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When you visit the city of Lucca in Tuscany, you would be forgiven for misidentifying one of the landmarks in town. An impressive aqueduct, the Acquedotto Del Nottolini, is located just outside of the city and plenty of visitors originally think that it is contemporaneous to many of the other Ancient Roman structures which dot the landscape of Italy. However, it is actually much more modern than that. This neoclassical gem was built for practical reasons and modelled after those older examples but actually dates to the 19th century. Find a luxury villa in Lucca and visit this stunning work of civic architecture for yourself!

Aghinolfi Castle is a beautiful Tuscan castle perched on a hilltop with stunning view all around the Lunigiana area and out across the Tyrrhenian coast. This position adds to the beauty and romance of the castle but has also made it an optimum strategic location which has made its history dramatic and complicated. It has also meant that the town in which it is located, Montignoso, has also had a much more colourful history than a town its size might normally have had. The town purchased the castle just over a decade ago and have restored it and opened it to the public as a perfect example of a Tuscan countryside palace. If you have a fondness for castles and beyond amazing locations, find a luxury villa in Montignoso and stop by!

One of the best things about Florence is how every corner, piazza and street seems beautiful and steeped in history. Without even going inside any of the buildings, there is a wealth of culture and history and art all around you. Once you've found a luxury villa in Florence and have arrived for a holiday, it's key to find time to wander her streets and take in the atmosphere of the city. Traipsing all over a city is bound to make your energy dwindle and finding a market to grab some food and sit for a moment, maybe find some unique souvenirs, is key. It's also another part of the city's charms. We've already outlined a couple markets that you should swing by in a previous article but here are a few more.

Imagine, if you will, a holiday in Florence. Not one filled with stuffy queues and running around endlessly from tourist sight to tourist sight but one in which you utterly take your time. Of course, you'll still probably find time to catch a glimpse of Michelangelo's “David” or visit a Medici palace but calmly, leisurely. In the morning, you might forego breakfast at home in the luxury villa in Florence that you've found and, instead, wander to one of the many markets the city has to offer. You can grab some food at a stall, people-watch and then check out the other wares available. Maybe you'll spend the day doing so, in fact. Here are the best of them.

You don't have to spend a lot of money to have a great holiday in Pisa. Once you've flown there, found a luxury villa in Pisa, bought a couple souvenirs and had some great dinners, money will start to look a little scarce.

So you don't have to worry about it getting any scarcer, we've compiled two lists of things you can do absolutely for free so that you don't have to watch every penny and can just enjoy yourself.

Read this list and, if you still want more, go find the original one and see what's on there as well!