"Move" to Puglia for a while and see how it works

Moving to a foreign country can be different to what you think. Don't spend a lot of money, time and energy until you know what it is like to live here. By staying in Villa Colonnata while looking for your ideal house, you will experience what living in the area will really be like instead of staying in a hotel or a B&B.

While you experience the area, you will have plenty of time to look for the property of your dreams. We know some thrustable agents (who speak english), and we are happy to help you to get in touch with them. It is much easier, and of course much cheaper, to spend some weeks here looking for property than to fly home and then come back to Puglia, maybe several times to look at properties. When you know the area better and know the different small communities, it will also be easier for you to decide where you want to live.

We have been through it all; looking for property, negotiating, writing contract, getting in touch with craftsmen, making decisions about what is urgent to do and what can wait, setting up bank account etc., etc.

A lot of properties are for sale in the area. Some are ready to move into, some need renovating before you can move into your dream house.

Because of own experience we can offer our services; we know italian law and know the common procudures when buying a property, trustworthy agents and diffent kind of reliable craftsmen. We can be your local representative while you are away etc. Tell us what you need. Click here to read more...

Holidays in Puglia:

Because Puglia is not yet saturated by tourists outside Italy, the area is the "real" Italy. Here you visit small shops; sometimes you are hardly able to find them because they have no big signs. The piazza (the open area in the midlle of the town) is full of men at daytime, women seem to be at home coocking, but women are always welcome. You can enjoy the world's most tasteful cappucino in the small cafés or coffee bars. In the evenings the narrow streets in the charming cities are crowded with local people. Families are out eating dinner together or just meet in the piazza for a chat. The "passagiata" or evening stroll is a favourite Italian pastime.

Are you interested in Italian culture, music, architecture, nature? You have come to the right place.

Wheather you like cooking yourself or going out to eat, you will enjoy fabulous meals made of fresh local produce, accompanied by tasteful wines from the area.

Current weather in Puglia:

Webcamera in San Michele Salentino:

You find live webcamera from the piazza in San Michele Salentino here >>>

Climate in Puglia:

For someone used to a Northern European climate summer temperatures in Puglia start at the end of April and last until until November. There can be some rain and temperatures below + 10 degrees Celsius during December, January and February.

Climate in Brindisi:

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