The Italian region has lacked hotels worthy of its many charms, but a new crop of boutique lodgings and converted estates ...

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Umbria is a lush, green, lesser-known Italian paradise. A travel advisor who lived there for 16 years shares his favorite ...

Eating pastries for breakfast, swimming in pools surrounded by vineyards, the land of La Dolce Vita is the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion with family and friends. Consider staying in ...

When the electronic gates opened and we went up the steep, dusty drive with cypress trees on either side, as though acting as an honour guard for our arrival, the Umbrian villa of our winter dreams ...

A villa dating to the 17th century on the border of Italy’s bucolic Tuscany and Umbria regions was listed Monday for €5.795 million (US$7.17 million), according to Stribling & Associates. The house is ...

Near Cortona, on the border between Tuscany and Umbria, Villa di Piazzano is a 15th century villa, built as the hunting manor for Cardinal Passerini and lovingly restored by the friendly Wimpole ...

Unbearable heat. Roads blocked with nose-to-tail cars — not to mention all those Dutch caravanners. Mosquitoes on biting raids every night. Sadly, these are intrinsic elements of too many ...