Buying a Property in Tuscany.

Buying a Property in Tuscany

Looking for a property in Tuscany can be difficult, we've collected the most extensive set of links to Tuscan estate agents, realtors, property finding companies and immobiliare. Whether you're looking for a business, holiday home, smallholding, farm, cottages, farmhouses, barns, villas or other properties begin your search here. We've also listed a number of other resources such as books, tourist information offices and the best language courses.

General reading ( (care of amazon.co.uk) more Tuscany reads below)

Restoring a Home in Italy Elizabeth Minchilli, Simon McBride (Photographer)	Buying a Home in Italy David Hampshire, Jim Watson (Illustrator)
Buying a House in Italy: Where and How to Do It Gordon Neale	Buying a Property: Italy Monica Larner, John Howell
The Italian Way: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Italians M. Constantino, L. Gambella	An Italian Affair: A True Story of Life, Love and Travel Laura Fraser
Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria Annie Hawes	Ripe for the Picking Annie Hawes
An Italian Education Tim Parks	Italian Neighbours Tim Parks
A House in Sicily Daphne Phelps	Vanilla Beans and Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany Isabella Dusi
Villa Fortuna: An Italian Interlude Geoffrey Luck	The Grown-up's Guide to Retiring Abroad
"A Place in the Sun": Buying Your Dream Home Abroad	A Place in the Sun: Favourite Destinations
Desiring Italy Susan Cahill	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy Frances Mayes
A Small Place in Italy Eric Newby	Love and War in the Apennines Eric Newby
Notes from an Italian Garden Joan Marble	On the Spine of Italy: a Year in the Abruzzi Harry Clifton
The " Daily Telegraph" Guide to Living Abroad	The Complete Guide to Buying Property Abroad
Live and Work in Italy Victoria Pybus, Huw Francis	Going to Live in Italy: Your Practical Guide to Life and Work in Italy Amanda Hinton
Living Studying & Working in Italy Travis Neighbour, Monica Larner	Living & Working in Italy Nick Daws, Jim Watson (Illustrator)
Living and Working Abroad : A Wife's Guide Robin Pascoe	Living and Working Abroad : A Parent's Guide Robin Pascoe
A Place in the Sun: Dream Homes Within Your Reach Fanny Blake

Estate Agents and Immobiliare

Agenzia Alfa	Giovanna Bologna	Toscana Houses
Agenzia Gamma	Green Umbria	Toscana Verde
Alleanza Immobiliare Group	Immobiliare Faber	To Tuscany
Balducci	Italian Properties	Tuscan Enterprises
Brian A French	Italvilla	Tuscan Feeling
Casa Travella	La Roque	Tuscany Inside Out
Dimore Toscane	Studio Montagliari	Tuscan Property Sales
Ercolani	TerradiSiena	Tuscany Real Estate
Finucci	Toscana Casa

Tuscany services

Our Toscana

Tuscany reads

Living in Tuscany Leonardo Castellucci	Country Houses of Tuscany Taschen Specials
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany James Bentley	The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany James Bentley
Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place Matthew Spender	A Tuscan Childhood Kinta Beevor
The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land Ferenc Mate	The Tuscan Year: Life and Food in an Italian Valley Elizabeth Romer
Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen Patrizia Chen	In Tuscany Frances Mayes, Bob Krist (Photographer)
Tuscan Living: From the Yorkshire Moors to the Tuscan Hills Sarah Frazer	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy Frances Mayes
Vanilla Beans and Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany Isabella Dusi	Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy Frances Mayes
Touring in Wine Country: Tuscany Maureen Ashley	Food and Wine Lovers Comp Tuscany Carla Capalbo
Tuscany and Its Wines Hugh Johnson	Walking in Tuscany: Tuscany, Umbria, Latium, Elba and Chianti Trail Gillian Price
Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria James Lasdun, Pia Davis	Diary of a Tuscan Chef: Recipes and Memories of Good Times and Great Food Cesare Casella, Eileen Daspin

Chianti reads

Chianti: The Land, the People and the Wine Raymond Flower

Tourism

Tuscany Tourist Board

Guides and Maps (care of amazon.co.uk)

Lonely Planet: Tuscany	Landscapes of Tuscany
The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria	Top 10 Travel Guide: Tuscany
AA Essential Tuscany & Florence	AA Best Drives Tuscany and Umbria
AA Road Map Tuscany	Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria

Learning the Lingo

Italian With Michel Thomas Complete Course CD Michel Thomas	Learn Italian (Italiano) the Fast and Fun Way Marcel Danesi, Heywood Wald
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Italian and English Dictionary	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian on Your Own
Collins Talking Italian-English Dictionary

Free Online translation

Alta Vista Babel Fish

FreeTranslation.com

Getting there by plane

Ryanair (from London Stansted) Alghero (Sardinia), Ancona, Bologna (Forli), Genoa, Milan (Bergamo), Palermo, Pescara, Pisa, Rome (Ciampino), Trieste, Turin, Venice Treviso, Verona (Brescia)

Other regions Estate Agents and Realtors

A House in Italy	House Around Italy (Abruzzo)	PFI International
Apulia (Puglia)	Ideal Casa	Rossi (Milan)
Arias (Milan)	Immobiliare Cortonese	Rural Retreats Ltd Tuscia
Aste Immobili	Immobiliare Florence	Siena 2000 immobiliare
Buying a Property in Italy	Immobiliare L'Architrave (Lunigiana)	Sonntag & Fritz
Casedamare (La Spezia)	Immobiliare Molise	Spazio Immobiliare
CasaItalia International	Immobiliare Valtaro	Studio James
Class Villas (Le Marche)	Immobiliare Wehner (Campione)	Tosi Immobiliare
County Homesearch	Incasa.it	Unicasa
Edilglobo	Intermedia Immobiliare	Venice Real Estate
Eurocasa	Italimmo	Venice Sales and Real Estate
Fingertiphomes	Liguria Estates	Villaman
Gabetti	Med Property Shop	Welcome Service (Umbria)
Garda Homes	Palladio Immobilweb
Grimaldi	Paradise Possible (Le Marche)

There are no guarantees as to the accuracy of the tables above, please let me know of any mistakes. And if you want to be added just send me an email, there is no charge. If you would like to advertise a property for sale, contact me here blah@2ndhandshops.co.uk. The cost is £15 assuming one picture and up to 50 words of text (supplied by yourselves). The link would be directly to the property on your website or would simply feature contact details. The ad remaining on site until the property has sold. The ad can appear on up to two pages, payment on publication of page(s) to your satisfaction. Ask if you would like any other variation.

Nothing to do with Italy this next lot but some of my favourite get-away-from-it-all reads

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia Chris Stewart - Great read	A Parrot in the Pepper Tree Chris Stewart
Manana Manana: One Mallorcan Summer Peter Kerr	Snowball Oranges: A Winter in Mallorca Peter Kerr
Spanish Lessons: Beginning a New Life in Spain Derek Lambert	Life in a Postcard: Escape to the French Pyrenees Rosemary Bailey
Home and Dry in France: Or a Year in Purgatory George East	Rene and Me George East
French Letters George East	French Flea Bites George East
A Year Behind Bars George East	French Cricket George East
Selling French Dreams Alan Biggins	A Normandy Tapestry Alan Biggins
An Englishman in the Midi John P. Harris	More from an Englishman in the Midi John P. Harris

ARE YOU CHANGING YOUR LIFE TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS?

SELLING UP, PLANNING NEVER TO RETURN?

ARE YOU MOVING ABROAD THIS SUMMER TO START A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE?

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