Fancy sipping wine in the Italian Alps while renovating your dream home—all funded by the government? It might sound too good ...

I could have easily been in Italy, France or Spain. But I didn’t even need my passport because I was less than 200 miles away from home in Wales.

Penne, located in Italy’s central region of Abruzzo, has been selling more one-euro homes since starting the program in 2022.

The good news is that stylish travel doesn’t require a lavish budget—all you need is the imagination to explore beyond the ...