You're in London. It's €30 to fly to Pescara. The same to Rome. Why would you want to sign a lease over the internet. I guess you could. But it's a big gamble on your part.

Job? Seriously? Greece is one of the few countries with higher unemployment.

Crime. Stay out of the worst neighborhoods and you'll be safer then the Queen at the palace.

 

Unfortunately for now i cant just go there for a couple of days as im working and i cannot take any days off..However, thank you for your response. Every thing is helpful!

 

bear in mind the center of pescara is not the cleanest of air to many cars

 

I am so glad you came to post
I have been looking from someone who lives in Pescara!!!!! EXCITING
I'm at start of research and cheapest closet to the sea----- like everyone else to live. I speak fluent English too---i read absolutely need to learn Italian to move there??
Any info from a local is truly appreciated
HAPPY New Year

 

GB are you looking specifically at Pescara or any place on either coast?

Your Italian will need to be better the smaller the town you pick. Also most seaside towns are seasonal. Winter will be much quieter and you'll need more Italian.

 

Hello, are there any English speaking expat communities in Pescara? I am looking to possibly retire there in about 2-3 years. Thanks!

 

Pescara itself isn't cheaper or IMHO cheap. Obviously it depends on how much budget is an issue. You can save money picking a smaller hill top town. It'll be colder in the winter but cooler in the summer.

Lazio isn't any more expensive. Reality is the higher number of places likely makes it easier to find something cheap.

Depends on what you're looking for. Both what you want to do and how you want to do it. Think about transport. Think about off season stuff.

What are you going to do come winter?

 

Pescara itself isn't cheaper or IMHO cheap. Obviously it depends on how much budget is an issue. You can save money picking a smaller hill top town. It'll be colder in the winter but cooler in the summer.

Lazio isn't any more expensive. Reality is the higher number of places likely makes it easier to find something cheap.

Depends on what you're looking for. Both what you want to do and how you want to do it. Think about transport. Think about off season stuff.

What are you going to do come winter?

You can save money picking a smaller hill top town. --as in what smaller hill top town?

Thank you for information...that's why I am here... not worried about tourists ..I want to move here--how close to ocean and how much Italian do I have to know to assimilate?

I want to be a part of a community--even though I'm from USA

 

If you don't have a reason to pick one town you should just cast a wide net. Start looking at the estate agent websites and see what you can find in your price range. Than start researching the town.

Plan out your day. Use Google maps to figure out the nearest grocery store for example.

You'll never fully assimilate. In most of these small towns the people you meet have known each since the cradle. Their grandparents knew each other since the cradle.

The more Italian you have the better.

 

Have a look at the place here on Google Street view. This is one of the "main" roads into Pescara, but you can tour around by double clicking ahead.

 

I have lived in Pescara for 20 years. The link above (Viale Bovio) is not the center of the city. If you want to get a good look at the city of Pescara, search for streets called Corso Umberto, Via Firenze, Via Venezia, Via Palermo. All of these streets lead directly down to and are walkable down to the Sea and the promenade (Lungomare). The promenade goes for about 15 miles along the Sea. Includes a really nice bike path as well. Take a look at our beautiful Pedestrian bridge too.

 

I am an Italian American living in Florida. My Italian is not perfect, but my Abruzzese cousins tell me it is very good. We speak only Italian when I visit. I am strongly considering retiring to Pescara within the next year or two. I have applied for dual citizenship based on descent and my appointment with the Italian Consulate is in March 2024. I would like to live in the center of Pescara near the beach, supermarket and restaurants. Is the center too noisy? Any reason not to rent in the center? Especially since I don't plan on buying a car? Thanks in advance.

 

Really, it does not say it is the centre ...

 

Based only on a few visits when living in Abruzzo Pescara is/was not for us, but is has all the connections and services, so I can see whereby it would be good/great for some. You might want to look up/down the coast where you will still have most of the latter, but much better/quieter life - Pineto (up) is lovely!

 

Honestly if you can afford to fly over I wouldn't worry about the other stuff. It's not going to add up to one R/T flight from Canada. It's also a how long is a piece of string question. Heating system? House size? House exposure? Town? It all changes the exact answer.

I'd point out that some/many Abruzzo homes can feel cold during the winter. Things aren't built to deal with the cold the way a Canadian would expect. On the coast if it gets to freezing overnight that's COLD. Most of the time you'll be closer to 10C.

On the car it really depends on what you're hoping to do. Do you mean inside the city? Or the province? No car would be easier in the city than one of the smaller towns in the province.

 

If you are looking for nice beaches, marina, historic centro storico, I would move to Vasto. Pescara does not have nice historic center, is quite dirty and we’d never live there. True, Vasto is another hour (I think) further south but is 10,000 times nicer. We were going to move to Città Sant’Angero …way up the hill, super nice views, but much further from the sea than Pescara. The only thing we liked about Pescara was the airport or bus station. We ended up settling in a Tuscan town, but after 10 years here we’re headingg to Abruzzo (not Pescara).