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
Ceppatelli is a fine stone country house, recently restored, with a new swimming pool and some splendid views across the valley below. Cepatelli, Lucca
Sleeps 10+
Swimming pool
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+
Umbria, holiday apartments Agriturismo Santa Maria for rent on an organic farm in superb countryside make a wonderful base for a vacation in Italy. With a swimming pool and the towns of Assisi, Perugia and Orvieto within easy reach. Agriturismo Santa Maria, Terni
Bed and Breakfast Il Fae' - This choice of two Veneto villas (or bed and breakfast holiday accommodation), plus a host of cookery, art and history tours makes this the perfect way to explore and get to know northern Italy. Bed and Breakfast Il Fae', Treviso
