Verduno PiedmontTruffle season in the Barolo hills, with Alba and its white truffle fair 10 km away.
A private hamlet of four villas in the UNESCO vineyards of Barolo, sharing a 16 m pool and sleeping up to forty.
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Verduno PiedmontTruffle season in the Barolo hills, with Alba and its white truffle fair 10 km away.
A private hamlet of four villas in the UNESCO vineyards of Barolo, sharing a 16 m pool and sleeping up to forty.
Florence FlorenceFlorence without the queues, and a fireplace in a piano nobile on the Arno.
A 475 sqm piano nobile on the Lungarno, its balcony looking along the Arno from the Ponte Vecchio to San Miniato.
Rome RomeRome's mild autumn days end in a heated indoor pool and hammam.
A 1929 villa above the gardens of Villa Borghese, reworked by Jacques Garcia, with an indoor pool, hammam and rooftop hot tub.
Magione UmbriaNew season olive oil on the hills above Trasimeno, and a heated spa pool behind glass.
Above Lake Trasimeno, a country house with a cascading infinity pool, a panoramic hot tub and a glass enclosed heated spa pool.
Venice VeniceOn 21 November Venice crosses the Grand Canal on foot for the Festa della Salute.
A Gothic palazzo founded in 1450 on the Grand Canal, with a private wooden pier for aperitifs above the water.
San Casciano dei Bagni Siena and Val d'OrciaThe thermal baths of San Casciano dei Bagni are 5 km away, warm through the crisp days.
A country house within a private 50 acre estate on the Tuscany and Lazio border, with canopy beds upstairs.
Selva di Val Gardena Italian AlpsFirst snow on the Puez Odle peaks, with the ski season just ahead.
Above Selva, beneath the Puez Odle peaks: a chalet with a heated infinity pool looking straight at the Dolomites.
Taormina Taormina and the East CoastTaormina in late autumn: mild days, a quiet town and Etna in view from the hot tub.
Built in 1906 and once a military post, lace workshop and hotel, now a Taormina villa with a sea view hot tub.

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