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Fashionable Florence is a great city to spend a chic day out. From stylish museums to elegant eateries, we have been outlining just some of the ways to spend your day in the last post but now, post lunch, here's what you should do to finish off the chicest possible day out in Florence. Just find your luxury villa in Florence and come experience it for yourself...

3PM, Time to shop!: Now that you've filled your stomach and learned more about the history of fashion in Florence, it's time to buy a little slice of it to bring home with you and where better to shop than Via De' Tornabuoni?


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Posted in: Florence Food and Wine Localities Museums & Galleries Restaurants & Cafés Top 10 Lists Tourist Attractions
Milan may be the recognised fashion capital of Italy but the entire country is swimming in style from Dolce & Gabbana's Sicilian-inspired sartorial output to Rome acting as a headquarters to major brands like Valentino, Bulgari and Fendi. Throughout the country, there are all sorts of fascinating markets, beautiful boutiques, amazing fashion museums and more to be discovered. However, Florence, in particular, is a perfect destination for a chic getaway. If you find a luxury villa in Florence, here are the best things for a stylish fashion lover to have a stylish day in the city.


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Cortona Charme
Posted in: Cortona Florence Localities Lucca Mugello Pretty Views Top 10 Lists Tourist Attractions Villa Spotlights Villas and Farmhouses
This week, we're talking all about some of the best interiors among all of our rental properties in Tuscany and celebrating some of the most breathtaking examples.

We all are busy and oftentimes, as a result, our homes aren't quite the picture-perfect dream houses that we imagined growing up but for the duration of time that you holiday in Tuscany, you can live in one of those magazine-ready properties from your dreams. From historic palaces to chic city apartments, we have it all and these are merely a selection of a couple more of the best among them...

3. Cortona Charme (Available from €215 per night)

This striking apartment is located right in the centre of Cortona in one of the lovely stone palazzos that line the street of this historic part of town.
Apt. San Lorenzo
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In the last post in this series, we are rounding out our list of excellent air-conditioned properties in Tuscan cities.

Summers in Tuscany are hot and the cities are even stuffier with the crowds and queues. If you are planning a summer getaway to Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Cortona or any other fascinating Tuscan city for the 2019 summer season, which is now open for advance booking, then air-conditioning is a very helpful feature. These are more entries in the list that we have compiled of just some of our properties that are perfectly equipped and centrally located...

5. Apt. San Lorenzo (Available from €190 per night)

This apartment may be located in a beautiful and historical apartment block but it is also equipped with all the modern comforts you could need, including WIFI and, importantly, air-conditioning.
Casa Zeni-Signorelli, interior
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Those planning a vacation to Tuscany, or a Tuscan city, in particular, during summer months will find that temperatures often soar. If you want to spend a summer exploring the wonderful cities of this beautiful region of Italy but you don't want to spend it melting, then tracking down a rental property with air-conditioning truly is key.

Here are more entries in the list that we have compiled of just some of our properties with air-conditioning in Tuscan cities. You might consider these for the 2019 summer season, which is now open for advance booking, and still has the best availability.

These rentals are perfectly equipped and centrally located, ideal for spending your days darting around to see it all, and then return home to a blissful air-conditioned property to relax and unwind comfortably...