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This villa (where Mona Lisa was born, see Greve in Chianti, Villa Vignamaggio) and its surrounding cottages form the most sumptuous agriturismo in Tuscany. The rooms are painted in strong colours, and the gardens were featured in the film Much Ado About Nothing . Tennis courts and two pools round it out. The apartments have A/C, Jacuzzi tubs and cooking facilities. Minimum two nights.

Native Roberto and his wife Silvie (formerly a Parisian art dealer) are your hosts at this old countryside smallholding of seven rustic rooms. Unlike most agriturismi , you dine with the hosts and other guests at a long table.

An 18th-century villa surrounded by apartments sleeping 2–4 people. Guided horse rides are available and the nature reserves are close by. There’s also a pool and tennis courts. Three nights minimum.

This wine- and olive oil-producing villa, renting five doubles and two apartments sleeping 4–6, offers a chance to canter amid the hills or relax by the pool. Minimum three-night stay, low season; one week, summer.

A complex of converted buildings in a farm/park. Twelve doubles and nine triples, a Tuscan restaurant, pool, football pitch and gym. Mountain bike rental is also available. Minimum stay: three nights.

Fourteen apartments, sleeping 2–7, in former peasant quarters around a fine vineyard villa. There’s also the chance to learn the secrets of Tuscan cooking. Minimum stay: three nights.

A turretted fortress from the Dark Ages anchors this wine and olive oil estate, where the eight apartments are spacious. There’s also a pool and mountain bikes for hire. No minimum stay.

A 12th-century castle and wine estate that rents six rooms (min 3 nights) and 2 apartments (weekly) in its complex of medieval buildings. Activities tend towards cantina visits and wine tastings, and the restaurant is good.

The four large, multi-level apartments, sleeping 4–6, are country-styled. Pretty gardens.

Fewer amenities but bags of style in this Renaissance villa. Six doubles and three triples (plus larger apartments available Apr–Sep). Three-night minimum in rooms; one week in apartments.