The central Italian region of Tuscany has Florence as its capital and offers a natural landscape.
This takes in the rugged Apennine Mountains, the island of Elba's beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea and Chianti's olive groves and vineyards.
Tuscany Now & More has added three properties to its portfolio of rental accommodation in Tuscany and throughout Italy
Ca'di Lista
Ca' di Lista is a 16th-century Venetian villa with private heated pool, extensive grounds and personalised chef services.
Ca' di Lista was designed in the 16th-century as a hunting lodge by Dario Variotari, architect, painter and apprentice of Veronese.
It was later converted into a country retreat, preserving all of its original features such as the 16th-century hand-painted frescoes and 18th-century trompe l'oeil works.
Standing on the hilltop of a private wine estate, near Padua and Venice, it is surrounded by vineyards, has views of the Colli Euganei hills, and in walking distance of a 27-hole golf course and Michelin-star restaurant.
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Monsassa
Monsassa is a home on a hilltop with views of the stunning countryside near Montespertoli. A large open space living area leads out under a loggia and a spacious shaded dining area.
There is a private swimming pool that is set across a well-kept lawn offering views of the countryside dotted with hamlets, farmhouses and the city of San Gimignano.
This villa is set in a base l from which to explore central Tuscany with many villages and towns to visit.
There is a restaurant just 400 meters/yards from the villa, set in an olive grove offering healthy local food grown on location.
Guests can easily reach Florence, Greve in Chianti and San Gimignano by car. Siena only a bit more, about 50 minutes.
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Lamore di Carla
Lamore di Carla is a stone farmhouse with smaller guest house, set in a little hamlet on a hill top overlooking the Chianti countryside.
There are nearby Chianti towns such as Greve in Chianti
Villa Vignamaggio is the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the 'Mona Lisa', and where the term 'Chianti' was first used to refer to the local wine.
The villa's cantinas are open to the public.