Germans Buy Village In Tuscany
We know Germans love to travel--they seem to pop up all over the world. And while some of them will hitch up their lederhosen and go adventuring independently, others like the security of knowing there'll be German speakers and a few Bratwurst wherever they go.
Which presumably is why German tourist operator TUI thinks buying an entire Italian village in Tuscany was a sound business decision. For 250 million Euros (US$336m), TUI now owns all 8 square miles of a medieval Tuscan village named Tenuta de Castelfalfi. Only it won't be named that for long, as the new German owners will be renaming it the Toscana Resort Castelfalfi.
The only deed not handed over was that of the church, which remains in Italian hands--but the Germans have to pay for its upkeep in their new village. TUI's proud that soon "it will offer 3,200 customers a genuine rural experience." Genuine German-Italian, that is.
[Photo: Argenberg]
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