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Walking along the scenic city walls of Lucca in Tuscany, you will be greeted with the picturesque sight of Palazzo Pfanner and its perfectly landscaped gardens!

Designed for the wealth silk merchant family, the Moricani’s, it was built as a demonstration of their wealth and power within the city.

Stay in a villa with a swimming pool in Lucca province where you can enjoy a few days of relaxation in between your cultural explorations.

The Palazzo Pitti is a vast and elaborate Renaissance palace in the city of Florence. Built on the south side of the River Arno close to the Ponte Vecchio, the original building here dates as far back as 1458 before later extensions were added.

Stay in a beautiful vacation rental in Florence where you can conveniently visit this majestic palace as well as many other cultural treasures of the city.

It was the luxury home of a wealthy banker called Luca Pitti who was once comrade with the other banking family, the Medici’s before they turned into bitter rivals in later years.

Palazzo Pitti was later bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the primary residence of the most prominent members of this banking dynasty based in Florence.

The Boboli gardens make up a fabulous park in Florence city and offer a stunning spot to visit to escape the crowds of the city. Stay in a gorgeous vacation rental in Florence where you can explore the treasures of this area.

The Boboli Gardens are a magnificent landscape that in many ways is an outdoor art museum. Many intricate sculptures line the pathways through this vast 111 acre property, dating between the 16th and 18th centuries.

They are located behind the Pitti Palace which was once the main residence of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

Have you been to the Renaissance city of Florence before and wish to return for more?

If you have seen most of the famous Florentine attractions like the Uffizi Gallery, the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio in the historic centre then perhaps a tour around these lesser known gems would enrich your next tourist experience here!

Stay in a scenic villa in Florence, on the outskirts of the city where you can experience the best of the Tuscan countryside and the urban attractions.

The glorious Villa Chigi Saracini in Castelnuovo Berardenga was completely rebuilt and designed in the early 19th century by its wealthy owner, Galgano Lucherini Saracini. He envisioned a large grand house for his family to happily live in for years to come. It is rectangular in shape with three grand floors. Parts of the original castle walls which stood here were actually torn down to allow for the villa’s design to be completed in the vision of its stylish owner.

Stay at a peaceful holiday villa in Castelnuovo Berardenga where you will also be very close to the famous Chianti wine making region of Tuscany!