Featured property: Brogino
Brogino is a large country house in Chianti, its already lyrical setting enhanced by the spectacular medieval Abbey - Badia di Passignano - which faces it from a mile away across vine and olive clothed hills. The garden, with flowers and shrubs nestling amongst the rocks and sandy soil of the area, merges imperceptibly into the olive groves beyond.
About Invitation to Tuscany
Invitation to Tuscany is a respected villa rental agency that personally hand-picks and inspects all properties. We know and love Tuscany, so ask us any question. We think self-catering homes are the best way to really experience a region – it allows you to immerse yourself in the area and in the local culture – shop in the local markets, visit vineyards and taste the wines. We now are part of Flipkey and Tripadvisor and collect independent reviews through them – have a look at some here: Tripadvisor. You can also see reviews for each property at the bottom of their web-page.
Help choosing the right place
It can be difficult to choose which is the best place for you, so please feel free to ring us or email us to pick our brains – we take plenty of trips back to Tuscany and Italy to visit the houses, explore and find things for you to do while you are there. All our agents (see the full list here) also visit Italy and see the houses for themselves – this means that we can all give you good, knowledgeable advice about the properties and about the area.
Online booking
You can now also book online – we always prefer to talk to you, but this can be useful if you are looking at the property of your dreams and we are not in the office – you can make sure the week or weeks you want are held for you. There is no difference in price and you can run your whole booking online and never talk to us, or manage everything via phone and old fashioned post.
Who are we
Invitation to Tuscany is a personal, family run agency. Started nearly 30 years ago, we still deal with the same area which we know well and love, renting villas in Tuscany. We now also have some properties further afield, in Umbria, Liguria and Emilia Romagna, but all houses have something we makes us love them, whether they are a small, romantic cottage or a grand old palazzo. We have built up a reputation over many years for personal, reliable service and will always give you the best advice we can.
The head office is based in North London, UK, but we visit all the houses personally and choose them according to whether we’d like to stay in them ourselves. Dan Wrightson sketches many of the houses and the surrounding landscapes and towns, sitting in the sun for hours with only a glass of wine for company. We are members of ABTOI , the association of British tour Operators to Italy.

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Things to do in Florence – from ArtViva
Posted May 3rd, 2010 by Dan Wrightson. Filed under Latest news
Special Artviva Festival Invite See the May 3rd to May 7th program below. Free… just email Rose at rose@artviva.com to RSVP If you are looking for something for visitors to do in the evening in Florence why not try a unique ongoing festival where there are nightly events ce...
100 Sexiest Summer Villas
Posted March 9th, 2010 by Dan Wrightson. Filed under Latest news
We're proud to have 4 of our properties listed in the Sunday Times annual round-up of the best summer villas in the Mediterranean! Read the article here: Sunday Times Sexiest Summer Villas The villas listed are...
Exhibitions to visit on a day out
Posted March 2nd, 2010 by Joann. Filed under Latest news
When you've basked enough by the pool and are ready for a day out, why not take in one of the important exhibitions that are running from spring to early summer in Italy. In Siena 26 March - 10 July "From Jacopo della Quercia to ...
Activity holidays and experiences in Tuscany
Il Paradiso Winery
For over 50 years, the Manfredi family have produced wine at 'Il Paradiso' in the heart of Brunello...
SVMR Renault Trafic Confort 2.0 T29 L1H1 115 cv A/C
CDW excess on this car is € 1500. TPW excess is € 2700. Other car makes and models may...
L'Eroica
This 7 days mountain bike tour follows the long course of L'Eroica, a period cyclotouristic rally he...




