The Old World boasts famous property regions and a developed market…
In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of Paris—his adopted home. Here’s how Glass introduces Sedaris… “Two years ago, at the age of 41, barely speaking French, David Sedaris moved to Paris. He had no special feelings about France, no particular …
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Over the last couple of years, prices in some areas of Lisbon have pushed beyond 10,000 euros a square meter… Considered in the context of European capital city prices, that’s not necessarily a crazy reality… but in the context of Portugal, it is. But it’s also a superficial interpretation of this market. Those prices are …
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Back in 2014, I wrote the following for Overseas Opportunity Letter readers: For decades, Tramore has been popular with local tourists (especially from Dublin) who flock here for the miles of golden sand and the small-town resort feel. Until fairly recently, though still drawing the crowds every summer, the promenade had a run-down and shabby feel to …
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A day-trip to Barcelona or Cambrils? The biggest decision my family had to make over our two weeks spent on the Costa Dorada (Gold Coast) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, came down to this. Our 12-year-old architecture fan rooted for Barcelona. His two younger brothers sided with him—in the hopes of a visit to Camp Nou …
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In the spring of 2010, my family spent a month touring Montenegro. A couple of weeks into our trip, we zigzagged along mountain roads to leave behind the March showers that pelted Kotor Bay and ascended through the clouds until we reached the snowed-under ski resort of Kolašin. In a country about the size of …
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In the summer of 2005, I took a day trip with friends and work colleagues to Isla Contadora—one of the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama. (The setting here is important as it justifies my later actions.) While most of the party were on the sand, sipping beers or trying to break through coconuts …
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Last year I wrote to you about a truffle investment in France. Today I’m writing to tell you it’s sold out. So many OPA Readers bought in to the project that the developers have had to move to Spain to get more land, to plant more trees, to make more truffles. And the Spanish investment is …
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This little Balkan country in southeast Europe is more than just an occasional political tweet and an unknown member of
I’ve read several articles describing how to buy property in Italy… The more I read, the more confused I am about what those articles advocate. For example, many
Smart City: Paris, France Among Europeans, Paris has never been famous for being green, not in terms of recycling, emissions, or how many parks it has. However, the City of Light is about to change… In 2015, Paris launched its Smart and Sustainable Paris initiative. Part of this project includes Smart 2050 by architect Vincent …
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