Beautiful views (57 properties found)

Sleeps: 2 to 3

Perched high in the Apuan Alps, above Camaiore and Pietrasanta, Argentone looks out over stunning views of the Mediterranean sea, all the way to Corsica. It is set in a fold above the village of S.Anna di Stazzema, a famous centre of Partisan resistance during the second world war, the story recently told in a film by Spike Lee.

Sleeps: 2 (Multiple properties at this location)

Sleeps: 12 (Multiple properties at this location)

Three apartments and pool in a restored farmhouse. In an inspiring panoramic position, facing across endless unspoilt countryside dotted with vineyards, forests and dramatic hills, Bellavista is a newly restored stone farmhouse below the Tuscan hill village of Radicondoli.

Sleeps: 10 to 12

Bernardino is situated to savour the views of the wide Maremma plain that stretches below the medieval town of Campiglia Marittima and finishes on the horizon at the Mediterranean Sea. An excellent family house and certainly one to which to invite friends, it has terraces off each bedroom, which offer private retreat, yet spacious rooms and outdoor areas in which to gather.

Sleeps: 9 to 12 (Multiple properties at this location)

A large Renaissance country villa with courtyard, terrace, and a bird's eye view tower, this property is available as two large apartments with private outdoor eating areas or can be taken as a whole for family reunions or special occasions. Set in the rolling hills outside Florence, it offers spacious accommodation for up to 12 guests and a solar-heated pool set in just the right place.

Sleeps: 8 to 10

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.

Sleeps: 4 (Multiple properties at this location)

The charming apartment Camelia has a furnished patio at its entrance, shaded by a conker tree. At Radicondoli, about 1 km away, you will find restaurants, Summer music festival, bank, post office, internet point.

Sleeps: 4 to 6 (Multiple properties at this location)

This spacious apartment in a Renaissance villa on the outskirts of Florence may share the large panoramic pool with one other family, but it has a wide gracious courtyard and shady furnished loggia for its own use. Perfect for a small family or two couples who would like the chance to explore Lorenzo the Magnificent's city at their own pace, or slip off for a day in the Chianti.

Sleeps: 4 to 6

Argento has been beautifully restored by the London based owner and is a stylish retreat, either as a base for invigorating mountain walks, a welcome home after a day by the beach only 25 minutes away, or as a restoring refuge from city life. Sitting in the Jacuzzi on the large terrace, gazing out of the sea over 600 metres below, worldly cares fade into insignificance.

Sleeps: 8

Nestled in the hills above Campiglia Marittima, a charming well-preserved medieval town overlooking the Mediterranean, Casa dei Fichi is a wonderful family house that matches the landscape that surrounds it.

Sleeps: 6

This stylish family home and joyous garden is a wonderful gathering place for a family or group of friends who appreciate a wonderful panorama when they spot one. Just outside the Maremman hilltown whose wine-making tradition has produced the respected Morellino di Scansano, it offers congenial comfort and is a great base from which to explore the hidden treasures of southern Tuscany.

Sleeps: 2

Within easy walking distance of two golden beaches, Casa Fiori is a lovely apartment on the ground floor, offerring a beautiful view over the sea and the Bay of the Poets in Liguria.

Sleeps: 2

In a quiet hillside position, opposite the ancient hill village of Ameglia, this lovely cottage for two, with beautiful views both of the Magra estuary and of the Apuan marble mountains, has a swimming pool and furnished patio from which to survey it all.

Sleeps: 10

A short distance from the birthplace of the famous sculptor, Casa Michelangelo is a delightful stone farmhouse with pool, positioned to take in the Tiber valley and Lake Montedoglio in one breathtaking panorama. The ideal place for a family reunion or a gathering of friends, the house has lively medieval towns, excellent restaurants and the nature that inspired artists close at hand.

Sleeps: 4 to 5

High on the side of a hill, looking out over the folds of the Chianti landscape, Casa Silvia is an enchantingly simple house, with terraces and gardens ranged around it allowing you to follow the sun or avoid it. This is a house designed for reading, sipping wine and setting the world to rights, relaxed in an armchair watching the sun change the colours of the hills as it sinks in the distance.

Sleeps: 6

Honey coloured farmhouse overlooking the "inland sea" of Trasimeno. A large, honey-coloured stone farmhouse in a beautiful position overlooking Italy's "inland sea" of Lake Trasimeno.

Sleeps: 17

Colombaia is a beautiful, typical Tuscan farmhouse, in 300 hectares of vineyards and olive groves; it is located a few yards from a country road near the medieval hill town of Barberino Val d'Elsa in classic Chianti. The proportions of this solid stone house display that innate aesthetic sensibility which has fascinated generations of worshipers of Tuscany.

Sleeps: 4 (Multiple properties at this location)

With its entrance through a small furnished loggia at the front of a farmhouse, Erica is on the first floor and enjoys wonderful views of the panorama. Erica has a large kitchen living room with a beautiful fireplace rescued from an old villa.

Sleeps: 1 to 2 (Multiple properties at this location)

Sleeps: 2 (Multiple properties at this location)