli. Volevo solo dirti che questa classifica è stilata in base a certi requisiti che sarebbe utile conoscere. La mia personale è un po' diversa e include, oltre a Bologna, Padova, Verona, Ferrara, Mantova, ecc.
Hi I appreciate this video and the information you spoke about, but can you spell or put the names of the cities you were speaking about, that would be so helpful! thanks.
The cities are: Bergamo, Brescia, Aosta, Trento, Bologna, Udine. Not that I really agree with the ranking. Bologna, Bergamo, and Brescia all have notorious air pollution issues.
At 2:24 the castle in the background I'm pretty sure is the castle that the Avengers attack in "Age of Ultron". In Aosta another scene in the movie was filmed.
Great video, thank you! I plan to move/retire part-time to Southern Italy as the weather is milder and I plan to spend the shoulder seasons and winter there and the US in summers. Sicily is my spot. Also helps that Southern Italy has great tax breaks should I decide to establish residency.
I’m part Italian and Eritrean . I use to live in Torino. I love big cities vibes like Milano a Roma. Now I’m in California . There are many many things I miss living in Italy.
I'm planning on staying in southern Italy for 6 months nex winter. We are looking for a small coastal town with train connection, around or south of Napoli. And the rent has to be cheap. It's a shame no southern cities made it to the list.
I haven't been much to that part except for Napoli, Sorrento and the Amalfi coast (and I could totally recommend you Sorrento!), but have you also thought about the other side of the peninsula, i.e. Puglia?
Scalea, down in Calabria, was one of the many southern towns that was trying to revive itself with government funding/reimbursement to expats a few years ago. It is a beautiful old coastal village that is making a comback. That region is a little too removed for me, but the price is right and the sea is beautiful.
Please put up captions for the city names. With the exception of Bologna, I couldn't understand where you were speaking of. Couldn't even get closed captions to pick up the city names.
Buongiorno …. What do you think are the best cities or towns to move to to apply for Italian citizenship by descent? I’m more interested in southern Italy.
I'm not Italian and even I was like....no city in the SOUTH? Reallly...come on. Yes there might be less infrastructure but surely in fact there are wonderful towns/cities...clearly a shortsighted list by the newspaper.
I took a DNA test last year and ironically discovered even with blonde hair, blue eyes and olive skin that I’m 20% southern Italian and Greek.😂 I’m wanting to get out of the USA for several reasons and it’s because it’s not the country that it was when I was growing up in the 1970s or 1980s and crime is bad and the drugs are terrible and just we can’t have a peaceful administration when there are no wars going on; and then there’s another president is elected and over the past three years it’s been nothing but more in massive inflation & WARS.. crime is out of control, and the drugs are atrocious because of the southern border
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 If you've ever been to Southern Italy, the Italians are more blonde haired and blue eyed. I spent a couple weeks there years ago and was surprised myself that it was so tropical and so many blonde haired Italians.
@@GEN_X_ thank you so much for that information! I’ve never known people from south Italy to have white hair, and I but I thought perhaps northern Italy. I think it’s interesting and I was rather surprised when I did get my heritage DNA test back because I knew of my dad’s family and my mother’s was completely English. The interesting thing is I’ve always had all of the skin and my daughter being 30% Swedish from her dad & 20% English from me and my mom’s family and then for whatever reason she didn’t get the DNA from southern Italy & Greece, but my son did, and he was born with white hair like me and blue eyes, and he has olive skin. His hair is gotten a little darker with age and my daughters hair is very very dark blonde or light brown but she’s got pinkish color skin like her daddy .
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 No problem! I would definitely recommend Southern Italy. The food is spicier, the weather is more tropical, its more laid back, people are nicer and they look more like you! haha. I also have very blue eyes but from my family's German heritage. The only thing I would be worried about living in southern Italy is all the big earthquakes in Central and Southern Italy. Northern Italy doesn't really have that problem.
Io sono di Brescia, e qui vivo bene....c'e tutto e buoni servizi...e citta' pulita!!! La classifica e' soggettiva, dipende da uno cosa cerca .io andrei a vivere a Torino, a Milano no...x esempio!❤️credo di capire perche' il Sole 24 ore non ha messo citta' del Sud...qui non si tratta solo di bellezza artistica o paesaggistica, ma di qualita' di vita e di opportunita' lavorativa ecc...e da questo punto di vista, il quotidiano che si occupa molto di economia ha stilato una classifica giusta e logica .. 🥰il nord traina come da sempre...e a livello museale e gestione del patrimonio, x quello che ho visto girando il Paese fino a Napoli, ha una marcia in piu'...quello che ha lo valorizza al meglio, al sud ho visto siti meravigliosi tenuti malissimo, al limite dell'imbarazzante.... 🤔
Yep Brescia is beautiful and you will pay for it. MOST do not have $400-500k for a small, yet, beautiful flat in Brescia. You can find cheaper, but do some homework on the living condition of those places, even in Brescia. Folks, so many people will chirp their two cents on where to live. Figure out your "budget" and how to sustain yourself, and then travel to Italy for 4-6 weeks (if you can) and explore or get a feeling on where you want to live and why you are passionate about Italy in the first place. NORTH OR SOUTH--so frustrating these arguments one what's to make. Point? You ask a 1000 different expats on where to live and you will get a 1000 different opinions/answers.. It can be daunting. Rome is NOT North (some love the Lazio region) and there are other great regions NOT in the North, so please do some homework on what FITS YOUR LIFESTYLE. Vacationing and living somewhere are two very different experiences. Barbara is listing a lot of very beautiful/expensive places to live and her passive income allows her to do just that which is great. For the rest of you, it will NOT work. Please just do your own homework and talk to someone who can help you along the way.....Again, MY two cents.
Hey that's what I'm hearing and I've never been in Italy, but I plan on visiting g Palermo in Sicily which sounds like the spot for me and my fiance more laid back but we will see.
After exploring Italy for the last 2 years I finally moved to Verona. Just a beautiful mid size city with a lot of history and extremely well connected to the rest of the country to continue exploring
Verona is magical, one of my favourite places, too!
My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.
My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.
I just visited Verona for the first time a few weeks ago and it is such a charming town! I am from Belarus, have always wanted to move to Italy since I was 9 and visited for the first time. Then moved to the US as a young adult. But now going back to Italy for vacation, I got an overwhelming feeling to go and live in Italy (6-12 months). Is there enough to do / enough activities for kids in Verona? Thank you!
I live in Udine (lucky me...) and i totally agree, to me living here was a chioice and i never regretted
You should put the city names on the video screen.
Udine is a hidden gem, really amazing place to live in
Grazie Mille! I'll be moving in 2 years however I will be visiting in the Fall. I already have Cremona on my list, I'm glad to add Bologna on neighbourhoods to check out! This video was very helpful.
Thank you, I'm really glad it was helpful ❤️
@@DramaticallyExpatichi, where are you from?
Spell out the towns' names for us non-Italians. I've mostly looked at smaller towns, under 20,000 people & as small as 5,000. I want to be able to walk to most amenities, grocery stores, pharmacy, Dr ofc, gym facilities/swim pool, vet, restaurants, & post office. I had planned to buy vs rent & have leaned toward Umbria & Tuscany, but looked at Marche, Abrezzo, & even Piedmont.
say "please"... might make a difference
It boggles my mind that the names were purposely left out of the chapters and the video segments completely. This is RUclips Video 101
In Tuscany have a look to the following towns: Barga Pietrasanta, Volterra,San Gimignano , Colle Val d'Elsa, Cortona, Siena, Montepulciano , Pitigliano. In Umbria if Perugia is to big for you check Spello, Gubbio Orvieto, Todi, Assisi. Marche, Abruzzi and Molise are much cheaper and wilder but equally beautiful. Good luck!
So hard to follow without the subtitle!
@@broragnarok146 another arrogant American. I am tired of it and I live in the US. Ms. Warrior Diva is all you need to know. The people of Tuscany and Umbria don't want this......and it's folks like this that aren't good for anyone. NO manners anymore or as you would say, "please." It's truly sad......Thanks for noticing exactly what I did regarding the shameless "diva." All her demands??? She has NO clue as Italy isn't America. Vacationing and living in a place are vastly two different experiences. She will learn. Peace.
I plan to move to Italy in about 5 years. Bologna has been on my mind but I have to visit it again. I don’t want to live anywhere where I can’t live in centro or very close to centro. I have lived in NYC my whole life and commuting long distances is tiresome. Bologna is near perfect but it will all depend on the cost to rent, especially if it’s skyrocketing.
I agree. I'm hoping to retire in Italy in another 10 years but I'm thinking in the center of Torino or maybe Genoa.
I’m trying to understand why some expats prefer Italy vs Spain. My family will retire in Europe. Wife would prefer Italy , I would prefer Malaga spain. she believes spain is much hotter in the summer compared to some regions in Italy, I’m trying to convince myself that Italy is a better option however everyone thinks Spain medical system is better than Italy. I need a few unbiased advice here. I am a canadian but hold a european passport so for us it shouldn’t be a problem to be a resident. Thank you
It’s all about how you feel .. the energy vibe and do you feel home .
I cant believe this! We are from Argentina (my husband and i) and we are planing into moving to Udine! ❤ thank you very much for this.
Thank you and best of luck! ❤️
Complimenti per i tuoi video, davvero belli. Volevo solo dirti che questa classifica è stilata in base a certi requisiti che sarebbe utile conoscere. La mia personale è un po' diversa e include, oltre a Bologna, Padova, Verona, Ferrara, Mantova, ecc.
Hi I appreciate this video and the information you spoke about, but can you spell or put the names of the cities you were speaking about, that would be so helpful! thanks.
The cities are: Bergamo, Brescia, Aosta, Trento, Bologna, Udine. Not that I really agree with the ranking. Bologna, Bergamo, and Brescia all have notorious air pollution issues.
Thank you!!!
Agree. I live in Lombardia region and sometimes would like to escape because of the pollution (and mosquitos).
Thank you!
Where can we find an honest ranking of small, medium, and large Italian cities by degree and seasons of air pollution?
The air quality in the Po river valley & beyond gets worse every year. Always important to do your research.
At 2:24 the castle in the background I'm pretty sure is the castle that the Avengers attack in "Age of Ultron". In Aosta another scene in the movie was filmed.
Moving to Italy in two years, and I'm torn between living in Arezzo, Tropea, or Bari. Might just do 6months in each and then decide.
I was in Bari for a week its a great city nice buzz there .
You certainly like cold weather if you love Aosta🤗
I am a self employed intraday trader. All I need to work is wifi. Which places do you recommend that are the quietest.
Se cerchi tranquillità , intendo proprio tranquillità , allora tra il lago di Como e il lago di Lugano .
planning to move to Italy looking at Verona, treviso, rapallo, and Lucca!
There are so many wonderful towns in Italy.
Treviso seems great!
Can someone spell the 5 places mentioned in the video please? Thank you. (I've got Bologna :)
Haha i know right? I think #4 was Aosta in Northern Italy.
Great video, thank you! I plan to move/retire part-time to Southern Italy as the weather is milder and I plan to spend the shoulder seasons and winter there and the US in summers. Sicily is my spot. Also helps that Southern Italy has great tax breaks should I decide to establish residency.
I’m part Italian and Eritrean . I use to live in Torino. I love big cities vibes like Milano a Roma. Now I’m in California . There are many many things I miss living in Italy.
These places are a bit expensive to buy a house. I need to find a town big enough to have a train station, but small enough to have cheaper houses.
I'm planning on staying in southern Italy for 6 months nex winter. We are looking for a small coastal town with train connection, around or south of Napoli. And the rent has to be cheap. It's a shame no southern cities made it to the list.
I haven't been much to that part except for Napoli, Sorrento and the Amalfi coast (and I could totally recommend you Sorrento!), but have you also thought about the other side of the peninsula, i.e. Puglia?
@@DramaticallyExpatic Yes, we are interested in Puglia too.
Agree with Sorrento, it's very beautiful.
Hello! Thanks a lot for the information! Do you know anything about Scalea? I wonder why the property there is comparativelly cheap. Looks suspicious.
Thank you! Sadly, I don't know much about the place, but maybe you could try to find local expat groups on Facebook where people could help you?
@@DramaticallyExpatic thanks for the advice
Check out "Super savvy travelers" youtube channel. She has a lot of stuff about that area
Thank you so much, @@ronaldpeters8751
Scalea, down in Calabria, was one of the many southern towns that was trying to revive itself with government funding/reimbursement to expats a few years ago. It is a beautiful old coastal village that is making a comback. That region is a little too removed for me, but the price is right and the sea is beautiful.
Would you reccomend for someone who lives in Vicenza who wants to visit Udine to travel or drive to get there?
Please put up captions for the city names. With the exception of Bologna, I couldn't understand where you were speaking of. Couldn't even get closed captions to pick up the city names.
5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.
Buongiorno …. What do you think are the best cities or towns to move to to apply for Italian citizenship by descent? I’m more interested in southern Italy.
Hi, I don't think it will anyhow influence the application process to be honest, I'd just go with the place that fits your needs most!
I'm not Italian and even I was like....no city in the SOUTH? Reallly...come on. Yes there might be less infrastructure but surely in fact there are wonderful towns/cities...clearly a shortsighted list by the newspaper.
I took a DNA test last year and ironically discovered even with blonde hair, blue eyes and olive skin that I’m 20% southern Italian and Greek.😂 I’m wanting to get out of the USA for several reasons and it’s because it’s not the country that it was when I was growing up in the 1970s or 1980s and crime is bad and the drugs are terrible and just we can’t have a peaceful administration when there are no wars going on; and then there’s another president is elected and over the past three years it’s been nothing but more in massive inflation & WARS.. crime is out of control, and the drugs are atrocious because of the southern border
I prefer Southern Italy over Northern Italy.
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 If you've ever been to Southern Italy, the Italians are more blonde haired and blue eyed. I spent a couple weeks there years ago and was surprised myself that it was so tropical and so many blonde haired Italians.
@@GEN_X_ thank you so much for that information! I’ve never known people from south Italy to have white hair, and I but I thought perhaps northern Italy. I think it’s interesting and I was rather surprised when I did get my heritage DNA test back because I knew of my dad’s family and my mother’s was completely English. The interesting thing is I’ve always had all of the skin and my daughter being 30% Swedish from her dad & 20% English from me and my mom’s family and then for whatever reason she didn’t get the DNA from southern Italy & Greece, but my son did, and he was born with white hair like me and blue eyes, and he has olive skin.
His hair is gotten a little darker with age and my daughters hair is very very dark blonde or light brown but she’s got pinkish color skin like her daddy .
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 No problem! I would definitely recommend Southern Italy. The food is spicier, the weather is more tropical, its more laid back, people are nicer and they look more like you! haha. I also have very blue eyes but from my family's German heritage. The only thing I would be worried about living in southern Italy is all the big earthquakes in Central and Southern Italy. Northern Italy doesn't really have that problem.
How do I spell number 4?
Quattro?
@@BoadiceanRevenge 🤣🤣🤣
5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.
Thinking about moving to Abruzzo region, namely Sulmona.
We went there just to check it out as a potential place to live.
what about rome?
Udine? A very weird choice. Did they say why? What are the parameters?
I was pretty surprised by this choice too, to be honest!
@@DramaticallyExpatic nothing to do there 😂
Io sono di Brescia, e qui vivo bene....c'e tutto e buoni servizi...e citta' pulita!!! La classifica e' soggettiva, dipende da uno cosa cerca .io andrei a vivere a Torino, a Milano no...x esempio!❤️credo di capire perche' il Sole 24 ore non ha messo citta' del Sud...qui non si tratta solo di bellezza artistica o paesaggistica, ma di qualita' di vita e di opportunita' lavorativa ecc...e da questo punto di vista, il quotidiano che si occupa molto di economia ha stilato una classifica giusta e logica .. 🥰il nord traina come da sempre...e a livello museale e gestione del patrimonio, x quello che ho visto girando il Paese fino a Napoli, ha una marcia in piu'...quello che ha lo valorizza al meglio, al sud ho visto siti meravigliosi tenuti malissimo, al limite dell'imbarazzante.... 🤔
Brescia è davvero bella ❤️
Yep Brescia is beautiful and you will pay for it. MOST do not have $400-500k for a small, yet, beautiful flat in Brescia. You can find cheaper, but do some homework on the living condition of those places, even in Brescia. Folks, so many people will chirp their two cents on where to live. Figure out your "budget" and how to sustain yourself, and then travel to Italy for 4-6 weeks (if you can) and explore or get a feeling on where you want to live and why you are passionate about Italy in the first place. NORTH OR SOUTH--so frustrating these arguments one what's to make. Point? You ask a 1000 different expats on where to live and you will get a 1000 different opinions/answers.. It can be daunting. Rome is NOT North (some love the Lazio region) and there are other great regions NOT in the North, so please do some homework on what FITS YOUR LIFESTYLE. Vacationing and living somewhere are two very different experiences. Barbara is listing a lot of very beautiful/expensive places to live and her passive income allows her to do just that which is great. For the rest of you, it will NOT work. Please just do your own homework and talk to someone who can help you along the way.....Again, MY two cents.
I personally like Salento, Puglia! ;)
Salento non e' citta'....😆
It's definitely a wonderful area ❤️
@@barbaragreppi Ma ci sono tanti paesi e città meravigliose in cui vivere nel Salento. ;)
@@davebanko4759 e' così in tutta Italia... 😆, ma qui si parla di citta', non di paesini. Restiamo sul tema del video 😀
What do you do there? Do you work online?
what about Padova, any good?
Padova is cute, yes...like Verona's little brother.
@@charliemoffettbeautiful but check the AQI ratings… air quality
Can i get a list of the names?
5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.
Nice
I could not understand your pronunciation of any of the cities. Maybe Milan?
Unfortunately, 2024's best city to live in will likely be 2025's worst city to live in, especially if it's on the smaller side.
San benedetto del tronto the best place of italy.❤
I don't agree with this list at all. I find Southern Italy to be far more interesting and enjoyable. .
Hey that's what I'm hearing and I've never been in Italy, but I plan on visiting g Palermo in Sicily which sounds like the spot for me and my fiance more laid back but we will see.
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None city exist in Italy to move there, Italy is dying, they economy is falling apart.....
,,In the long run...we are all dead" John Maynard Keynes
Bologna is also communist - just saying :)
please enlighten us more, Fabian.