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The Italian region of Toscana is tailor-made for romance, so it’s no wonder it was the muse for films ranging from Under the Tuscan Sun to Stealing Beauty. A 'nation within a nation', its vibrant culture gave birth to the Italian Renaissance, the dazzling city of Florence, and museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. As if that wasn’t enough, it also has more churches, palaces, galleries, museums, villages, piazzas and scenic villas than you could possibly visit in one lifetime.
With a fairly mild climate along the Tyrrhenian Sea, its rainier interior provides lush soil ideal for growing wines such as Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and Brunello di Montalcino. The perfect pairing with haute-rustic cuisine and falling in love with a mysterious stranger.
An aged private-hire farmhouse conversion that is brimming with smoothness and urban vibes. Original stonework is forged with pastel eggshell tones, modern furnishings and fresh tonal whites. The perfect frame to those alluring Tuscan vales and the puffball sheep grazing all around.
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Appropriately crowning a hill overlooking Appiano in the South Tyrol, with views capturing encircling vineyards and Bolzano beyond, you can live out your royal daydreams here in this classic fortification, some of which dates back to the 10th century.
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An über sleek modernist villa located in Bardolino, just fifteen minutes stroll from shoreside Lake Garda. A private-hire cuboid holiday home wrapped around by a lush garden and a pool, Montelino provides privacy seeking nomads with everything necessary as a hub for a modern-day Grand Tour pitstop.
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An aged former Convent, the history and heritage of this house has been lovingly exposed to play host to modern furnishings and a chilled vibe right in the heart of old town Pienza.
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With mountain eye-candy stretching out in every direction, this nest egg of casual style is the perfect bolthole for urbanites who love the rural idyll framed by modernity and crowned by its fabulous rooftop infinity pool of sheer wow.
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A fabulous retro-design, five bedroom holiday home of smooth vintage in Merano, this design vacation-rental is gorgeous, a luxury haven dotted with thoughtful mid-century design pieces, layered with love.
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Once the home of devout Sisters, its aged cloistral heritage has been recast following an exacting narrative of preservation, reframing the monastic aesthetics for the modern nomad without corrupting the patina of austere beauty and timeworn touchpoints.
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Once the home of devout Sisters, its aged cloistral heritage has been recast following an exacting narrative of preservation, reframing the monastic aesthetics for the modern nomad without corrupting the patina of austere beauty and timeworn touchpoints.
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Rising up like delicate meringue-whipped peaks, mirroring the Dolomites panorama that surrounds it, the architecture and design of Hotel Milla Montis create an impact.
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Right in the heart of the Renaissance crumbling charm of Tuscany's Pienza, the luxury La Bandita Townhouse is the boutique hotel of rural sister La Bandita Countryhouse – and whilst both share, aka owner John Voigtmann’s, cool styling DNA of urban design.
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The chilled design hotel Miramonti sits perched atop Merano, nestled in forestry with spectacular, Bond-like views. Modernity subtly reigns whilst snuggling up to Alpine traditions – the vibe is relaxed, chilled and most definitely easy-going.
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Crossing Condotti is a style colony of luxury suites, lavish apartments and designer penthouse living created within 18th-century palazzo townhouse, which poignantly resides behind the Piazza di Spagna and namesake, Via Condotti, in the heart of Rome’s historic Tridente district.
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