Merry Christmas from SIS Property and Tourism Staff

With our best whishes... for a Merry Christmas and Magnificent 2008. www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk http://www.studioimmobiliarespano.it

The sunset from our office

Santa Maria al Bagno, Nardò (Lecce - Puglia) Italy

SIS Property and Tourism at WTM London 2006

On Wednesday 08th and Thursday 09th November one of our property consultant Sonia P. Falconieri and our administrator, Antonio Spano, will be visiting the World Travel Market at ExCeL in London on behalf of SIS so if you are attending and would like the chance to meet them please email at info@sispropertyandtourism.co.uk or visit www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk.
To promote the property and tourism market of this area (Nardò, Puglia, Italy), our agency has ideated the project Go to Nardò (www.gotonardo.blogspot.com) in partnership with the City Tourism Department and several tourist and commercial operators.

World Travel Market 2006 and Go To Nardò

Staged annually in London under one roof, World Travel Market is a must attend, business to business exhibition. WTM provides a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade industry to meet, network, negotiate, conduct business and stay abreast with the latest developments in the travel industry.
WTM brings together worldwide buyers and sellers from every sector of the industry. A record breaking 48,211 travel industry professionals participated at WTM 2005 representing 202 countries and regions.
The City of Nardò will be attending to WTM London 2006 (stand Europe, Italy, Puglia). The City Tourism Department Chairman Giuseppe Romeo, will be at the international exhibition on 8th and 9th November and will promote Nardò and surroundings through the brochure "Go To Nardò: the City of Art, Tourism and Hospitality in the heel of Italy.

Read more on www.wtmlondon.com and www.gotonardo.blogspot.com

The City of Nardò welcomes new citizens

The City tourism department chairman Giuseppe Romeo, in behalf of the government of the town, has received at Comune di Nardò Mr. and Mrs. Bo and Britt-Louise Martinsson delivering them a Welcoming Plate.

The Swedish couple has believed opportune to buy a property in Santa Maria al Bagno (area of Nardò, Puglia) in order to pass their holiday now and one more assiduous permanence in the years in which they will be retired, all that because attracted from the pictures of this small quiet oasis on the Ionian Sea.

The particularitity of this event has been the way in which the transaction has been concluded.

They, in fact, have bought their new house completely on-line having seen simply the floor plan and some pictures of this under-construction property advertised on http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk. After an exchange of e-mails with the property consultant Sonia Perrone Falconieri they have decided to confirm the purchase without never to have been on the territory and trusting of the kindness and professionality of the staff that has dealt with them.

The SIS operates in Puglia since 1990 and 4 years ago it has started to intensify the relationships with North-European partners in order to promote the territory and to increase with arduous job the a lot declaimed process of low-cost tourism.

Thanks to our website - Antonio Spano, general manager of the company, asserts - to the human resources of which the agency boasts the collaboration and the sensibility demonstrated in this field of the Tourism Department of the town this first results make us proud and encourage us to pursue our business mission. Today it is quite a passage of deliveries between us, who have worked to make Salento and Puglia their choice, and the City of Nardò, hoping that this extreme esteem and confidence demonstrated to us do not come disregarded but with the time consolidated, increasing this relationship between our beautiful area and these new citizens.

Article from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno

article from the apulian newspaper "La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno" 26 Set 2006

New citizens for Nardò, town in Puglia

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Buying a time-share flat in Gallipoli

Time-share: “Condominium” is a very common way to buy/sell holiday homes and means a free-hold property which is owned by different householders, at different times of the year.

In this case the apartment, completely furnished, will be owned by you 10 months per annum from September to June. July and August are owned by others. Moreover annual taxes and expenses are divided among all the householders of the apartment.
For instance a free-hold flat, such as this would normally cost about € 120.000. But for 10 months it will cost € 25.000, considering that the most important holiday months in Italy are July and August and the value in those months is higher. After buying it you can resell it, if you wish, or rent it out personally or through our agency.

One of our clients says:
“This has been a deeply reassuring and happy experience. The flat exceeded my expectations and I have the confidence that the agency take care of all local formalities and expenses in a wholly transparent way; so that there are no unpleasant surprises”. Marie-France Riboulet , (Bristol-UK)

to get more pictures click on http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Apartments_p.php

Buying properties in Puglia: Golden Rule

If you are looking for a property investment in Italy and/or in Puglia, new upcoming area of the South, the "heel" of Italy, please deal with licensed estate agents only. The role of Italian real estate agents is quite different from that British one.
In the UK everybody can set up an estate agency without any qualification or experience. Viceversa in Italy they must be professionally qualified, hold a licence to practise and have indemnity insurance. The agents operating without license are illegals.
On internet there are many unlicensed mediators, dealing with foreign buyers, selling properties and renting holiday home. Do not trust them! They promise lots of useful services but the real extra service they provide is to charge a commission up to 100% more than a licensed Italian agent, or, raise the market price of the property. Moreover if you take their advice you will not be covered by the legislation and the code of ethics which the legal agents must adhere to. If you are dealing with an agent ask for their registration roll number to the chamber of commerce and which professional association they are registered to. Remember buying property in Italy, legally, is safe as buying property in the UK, all you need is just to know the differences and follow the rules! For further info on this topic read the buying guide and FAQ section on http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk

SIS proud supporter of Salento Triathlon 2006

Hello Mates,

This below is the link to Salento Triathlon Sprint Rank 2006 blog, where you can find the pictures of the most important moments of the national gear sponsored by our company and which has taken place in Santa Maria al Bagno (Nardò, Lecce, Puglia, Italy) beautiful town on the Ionian sea.
About 100 athletes have been competing to gain important points for the national rank. They swimmed for 750 mt in the bleu sea of Puglia, cycled for 20 km and runned for 5 km long the shoreline of Nardò.
The winner, Mr. Alessandro D'Ambrosio, took 1h 02m 38s to complete his tour.

http://salentotriathlon.blogspot.com

Our office view

This is the magnificent view that we have out our office in Santa Maria al Bagno, Nardò (Lecce - Puglia). This is splendid and very helpful especially those days when you don't want to work, you need just to cross the road and laze in the sun or have a refreshing break? Isn't it? This is the real reason if sometimes we answer to our client emails after several days. :)

I'm joking guys!
I'm just trying to suggest you to stand out of the crowd and spend your holiday or to move in this particular place!

I've gotta got now! The sun is waiting for me!

imagine an orange sun, a blue sea & a nice sky...

imagine an orange sun, a blue sea & a nice sky...
here we go! the summer here is beginning and we are ready one more time to dive into this magnificent ionia sea! get ready... we'll be waiting for you!

Furnieddhu

"Furnieddhu" local word to describe this typical rural house made by stones, a sort of trullo.