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Cost & housing
Arezzo is one of the best-value cities in Tuscany: a real, working city built on gold and jewelry rather than tourism, with a beautiful historic centre and prices well below Florence, Siena, or the hill towns. Housing here is affordable, and because it’s a proper city and not a postcard, supply is steadier than in the tourist towns.
Renting
These reflect a decent, functional apartment with a real kitchen and a lift. Cheaper exists if you compromise on condition or location; as a working city, Arezzo has steadier rental supply than the tourist hill towns.
Immobiliare / local listings, 2026
Buying
Prices are rising gently, up about 2% across the city year on year, off a low base. Arezzo is one of the most affordable cities to buy in Tuscany, a real working economy rather than a tourist market.
Immobiliare, 2026
Other monthly costs
Utilities are a national market in Italy, so that range holds roughly anywhere. Arezzo sits in the inland Tuscan hills with cold winters, so heating works a bit harder here than on the coast.
Autolinee Toscane, 2026
Our take
Arezzo is the sensible, affordable, real-city choice in Tuscany: Renaissance beauty and a fast train to Florence and Rome, at prices that shame the tourist towns, kept in check by a genuine gold-and-jewelry economy. You give up a little of the postcard fantasy and get a working city with jobs, supply, and prices to match.
The one thing nobody else tells you: Arezzo is one of the gold-jewellery capitals of the world, a huge share of Italy’s gold is worked here, which means, unusually for a Tuscan town, it has a real industrial economy and actual jobs beyond tourism and wine. That’s why it stays affordable and lived-in year-round while the famous hill towns empty out, and why it’s a genuine option for someone who needs to work, not just retire.
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