There for the taking, at prices not seen in Tuscany and Umbria in this century, are the village houses, town flats and country olive mills of the Ciociaria. The terrace of the low-hanging fruit, for example, belongs to an old cotton factory and its half-dozen outbuildings, which is on the market at £130,000. Even after a through renovation, for less than £500,000 you will have a small apartment complex, a boutique hotel or a fabulous one-off holiday home — isolated in its large garden but within walking distance of a decent cappuccino on Arpino’s main piazza.