Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jordi Lippe-McGraw is a travel writer and founder of PAK Rêve bags. In the heart of the enchanting Chianti wine region in Tuscany, ...

On my second full day at Villa Ardore in Tuscany's Chianti region, I found myself alone in the spa after an afternoon of sightseeing, reveling in the solitude. It was a first. Sure, in my travels I've ...

Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood neighborhood. It was spring of 1997, and Scali, a law student, was ...

This exclusive use villa in Tuscany’s Chianti region has a superlative design and setting. But what really sets it apart is its array of activities for guests to get under the skin of Tuscan life.

In 1987, when David Lloyd-Edwards first encountered La Palazzina in Tuscany’s Niccone Valley, its land, 14th century watchtower and 250-year-old farmhouse were in a state of decline. The once tamed ...

If you’ve been dreaming about ditching everything and buying a rustic villa in Tuscany à la Diane Lane, that fantasy can now be a reality. And the best part? The 18th-century estate has already been ...

CALLING MIKAEL and Lotta Jansson’s Tuscan retreat a hideaway is something of an understatement. Even with precise GPS coordinates it’s easy to drive past the weathered iron gate deep in the shadow of ...

In the early 2000s, stepping into a Tuscan–style home felt like being in a sun-drenched villa on the rolling hills of southern Italy. Think plaster walls in warm, earthy shades, wrought‑iron details, ...

As the great Diane Lane purported in the 2003 cult classic Under the Tuscan Sun, “who wouldn’t want to buy a villa in Tuscany?” But if a real estate investment isn’t in the cards at the moment, settle ...

Influenced by the farmhouse buildings found scattered throughout the Mediterranean, Tuscan architecture strikes a balance between rustic and ornate elements. It's a reimagined style that draws upon ...