However, you may not be aware that the Bel Paese also has more to offer — spectacular, cinematic, uninhabited ghost towns! According to various reports, more than 2,300 towns in Italy are at ...

However, few people know that just off the coast of Venice lies an abandoned island so reportedly haunted and dangerous that ...

Italy's small towns may be scenic respites from touristy ... quaint villages and rural hamlets have taken to selling their abandoned properties for a single euro or less with the hopes of boosting ...

While many tourists flock to Italy’s more famous destinations ... “Step into the past by visiting the medieval ghost town of Craco,” Lynn suggested. "While it's only partially open to ...

Narrator: And that's Gillian, a new homeowner in Sambuca, Sicily, a picturesque town in Italy's countryside in danger of dying out. That is, until the government started selling abandoned homes ...

Take a photographic tour through the country’s effort to revitalize its rural towns Left, the 19th-century Church of Santa Lucia, in Longiaru, in northern Italy. Right, the largely abandoned ...

For years, small towns in Italy like Mussomeli and Sambuca di Sicilia have garnered attention for selling abandoned homes for a low, low cost — often starting at just 1 euro, or about $1.08 USD.

Hundreds of derelict apartments sitting on Italy’s south coast have become ... It then became a ghost town where crime and prostitution were commonplace. Until recently, Claudia Conte's family ...

The Italian region of Trentino is offering up to €100,000 (£83,595) for people willing to relocate and renovate abandoned houses in the area. With vineyards, lakes, ski slopes and hiking in the ...

Several small Italian towns have hit the headlines for selling ... many of Italy’s prettiest remote villages are becoming abandoned, with tiny, ageing populations that are beginning to die ...