Best places: Villas in Italy

Fairytale villa built in 12th century much used by filmmakers including James Bond and Star Wars.

Paintings & furnishings on display in a 19th-century lakeside mansion with a landscaped garden.

14-acres of landscaped gardens & a frieze of Alexander entering Babylon, commissioned by Napoleon.

Built by the Farnese family, this lavish decorated mansion houses fine art & furniture collection.

Museum consisting of an architect-designed villa with decorative arts, paintings & period furniture.

Romantic apartments on a working olive farm with a cozy restaurant, an outdoor pool & a farm shop.

Informal inn offering Wi-Fi & gulf views, plus an outdoor pool & a fine dining restaurant.

Medici villa overlooking the city with covered courtyard decorated with frescoes & romantic garden.

Refined rural hotel with a restaurant & an outdoor pool, plus free breakfast, parking & Wi-Fi.

Stately 18th-century villa featuring frequent exhibitions & gardens fronting Lake Como.

Elegant 19th-century villa with a museum & guided tours through European botanical gardens.

👍👍 Beautiful views of Sorrento, great place for a photo opt, especially at sunset. A gentleman approached us and told us that the museum behind us was free! There was a very cool light show inside to the right with a few exhibits about Sorrento. Glad we went here on our trip.

👍👍 Da visitare assolutamente un luogo meraviglioso a Battaglia Terme collegato ed in relazione con l'acqua, a cominciare dal nome "battaglia", dalla parola greca "baptalea", il cui significato - luogo dei bagni. Il sito era noto da secoli con il toponimo “colle della Stufa” (o stupa) per la presenza al...

A 15th-century palace with manicured grounds & 19th-century additions including a central fountain.

1629 villa-turned-refined hotel with a restaurant, a lake-view terrace & elegant event spaces.

Neoclassical palace & museum for modern art with English gardens & contemporary art next door.

👍👍 We had the wedding of our dreams at Tenuta di Artimino. Firstly the location, there is the stunning backdrop of following Tuscan hills, vineyards, olive orchards, then there’s the villa itself. It dominates the hillside and is equally impressive inside with multiple rooms available for hosting dinne...

Grand hotel in a 16th-century Palladian villa with landscaped gardens, upscale dining & a pool.