Options include moving to one of nine villages in Calabria, the ‘toe’ of the Italian boot, where those under 40 who start a business can receive €28,000 (£23,900), or buy a property to renovate in Sardinian villages with a population under 3,000 and become a full-time citizen in return for €30,000 (£25,600). Trentino in northern Italy will pay up to €100,000 (£85,330) to those committing to a long-term residency and even small mountain villages in Tuscany were offering grants last year of up to €30,000 to those buying a home and relocating.