Italy is handing out FREE Castles!

[slywest]

Italy is giving away 103 free castles, farmhouses and historic sites in the hope that it will boost its faltering regional tourism sector.

The castles and farmhouses are kindda run-down, and located in remote areas and historic sites,
but hopes to attract overseas visitors and tourists.

the catch is that anyone who bags a property will need to commit to restoring or renovating the property and turning it into a tourism facility.

The project is aimed at alleviating tourist overcrowding at Italy’s most popular spots, including Rome, Venice and Florence, and promoting the country’s lesser-known destinations.

There are plans to add another 200 buildings and sites to the list in the next few years.

Efforts to lure in more tourists to other areas of Italy have been ramping up lately.

Just last week, an Italian mayor was offering $2,946 and a week’s worth of rent free rent to bolster the population in Bormida, a small village in Liguria, which is about an hour and a half’s drive to Genoa, in north-west Italy.

Take a look at some of the properties on offer below.

Source: Weforum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/italy-is-handing-out-castles-for-free-but-theres-a-catch?utm_content=buffer6268f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Comments

[peterthinks]

i follow you

[slywest]

awesome @peterthinks - Upvoted you 🙌

[yingyangchan]

That is actually an awesome idee! If you have the time and money to commit to do such a project why not! But the castles seems to be haunted :O

[slywest]

@yingyangchan hopefully not all 103 castles are haunted, but better make a visit to it before you commit to stay and rebuild the place. not a fan of ghosts either 👻