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Italy or Repubblica Italiana or Italia is a country in Southern Europe. Italy is nicknamed as Boot because of its boot like geographical shape. Italy is a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia.

The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are located within the Italian territory. Italy shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.

Italian is the official language, and the Eternal City-Rome is the capital and the largest city of Italy.
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Make beautiful Bologna or captivating Capri the first stop on your search for overseas property says David Redfern…

Think of Italy and you’re most likely to think of its love affair with fashion and fast cars than a second home in the sun. Outstanding cuisine, delicious wines, stunning countryside and a rich cultural heritage all still figure but the eternally stylish nation has been more often than not a leader not a follower when it comes to property trends. Until now that is.

Casting off its underdog status in the last few years, Italy is rapidly usurping traditional favourites like Spain and France with its eclectic range of state of the art villas and dilapidated country houses ripe for restoration.

A Tuscan Tale (Of Caution)

The well trodden path from Tuscany is an immediate favourite for first time house hunters eager to enjoy familiar creature comforts. Fulled by a thousand postcard images, it’s already a challenge to find an apartment or villa well matched to a modest investment budget. The canny bargain hunter should instead look to the east and venture into the lush countryside of Umbria. Only an hour or so from Florence by train, Umbria is an area largely unspoilt and un-chartered by foreign buyers.

The only land locked region in Italy, Umbria and its capital Perugia overflows with an abundance of culture and history. Home of the Etruscans and a suffering an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the arts, Umbrian property hunters focusing their search on the regional capital will find apartments and country properties with ease.
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Travel in northen Italy, Flashbooking is becoming a recognized source of information and services for who loves creating a trip by him/herself and book bed nights securely online, this issue: Travel in Milan City.

Milan, a northern Italian city, stands in the centre of the large Lombardy plain, between the the Po, Adda and Ticino river valleys.

Like many citys of its kind located on a plain, the city radiates out,in a regular pattern from its nucleus, the ancient city centre.This large and lively city is an important financial centre, a creative fashion workshop and a place rich in artistic and cultural sights.

Flashbooking is a growing cheap hostel Milan and hotels directory specializing in budget accommodation for independent travellers, students, backpackers, families and all the ones that travel on a pocket. Flashbooking is becoming a recognized source of information and services for who loves creating a trip by him/herself and book bed nights securely online.

The Piazza del Duomo, is recognised as the official centre of the city. The square is flanked by a long line of porticoes and on the square’s left side, the entrance to the Vittorio Emanuele II. The two Arengario buildings facing the gallery from across the square, indicate the access point to Piazza Diaz.

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