What is the nicest city to live in in Italy?

Question

I'd like to hear people's opinions on what the nicest city to live in is in Italy and why. Thanks!

Answer 1

Bologna has my heart! Its not bombarded with Turist. the food is incredible! People are very friendly and its small enough to learn your surroundings in a short time, but its big enough to be called a city! I love this places.. If I am ever lucky enought to have an Italian passport I am moving there!

Answer 2

Ascoli Piceno founded by the Piceni tribe. The tribe founded the city after a woodpecker lead them to the area after a battle with Romans.

Ascoli Piceno is now a beautiful medieval joy with much of the old town dating back to the thirteenth century and the walls of the city dating back even further to Roman times.

Answer 3

It depends on what your personal definition of nice is. Cities in Italy are diversified. Venice may be the nicest for one kind of person and Rome for another, etc. Tell us more about you.

But you asked for our opinions, so personally, I prefer the small villages over the cities, mostly because the cities have too many tourists in them and as a result some of the simple charms of Italy are drowned out by all the congestion and crowds.

Answer 4

Venice

No cars and a lot of quiet (tourists only walk along the famous tourist itineraries). Art, the sea, history, contact with people and a lot of pleasant walking

Answer 5

Valencia

Answer 6

Naples - many US citizens inthe area and the people are friendly.   Its on the coast, in the middle of the country and very near ROME.

Answer 7

Florence

Answer 8

I'm italian and I think that the best to live are: Florence, Ferrara, Bologna

Answer 9

I like very much Lucca in Tuscany. It is a very old town surrounded by  walls ( called Mura) an plenty of ancient churches and monuments  of all ages from Roman empire till Renaissance. It is a quiet town with beautiful environs .

At few kilometers there are the Versilia coast one of the most famous places for its beaches of .Italy. I was born at Bagni di Lucca but now I live in La Spezia.

Answer 10

I prefer being close to the ocean so I prefer Amalfi or Sorrento in the bay of Naples.  The people are friendly, stress is non-existant, ancient history all around you, the weather is gorgeous and the food..... out of this world.  Before the Euro, prices in Italy were very low, I planned to buy a place and retire there.  Unfortunately now everything is expensive as in large centers in the US like NY, LA, etc..  I haven't given up the idea to live there though.

Answer 11

PARMA - Nice people, great food!!!

Answer 12

I lived in Rome for a year and I loved it. I love the small towns in Italy, but the reason I loved living in Rome is that it is so well connected to every other part of Italy by train. You can go to the North/South/Tuscany/Umbria etc really easily. Rome has so much history and energy and is an amazing place to live. I would go down to the Amalfi Coast for the weekend, or to Florence or Siena or up to Liguria. Amazing.

Answer 13

According to the result of an opinion poll in the year 2006 SIENA has been rated as the best city where to live.

Here's the 2006 ranking of the 10 top best Italian cities

completed with the # of votes and  ranking in the previous year 2005:

1 SIENA  ( with  589 votes - in 2005  ranked 11th)

2 TRIESTE  ( 582 votes   -1st)

3 BOLZANO ( 576   8th ex-aequo)

4 TRENTO   (573    8th ex-aequo)

5 BOLOGNA (568   7th)

6 MILANO   (565  4th ex-aequo)

7 RAVENNA (554   4th ex-aequo)

8 FIRENZE   (553 23th )

9 BELLUNO (550  3rd)

10 GROSSETO ( 544  18th)

Choice is due to a combination of 36 factors as quality of connections, citizen facilities, presence of green, level of pollution, security, population, safety, ect.

Answer 14

Porto Cervo-Sardegna

Cosenza-Calabria

For me anywhere near to the water.