• CONTACT US if you have any problems registering for the forums.

Newbies Headed to Italy

Stump

New Member
My wife & I are preparing for our retirement In Italy. We are trying to utilize all resources possible to gather information to facilitate our move and help on decisions about where exactly to land.
 
Hello Stump and welcome to a friendly forum!
Things are a bit quiet here since Covid re-arranged things regarding travel....;)
But I'm pretty sure that if you ask specific questions you'll get good answers.
When you say "newbie" - do you mean newbie to the forum or newbie with regards to Italy?
And if you do have experience in Italy, you might want to relate a bit...
Good luck.
 
Newbie to the forum. My wife lived in Roma some years ago & I have walked some of the Via Francigena. We are looking around Umbria (digitally, not in person) at various cities/villages for ideas. When we can finally do the research with feet on the ground, we hope to have a shorter list of possibilities. Spoleto is on our list, as is Umbertide. Hopefully as we watch the forum, we can pick-up information & ideas.
 
Hopefully as we watch the forum, we can pick-up information & ideas.
Since very few are traveling in these circumstances, you might like to check the search tool here on the site, or ask specific questions. I believe there are even members here who live in Umbria.
 
Our one foray into Umbria several years ago had a humorous aspect which your post reminded me of. We were to have dinner at a recommended place and got somewhat lost. I kept asking directions for Umber Tide and no one had a clue what I was talking about. That is, until my wife overheard me (she had been driving and not paying attention to my verbalization) & started laughing, correcting my pronunciation to the Italian um-bert-te-de. We found it easily after that.
 
Hi there. I can offer some advice through my articles for International Living. There are plenty on their website that are free, so be sure to check those out. There are so many choices; it all comes down to the atmosphere, size of town, amenities and lifestyle you want to have.
 

How to Find Information

Search using the search button in the upper right. Search all forums or current forum by keyword or member. Advanced search gives you more options.

Filter forum threads using the filter pulldown above the threads. Filter by prefix, member, date. Or click on a thread title prefix to see all threads with that prefix.

Sponsors

Booking.com Hotels in Europe
AutoEurope.com Car Rentals

Recommended Guides, Apps and Books

52 Things to See and Do in Basilicata by Valerie Fortney
Italian Food & Life Rules by Ann Reavis
Italian Food Decoder App by Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls
French Food Decoder App by Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls
She Left No Note, Lake Iseo Italy Mystery 1 by J L Crellina

Share this page

Back
Top