Base yourself in this handsome villa on Tuscany’s timeless coastline and discover the region’s Etruscan history, says Rosie Paterson

When my partner and I first landed in Perugia airport, there were a number of fellow Brits there with us. But as we walked the quaint old streets of Umbria’s capital city, we realised most of them had

Nick Dakin-Elliot, who gardens in Tuscany, is still moved by the Italian hilltop gardens that command some of the most beautiful views in the world

Opening a new chapter in Tuscany

While many of these coastal red, white and rosé wines make for enjoyable everyday drinking, our judges rated most just below the 90pt threshold for appearing in print*

The region’s difficult recent history is now embraced in a fusion of Austrian and Italian cuisines and culture. Historically the South Tyrolean kitchen is German-Austrian, featuring the likes of dumpl