ITALY

1. Northern Italy

• B&B Italy Villa I Due Padroni 
  B&B in the beautiful vineyards of the Oltrepo Pavese, Lombardy Italy with garden and pool.

• Lake Garda - Lago di Garda
  Hotel Vella Azzura  
  A small friendly hotel right on the shores of Lake Garda. Swimming, hiking, free cycle hire and shuttle bus to Malcesine and the Mount Baldo cable car. Clean, good service, nice restaurant and good value for money.

• Siena
  Borgo Grondaie *** . Three star traditional apartment-hotel located in its own grounds just outside Siena. Pool. Close to the railway station. Easy access by road. Twenty minute walk or a bus-ride to the historic center of Siena. Hotel gets very good reviews from people who have stayed there.
• Radda, Chianti
  Palazzo Leopoldo *** Beautiful old restored Tuscan manor in the centre of Radda, a charming small hill-town in central Tuscany. With its large and tastefully decorated guestrooms, vaulted ceilings, old fireplaces and columns, this hotel provides a fabulous location from which to explore Tuscany. Pool, restaurant.
• San Gimignano
  Villa Ducci  Old Tuscan villa set in the countryside a mile from the famous small mediaeval walled town of San Gimignano. The old town can be seen across the countryside from the terrace of the hotel. Simply and tastefully decorated; Large pool, restaurant.
• Near Florence and Fiesole
  Villa Campestri **** , located in the Tuscan countryside in 120 hectares of parkaland and olive groves, not far from Florence, The villa, with its ancient Tuscan brick floors, is furnished with period furniture, and attention to detail. Guests describe it as a "haven of peace" and "a delight". 

3. Central Italy, Lazio and Abruzzi

• Bracciano, near Rome
   Hotel Villa Clementina is a  country-hotel residence, with only 7 rooms, painted with frescoes, and a luxuriant garden. A rural hotel situated 100 meters from the shores of Lake Bracciano, in the heart of the historic region of Etruria,  north of Rome

• San Mauro Cilento
  Casale Santa Rosalia    Bed and breakfast in a traditional farm building in fabulous hillside location overlooking the sea from the Cilento National Park. En-suite rooms with balcony and sea views. A few minutes from the sea - 40 miles of hiking trails accessible from the door.
• Pisciotta
  Marulivo hotel   *** Hotel in a former monastery in the little village of Pisciotta, in Cilento national park. The hotel is clean and comfortable, but up steps from the centre of the village, so don't bring heavy luggage. Wonderful sea views from the hotel and breakfast terrace

• Taormina, Sicily
  Villa Carlotta ****  Exuberant moorish styled villa, overlooking the sea, in the small town of Taormina. 23 rooms. This hotel gets top reviews all round, for the quality of the location, the rooms, the great breakfasts, the rooftop terrace, the friendly staff, and the views