Umbria - This country house offers self-catering holiday apartments in a tiny 13th century hamlet - comfortable holiday accommodation with excellent sports facilities, a pool and cookery and painting courses. Palazzi Rufini, Perugia
Bed and Breakfast Relais Chiara e Lorenzo is just 15 kilometres to the east of Florence, and offers family hospitality in a fine old country villa. Cooking classes and wine tasting tours are available. Relais Chiara e Lorenzo, Florence
Girosole offer customised Italy walking and trekking tours across many areas of the country. They offer 'off-the-shelf' tours or tailor-made ones, but the emphasis is always on small groups, value, and getting to know the real Italy. Girosole Tours, ---
This holiday apartment with private garden is set within the medieval walls of Lucca - a real find. You are just a few minutes from the Duomo, some great shops and all the sights. The apartment can be rented only as a whole, on weekly or monthly bases. Residenza Il Glicine, Lucca
Sleeps 2 to 6
Enjoy a holiday pampering yourself - with a relaxing beauty and health break at this five-star luxury Italian hotel and health spa not far from Siena, Tuscany. Hotel Adler Thermae, Siena
Swimming pool
Valpolicella - a holiday Bed and Breakfast in the Italian countryside between Verona and Lake Garda, La Caminella offers a range of courses including cooking, wine-tasting and pottery. La Caminella, Verona
Le Sorgive e Le Volpi, Lombardy - Near Lake Garda, this vacation farm offers apartments and rooms for rent. It has excellent facilities including a pool, restaurant, gym and horse riding school. Agriturismo Le Sorgive e Le Volpi, Mantua
Located on the famous Capo Vaticano, a short distance from Tropea, Tonicello Village has both hotel accommodation and self-catering rental apartments in this splendid region of Calabria. You’re always just a short distance from the clear waters and white beaches of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Villaggio Hotel Tonicello, Vibo Valentia
