Pescara

In Pescara, TARI and IMU paperwork is filed with Adriatica Risorse at via Venezia 10. For below-market rents, ATER keeps an open ranking for canone concordato homes; in 2026 the Comune published a call for public housing. Rents, OMI prices and the pass price are in the data.

The ATER for the province of Pescara, at via Genova 53, manages public housing and has published the Comune di Pescara's 2026 call for housing allocation. For canone concordato homes there is an open ranking updated every six months.

A change of residence must be declared within 20 days and is free; registration runs from the date of the declaration. On Wednesday mornings there are open-air markets on via Diaz and between via Michelangelo and via Pellico. The Gabriele D'Annunzio regional library is on via del Concilio. Limited-traffic zones require authorisation.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Urban buses are run by TUA, the regional company; the La Verde trolleybus (line V1) links Pescara and Montesilvano on a dedicated lane, with contactless tickets on board. The Pescara Air Link joins Abruzzo airport and Pescara Centrale station, served by direct trains to Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Bari.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

The Pescara ASL is headquartered at via Renato Paolini 47 and organises its territory into three district areas (Metropolitana, Pescara and Montana). The city hospital is the Santo Spirito, with a CUP booking desk at via Fonte Romana 8. Bookings also by phone on 800 827 827 from landlines and on the ASL's citizen portal.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

In 2025 exports from the province of Pescara held almost steady (-1.0%), with a strong final quarter; manufacturing makes up 94.3% of exports, led by chemicals-pharmaceuticals and food. One active business in four (24.1%) is women-led, mostly in commerce. Figures from the Chieti Pescara Chamber of Commerce.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara has its Pescara campus on viale Pindaro, home among others to the Department of Architecture, with student offices and an interfaculty library.

A city united in 1927 and celebrating its centenary on 2 January 2027; the merger with Montesilvano and Spoltore is scheduled from the start of the same year. Recent symbols such as Pietro Cascella's Ship on the seafront and a jazz festival now in its 54th edition.

In 2025 no Abruzzo station exceeded the limits for PM10, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide, but those in the Pescara-Chieti area record the highest values in the region. The via Sacco station in Pescara exceeded the allowed number of days for the ozone target.

The seafront with Cascella's Ship and the Ponte del Mare, the free-access Pineta dannunziana nature reserve with the Aurum, a former distillery turned cultural centre, and the IMAGO Museum in a 1933 rationalist building. In July, Pescara Jazz between the Auditorium Flaiano and the marina.

The Comune lists the Villa Sabucchi park, with children's play areas, the Teatro Cavour, one of the city's most active cultural venues, and the Ludoteca Thomas Dezi, a space for exhibitions and events.