All things you need to know about living in Vicoli
Vicoli, in the province of Pescara, is home to 4 Britons: 1.08% of its 370 residents.
ISTAT counts 22 residents with a foreign citizenship in Vicoli, 5.95% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (4), Russians (2), Brazilians (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
Vicoli qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pescara scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.7°C (84°F) and winters a low of -1.3°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Vicoli sees about 28 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,048mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 138 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Vicoli at about €493 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 17.2 years of renting the same property.
Vicoli population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6 | 1.62% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1.08% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.54% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.27% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.27% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.27% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.27% |
| United States | 1 | 0.27% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 326 | 88.11% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 11 | 2.97% |
| Born outside the EU | 33 | 8.92% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Pescara
Full BES profile for Pescara →Pescara on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Vicoli qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Property prices
Buying in Vicoli is far below the Pescara average of €1,049/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
17.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Seismic zone
Vicoli is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: P.O. Clinicizz. 'SS. Annunziata' Chieti, about 25.2 km / 24 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P.O. Clinicizz. 'SS. Annunziata' Chieti (DEA level I), about 25.2 km / 24 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Nearest airport: Abruzzo Airport (PSR), about 32.2 km / 32 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Crai, about 5.6 km / 6 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia De Luca Sas del Dr. Angelo Ciarfella e C., about 3.6 km / 4 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Chieti Madonna delle Piane, about 24.1 km / 23 minutes by road from Vicoli (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Vicoli, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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