Italy

In amazing Italy, near Florence, you will find the magnificent estate of Torre a Cona. It's surrounded by breath-taking scenery of vineyards and olive groves. The estate is the ideal starting point for excursions, a visit to the cliffs of the Valdarno, walks and cycling tours.

The park and its spectacular trees are part of a much more extensive programme, the Habitat-Brazzà Project set up by Carlos Otero, Director of the Instituto Iberico para el Medio Ambeinte, to improve agriculture, the environment and the landscape, conducted by the owners Corrado …

The Castello di Bagnolo estate in Italy is drenched in history. The ancient and charming farms are restored into farm-apartments. Visit the botanical gardens. Beautiful frescoes from the 13th and 15th century can be found in the palazzo and the S. Sebastian Chapel.

Some of the old farmhouses surrounded by nature have been carefully restored and transformed to holiday villas and a locanda where traditional dishes are prepared with biological products from their vegetable gardens in an old-fashioned environment.

Castello di Roncade is the only pre-Palladian villa to be surrounded by Medieval walls with crenellations and towers in Northern Italy. Stay in one of the marvelous guest apartments and experience their quality wines.

The former feudal estate of San Calogero hosts one of the best preserved sicilian country homes. It is located on the outskirts of the Iblean plateau, north of Syracuse overlooking mount Etna. Set in a valley modeled for centuries in the white limestone by the river San Calogero.…