This 18th-century villa is owned by an Italian sports agent who fell in love with the place long ago when he holidayed here with his grandparents. Now it has been renovated by his sister, Rome-based Ilaria Miani, mixing family antiques with swathes and stripes of colour that reflect the local landscape: the silvery-greens of olive trees, the rich reds of ripe tomatoes, the cool blue of a cloudless sky. Comfortable sofas, black-and-white engravings, freshly cut flowers and open fireplaces in the dining and living/TV rooms enhance the effortlessly elegant feel. The bedrooms are more theatrical and come with queen- or king-size beds, en-suite shower rooms and air-conditioning; the ground-floor double has a four-poster bed and another double is squirrelled away on a mezzanine beneath the tower. The six first-floor bedrooms include two twins, one double with a four-poster and two doubles with bathtubs separate to the showers. All look onto the poetic grounds where white canvas chairs and loungers frame a 100-year-old swimming pool lined in pietra serena, mossy statues gaze over an antique amphitheatre, and a kitchen garden produces vegetables for cooking classes in the all-white kitchen with its marble worktops and antique cabinets.