Live La Dolce Vita

With a recently completed meticulous restoration that celebrates César Ritz’s pioneering spirit, a prestigious central location, five restaurants and bars overseen by one of Spain’s most celebrated chefs, and exceptional leisure and wellness facilities, Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid is the city’s most luxurious hotel.

Whether you’re looking for an intimate experience or a party villa, there is great joy in putting up your feet and relaxing for a week, enjoying the best food and wine from the region from the comfort of your own home-from-home. Discover the benefits of renting a fully staffed villa with a chef.

Tuscany Now & More has added new addition of luxurious villas to their portfolio for the season. This is following a 500% increase in enquires and bookings. Through these new, undiscovered properties, guests can experience an old farming estate, a country residence or a charming Venetian villa. For added bespoke touched, the concierge can organise exclusive activities such as Tuscan cooking lessons, golf coaching and private wine tasting with their own professional sommelier. Guests will be captivated as Italian hospitality meets once-in-a-lifetime experiences, available only through the leading rental company in Italy, Tuscany Now & More.

With an extensive collection of properties now available, Tuscany Now & More have compiled a list of their top three new villas to explore this year and next

Breathtakingly Tuscan with Ca’ di Lista

Ca’ di Lista is a spectacular 16th-century Venetian villa with private heated pool, magnificent grounds and personalised chef services. Standing on the hilltop of a private wine estate surrounded by vineyards, the villa boasts spectacular views of the Colli Euganei hills not far from Padua and Venice, and is within walking distance of a 27-hole golf course and Michelin-star restaurant.

Ca' di Lista was designed in the 16th-century as a hunting lodge by Dario Variotari, architect, painter and apprentice of Veronese. The villa — owned by the same noble Venetian family who commissioned the project — was later converted into a country retreat, preserving all of its original features such as the 16th-century hand-painted frescoes and 18th-century trompe l’oeil works. This villa boasts many modern comforts such as contemporary seating areas and large frescoed bedrooms which exude a combination of charm and tranquillity.

Countryside Charm with Monsassa

Restored and designed for comfort, Monsassa is a picturesque home set on a hilltop enjoying beautiful views of the stunning countryside near Montespertoli. It’s host to a large open space living area that leads out under a loggia and to a spacious shaded dining area allowing guests to enjoy the best of views. There is a private swimming pool that is set across a well-kept lawn lapping up wonderful scenes of the countryside dotted with hamlets, farmhouses and the famous city of San Gimignano.

This villa is set in a convenient location from which to explore central Tuscany with many villages and towns to visit. There is a well regarded restaurant just 400 meters/yards from the villa, set in an olive grove offering healthy local food grown on location. Shops and supermarkets are in Montespertoli, just over 10 minutes' drive from the property and at Tavernelle and Barberino Val D’elsa which are both around 15 minutes' drive. Guests can reach Florence, Greve in Chianti and San Gimignano in 40 minutes by car. Siena only a bit more, about 50 minutes.

Enchanting Chianti Farmhouse with Lamore di Carla

Lamore di Carla is a beautiful stone farmhouse with smaller guest house, set in a little hamlet on a hill top overlooking the stunning Chianti countryside. The lovely home offers a fantastic private swimming pool, air-conditioned bedrooms, en suite bathrooms and lots of shaded outdoor living and dining space. The nearby Chianti towns such as Greve in Chianti are very close; these places are synonymous with charm and offer exceptional food and wine, so the house is perfectly positioned to fully enjoy the treasures of this magical area of countryside.

The old stone farmhouse has been restored to a very high standard and fitted with a well equipped kitchen in the main house, and a smaller kitchen in the guest house. The bathrooms are modern and the master bedroom boasts an exquisite marble finish.

Villa Vignamaggio is the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the ‘Mona Lisa’, and where the term ‘Chianti’ was first used to refer to the local wine. The villa’s cantinas are open to the public and are worth a visit during their stay at the heart of Chianti. This 6 bedroom property sleeps up to 10 people