Agriturismo La Mora, an organic farm just outside Assisi in Umbria, has five vacation rental apartments offering accommodation for 2+1 to 6+2 guests. Marvellous views, large swimming pool and superb playing/sports facilities including mountain biking and horseriding. Agriturismo La Mora, Perugia
Villa Bobolino is a seventeenth century Italian villa, available for rent and located within walking distance of the centre of the fine hilltop town of Cortona, Tuscany. Large gardens, swimming pool, peaceful location. Villa Bobolino, Arezzo
Sleeps 4 to 8
Swimming pool
Offering Cortona vacation rentals, Tuscany, Italy, this ancient stone farmhouse has three restored apartments affording wonderful views over the Chiana Valley. Cocciaio, Arezzo
Villa Il Turco (sleeps up to ten people) is an elegant sixteenth-century country estate just 18 kilometres from Florence. Antique furniture, a formal Italian garden, private swimming pool, perfect isolation, the list goes on. Villa Il Turco, Florence
Sleeps 6 to 10
Swimming pool
Something special among Tuscany vacation villas — the Villa Spada, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy is fabulously restored. With a private pool and set high in the hills 20 minutes north-west of Lucca, the house offers accommodation for 8 to 10 people over 400m². Villa Spada. Villa Spada, Lucca
Pugnano Alto Farm Apartments, Umbria - Choose from four holiday apartments in a restored farmhouse with beautiful scenery, a swimming pool, children's play area and easy access to Perugia and Cortona. Pugnano Alto Farm Apartments, Perugia
Sleeping eight, this villa in Italy, on the Amalfi coast, is in a quite idyllic location. Villa dei Venti, Salerno
Sleeps 2 to 8
Castello della Montecchia is a prestigious wine-making estate not far from Padua (Padova) in the Veneto, northeast Italy. It offers three apartments for four and one apartment for two within a couple of minutes of a golf course and swimming pool. Castello della Montecchia Apartments, Padua
Sleeps 4 to 10+