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Morning espresso on a stone terrace, the Tuscan hills stretching out in every direction. The day ahead includes a few winery visits in the heart of Chianti, perhaps a long lunch in Greve or Panzano, and an evening back at the villa as the sun drops behind the cypress trees. This ...

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Morning light over the lagoon in Cul de Sac. The smell of butter and coffee drifting from a café terrace in Grand Case. A quiet hillside villa above Orient Bay, where the breeze moves through the palms and the view stretches all the way to Tintamarre and St Barts. As the day slow...

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Picture this: it’s late August, and the afternoon light has turned the colour of warm honey across the Tuscan hills. The cypress trees cast long shadows over the terrace, a carafe of chilled Vermentino sits sweating by the pool, and the only sound is the occasional splash. Now pi...

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Tuscany is one of my favorite destinations in Europe, and easily one of the best places to rent a villa in Italy. Because so much of its beauty is in its countryside, Tuscany villas are some of the best ways to experience the gentle lifestyle and rich history of this celebrated r...

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For centuries, France’s southeastern Provence region has captured the imagination with its charming towns, stunning landscapes, and fragrant lavender fields. A center of power in the Middle Ages and again in the Renaissance, this region of France is also home to a rich history th...

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St. Martin’s an island with many different sides, and I’m not just talking about the whole French and Dutch thing. Even within that dichotomy, there’s plenty of great areas for you to discover, and though we suggest renting a car so you can explore them all, ultimately you have t...

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With more art per square foot than anywhere else in the world, Florence is my favorite city in Italy and a must-visit destination for any would-be aesthete. And while there’s certainly no shortage of hotels, in this article I’m going to explain to you why renting a villa in Flore...

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It should come as no surprise that villas in Italy are among the most luxurious in the world. After all, Italians pretty much invented the concept of the villa, with the first villas being the vacation homes of Roman patricians in places like the Amalfi Coast, the ruins of which ...

Gastronomy

Barbados is often thought of as a Caribbean Island, and though this is certainly true in a cultural sense, the island itself sits on the easternmost edge of the Lesser Antilles, placing it mostly in the Atlantic Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea. But, with the Caribbean Sea so...