Eating pastries for breakfast, swimming in pools surrounded by vineyards, the land of La Dolce Vita is the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion with family and friends. Consider staying in ...

IT WAS EVENING outside the walled Renaissance city of Lucca. The geometric outlines of the church of Santa Maria Assunta were fading in the distance, blending with the hillside’s dusky blue. My ...

Inspiration The Best Villas to Rent in Italy From a gently aging home where an actual princess is the cook, to a fairytale-looking cottage encircled with vines, renting a villa is the best way to go ...

Now available to rent through luxury villa operator Red Savannah, the property, as the name suggests, formerly served as a working boatyard where its stately neighbors (Villa Carlotta and Grand Hotel ...

Villa Pilniana Anyone who has visited the shores of Lake Como will know it is one of the most stunning vacation spots in the world. It's ideal for those health-kick walking holidays and a private boat ...

Villa La Cassinella is technically not a private island. In fact, the 18th-century estate is not even on an island—it is perched on a secluded peninsula in Italy’s Lake Como. But this gloriously ...

As a hustle-and-bustle girlie with a penchant for history and architecture (and no fear of crowds), I have long been obsessed with Italy's pretty cities. Rome, Venice, Palermo, and Milan have all been ...

THE beautiful villa featured in the acclaimed BBC series Normal People is available to rent for you and five friends. Located in Italy, just 35km north of Rome, you can stay for just £31pp a night.

Want to live in a gorgeous Italian villa for free? It might sound too good to be true, but that could be your reality if you apply to live in Airbnb’s 1 Euro House in Sicily. The vacation rental site ...