I am planning to buy a barn to renovate

"........... can anyone recommend a bank in Aulla ? which doesn't charge you extotiante bank charges !!   ........." You'll be lucky!  Chances are somewhere between Zero and Diddly Squat

Can anyone recommend a bank to use to open a current account ?Help appreciated !!

use bancoposta , by all postoffices Ugo , by Lifeinitaly.it  

 depend by offices ...., and your's   luck .. :) 

Thank you for your reply, do you know what information I will need to open an account ?

bancoposta ,Codice fiscale , residence ( even Residenza Elettiva) , Passporthttps://www.poste.it/bancoposta/conti-correnti/index.shtmlto start procedure , you has to go to an postoffice If you do not have residence in Italy - Bancoposta do not open you a bank account .Remain to is open a bank account to an standard bank , but  ATTENTION , italian bank open to you a foreign bank account , this is very expensive - To no pay bank fees , the only solution is a On-Line bank account with  Fineko or  Ing .      

Apart from the PO as Ugo says, you will pay for banking.  You will pay more for a nonresident account .  You have no choice - there is a tax on bankaccounts which you must pay, and free banking is anathema in Italy.    Accept it, learn a bit of Italian and opt for online banking which is cheaper.    

you are free of to pay , but you can EVEN not pay,  open a bank account with savings bank , they pay bank fees , for you , using the interest generated by the money that transit into your bank account . i suggest you to come to  https://www.ingdirect.it/conto-arancio/zero-spese.html or https://www.fineco.it/it/public/conto-e-carte