Three in Tuscany
Poggio Prtesciano: a refurbished five-bedroom farmhouse has a swimming pool and a small annexe - and those stunning Tuscan views over green valleys and distant hills. Just above a small village in the Aldarno area it is about 20 minutes' drive to Arezzo. Fifteen rooms and 340sq m (3,660sq ft). It has a terrace with a pergola.
Price: €1.35 million
Agent: Mike Buttery, www.tuscanyrealestate.co.uk
Molino Singerna: a restored five-bedroom stone millhouse near Caprese, birthplace of Michelangelo. Accommodation in the 250sq m (2,691sq ft) property includes a lounge, TV room, kitchen and office and the main room has a chestnut-beamed ceiling. It stands in wooded grounds in a loop of a river. Caprese is a lively medieval town with a museum, restaurants and shops. It is 40 minutes' from Arezzo.
Price: 425,000
Agent: Mike Buttery, www.tuscanyrealestate.co.uk
Poggiorosso: a 50sq m (538sq ft) one-bedroom apartment in a restored complex with a communal pool. Again, the property has beamed wooden ceilings and a terracotta floor. It also has an outside space and a private fenced garden. It is about five minutes' drive from Cortona and Arezzo and about an hour from Siena.
Price: €110,000
Agent: Mike Buttery, www.tuscanyrealestate.co.uk