These apartments in San Gimignano, Tuscany, offer vacation rentals near Siena, Italy. Set on the side of a hill, directly on the original old dirt road leading to the town, from where you can see the famous towers. Il Borghetto, Siena
This holiday villa in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy sits in extensive gardens laid out in the early 1920s by a world-renowned garden architect. With a big swimming pool, superb views and quick access to the city of Florence, this really is something rather special. Villa il Limone, Florence
Sleeps 2 to 6
Offering bed and breakfast in the Maremma (in the countryside of Lazio, Italy) Podere Giuliano is a recently restored farmhouse surrounded by pasture and cornfields close to Rome. Podere Giuliano, Viterbo
Sleeps 2 to 4+
This villa for rent in Tuscany lies 50 miles south of Siena, close to the Umbrian border. Sleeping 11, it Villa Le Terme, Siena
Sleeps 2 to 10+
Swimming pool
The 350 year old olive mill–il Mulino di Torrigiani sits on its own bridge with a brook running beneath it and features two lovingly restored apartments. Trek to the waterfall in back, and sleep to the sound of the bubbling brook! Located on the 'Strada del Vino', it is surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. Mulino di Torrigiani, Lucca
Sleeps 2 to 4+
Fattoria Mansi Bernardini is a holiday estate on the Lucca hills, Tuscany. Offering luxury B&B holidays in Tuscany, this agriturismo organises receptions and weddings, and produces its own extra virgin olive oil Fattoria Mansi Bernardini, Lucca
Monterchi is a picturesque Tuscan hilltop town east of Arezzo, near the Umbrian border. And Il Palazzetto is an old palace built right into the fortified walls of the main town square. Il Palazzetto, Arezzo
Sleeps 2 to 10+
Swimming pool
This is the perfect combination for vacation rentals in Italy ... a house close to the historic heart of Lucca, yet private, spacious and with a lovely garden. Nottolini Villa, Lucca
Sleeps 4 to 8