Lazio

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).

Before: documents, housing, school. First week: codice fiscale, SIM, bank account. First month: residence permit if non-EU, residence, SSN registration, then the driving licence within a year. Household goods duty-free for arrivals from outside the EU, car to be re-registered.

Regional rail network radiating from Rome (Trenitalia FL1–FL8 lines), Cotral intercity buses, two airports (Fiumicino and Ciampino), port of Civitavecchia for Sardinia and Sicily, Laziomar ferries to Ponza and Ventotene. Away from the rail corridors a car is needed.

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.

Ten local health authorities (six in Rome and its province, one for each other province), with large hospital trusts and university hospitals concentrated in the capital. Lazio was under a recovery plan from 2007 and run by a commissioner until 2020; in the 2023 LEA monitoring it is compliant. Bookings through ReCUP and the Salute Lazio 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.

Service-based labour market concentrated in Rome: public administration, services, tourism, ICT, audiovisual, international organisations. In the provinces pharmaceuticals (Pomezia–Latina–Frosinone), aerospace and agriculture matter most. Wide gap between Rome and Frosinone/Latina. Regional job centres.

Three large state universities in Rome (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre) plus Foro Italico, Tuscia in Viterbo and Cassino, and many private and pontifical universities. Grants, housing and canteens for student support are run by DiSCo Lazio.

Metropolitan city of Rome Capital and four provinces (Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Viterbo). Ordinary statute, no minority protected under law 482/1999. Festivals: Saints Peter and Paul in Rome (29 June), Macchina di Santa Rosa in Viterbo (3 September, UNESCO heritage).

Mediterranean climate on the coast and in Rome, with ever hotter summers; cold Apennine interior around Rieti. Seismic zone 1 along the Rieti Apennines (Amatrice, 2016), low on the coast. The Colli Albani are a quiescent volcano monitored by INGV. Episodes of water crisis (Bracciano 2017).

Beyond Rome: Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Etruscan necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, Via Appia (UNESCO). Tuscia, Castelli Romani, lakes, Circeo National Park, the coast of Sabaudia, Sperlonga and Gaeta, the islands of Ponza and Ventotene. Summer beach season, art towns all year. Municipal tourist tax.