I recommend La Casa degli Archi, a 16th century house with four vacation rooms and two mini apartments, on the outskirts of Arezzo in Tuscany. This charming house was recently restored in ...

In April, we stayed and dined at Country House Montali in Umbria, Italy. The gourmet vegetarian food was fantastic. Everything was fatto in casa (homemade), including the pastas, pastries ...

bought a quiet old country house in Tuscany’s neighboring—but much less discovered—region of Umbria. There, the family could swim, stroll the olive groves, and ride horses in what they felt ...

Each house has its own gardener, maid and concierge service, as well as access to the estate’s private restaurant, wine shop, fishing, hunting and riding (Andalusian horses are bred and trained here) ...