This rustic 11th-century stone farmhouse in the heart of Tuscany was once owned by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Just three years after completing the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, ...

On my second full day at Villa Ardore in Tuscany's Chianti region, I found myself alone in the spa after an afternoon of sightseeing, reveling in the solitude. It was a first. Sure, in my travels I've ...

The medieval town of Certaldo is a central spot for exploring Italy’s Tuscany region. The hilltop walled city is roughly a 45-minute train ride away from cultural monument-filled Florence and 40 ...

Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood neighborhood. It was spring of 1997, and Scali, a law student, was ...

When it came to holidays, the Victorians knew their stuff. In the 19th century, savvy Britons flocked to the Italian Riviera ...

Locals are invited to Villa Lucchese for an annual religious ceremony, a tradition its owners have maintained over the years in their private, still consecrated chapel, in this tiny village of Aquilea ...

CALLING MIKAEL and Lotta Jansson’s Tuscan retreat a hideaway is something of an understatement. Even with precise GPS coordinates it’s easy to drive past the weathered iron gate deep in the shadow of ...

An old Roman once said, "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas," which translates, "In wine there is truth, in water there is health." And to that I'd add there's plenty of wine and water in Tuscany as ...

Nestled in one of Lucca’s most prestigious neighbourhoods, just steps from the city’s historic walls, this magnificent historic villa is now available for €4,100,000. Perched in a panoramic position ...