Tuscany with all the frills

The range of accommodation options on the market are as varied as the homes themselves. Near Cortona, Borgo di Vagli has opened up its 10 modest hamlet homes as fractional holiday residences, with prices from £48,000 to £75,000. In Florence, the first palace, Palazzo Tornabuoni, opened this year as a private residence club, making its 36 restored palazzo apartments available to 288 members (eight shareholders per apartment), with membership fees ranging from £126,000 to £309,000. Next year four palatial private homes will be restored in the estate of Castello del Nero, for sale from £3.6m to £4.7m to single owners who will also have a share in the magnificent, 1,000-acre grounds, with a 12th-century, five-star hotel and spa at its centre.