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Buying property in the Italian Mountains
Where to buy property in the Italian Mountains
Property investors looking to buy property in the Italian Mountains might be familiar with a ski few resorts: Sestriere, Courmayeur and Val Gardena (also known as Gröden) are perhaps the best known. But ski enthusiasts know that there are many more excellent skiing locations, and anyone seeking a property at a winter sport destination should consider some of these lesser renowned areas for a potential bargain.
There are properties for sale in the Italian Mountains across the whole of the north of the country, where the Alps and Dolomites dominate the landscape. From the region of Piedmont in the northwest to Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in the northeast, there are large and small resorts to suit most tastes. Property hotspots are the resorts with facilities to rival those of other countries’ ski destinations, or with plans to expand in the near future.
Mountain resorts need not be solely centred on skiing, and the Apennine Mountains that form the ‘spine’ of Italy’s mainland also have rural mountain properties that offer solitude and spectacular scenery the whole year round, from the north right down to the southern regions, and often at a price considerably lower than in the cities and countryside.
When buying property in the Italian Mountains as an investment or to rent out, the main considerations should be ease of access, eg proximity of airports and road connections, resort facilities, eg quantity and quality of winter and summer activities, and future plans to improve and expand the resort in the next few years – with competition from other countries, Italian resorts need to constantly maintain and push up standards to attract tourists.
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