So you want to buy...a home in Tuscany

Tuscany offers the irresistible combination of gracious living, glorious countryside, good climate and fabulous food, plus the perks of having Florence and the coast within easy reach. Italian bureaucracy, however, can be daunting.

Buy a property that is already restored – and win the hearts of your neighbours by learning Italian.

Il Molinaccio, Gaiole in Chianti, Siena

€1.7 million is the price of this beautifully restored mill house in the heart of Chianti.