Buying a cheap property in Italy is an attractive prospect for many travelers, particularly with the ever-growing number of towns offering up homes for next to nothing through regeneration schemes.

With property prices reaching record highs in some parts of the world, the opportunity to buy a home for just €1 ($1.10/£0.80) may seem too good to be true. But a handful of Europe's historic towns ...

(CNN) — Buying an abandoned home in a tiny, depopulated Italian village is something that many travelers will have mulled over, especially given the vast number of bargain house schemes launched in ...