In Focus: Europe

Drumroll, please… Announcing, the Best Place To Retire In Europe (And The World) for 2024: Valencia, Spain! City of Joy......

We’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In...

We’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In...

With great anticipation we await the launch of our 2024 Overseas Retirement Index, coming next week… I can’t divulge the...

I’m about to ring in my sixth year as a resident in France, and I’ve so far celebrated in a...

By American standards, the holiday season starts early in Europe… Halloween isn’t traditionally celebrated here, and Thanksgiving doesn’t exist, so...

One of the best things about living in Europe, and one you’ll hear touted by all expats who come to...

Portugal is home to Europe’s best beaches, 1,115 miles of coastline, and 300 days a year (3,300 hours) of sunny...

A lot has happened in Portugal recently: • The Non-Habitual Residents (NHR) regime expires on Dec. 31, 2023. • The...

Last week at our Live And Invest In Spain Conference I gave a presentation on bringing your pets overseas with...

I would argue that most things in life are better with a twist… something unusual… unexpected… unfamiliar… makes anything more...

I arrived in sunny Valencia on Monday to clear blue skies and perfectly warm temperatures—a nice change from chilly, gray...

I’m in Spain again, much to my delight, for our first-ever Live And Invest In Spain Conference. Some sunshine, seafood,...

“It rains more here than back in England!” Over tea and madeleines yesterday, my British friend Lucy groused a bit...

A place where you can truly get away from it all… These days, it sounds like a tall order. But the world...

A forgotten place of raw natural beauty is about to be rediscovered... A place with long sandy beaches and perfect...

Thinking about moving to Greece? Many Americans are considering relocating to this historic and beautiful country—thanks at least in part...

When most people think about investing in property overseas, they think about buying a little beach condo somewhere… a piece...

Murcia, Spain, known as the Vegetable Garden of Europe, is famous for its bounty of fruits, vegetables, and spices that...

Is there any mode of transport so pleasant… so relaxing… so civilized… as train travel? In Europe, at least, I’d...

Tucked between two much more visited regions on Spain’s southeastern costas lies the Costa Calida, home to the region of...

Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, has so many nicknames and claims to fame, it’s hard to highlight just one aspect of...

Europe is on a tear right now with visitor numbers breaking record levels, and Americans are arriving in droves—both for...

Europe is a continent of myths and legends. Whether it’s the “banshee,” the wailing old woman of Irish folklore who...

Best place to live or retire in Europe? For years we’ve been shining the spotlight on Portugal’s Algarve region… and...

The new "life insurance" is getting residency in another country. The effects of the pandemic are still casting a shadow...

“Every home should have at least a pair of Cypress trees at the entry. One at either side of the...

Why should anyone want to live in Europe? Here are the top 11 reasons I can think of… 1. Café...

When I moved to Europe five years ago, my destination was clear: I was going to Paris. I had waited...

At the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean, you’ll find an island that has dazzled mankind for millennia… The Greeks...

Europe’s Last Frontier In the Great Age of Discovery, ships went forth from Europe to the far reaches of the...

Larnaca, Cyprus, is known for its seafront. It’s got the sand, sea, and palm trees… The climate is ideal—warm but...

Milan is a unique city in Europe… very unlike any other Old World destination. It’s not as new and modern...

Each year, our Live And Invest In Portugal Conference falls on the week of my birthday… and for the last...

The history of the island of Cyprus dates back millennia… However, for real estate investors, the history that is critical...

I am coming to the end of my visit to my one-time home of Panama, where I lived for seven...

Deauville, known as the Parisian Riviera and the “Saint-Tropez Normande,” is one of the most famous getaways from Paris... Located...

At the time of my last dispatch, I was traveling to La Rochelle on an easy three-hour train ride that...

On Cyprus' northern coast, you can never get lost, I'm told. The mountains always to the south, the sea always...

Sixteen years ago I flew into sunny, cosmopolitan Barcelona and thought what a great place this would be to live,...

In my last issue I started a tour of Europe, showing you some of the highlights of a life in...

It might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could...

Driving from Nicosia, Cyprus’s capital, along a straight road ascending the Kyrenia mountain range, you arrive at the pass and...

Speaking to some of our attendees in Portugal last month, many had questions about the cost of living in my...

I’m here in Carvoeiro, in Portugal’s Algarve region, for our annual Live and Invest in Portugal Conference, and it’s so...

“Well, we walked across the city’s oldest bridge to get here… passed Notre Dame Cathedral on its other side… and...

Back in Paris after a couple weeks in my former adopted home of Panama, I was struck anew by all...

Portugal is a small country, but there is a definite geographic barrier between the country's northern heartland and the Algarve:...