Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy hotel reservation from ahotelinitaly.com

In the countryside east of Arezzo, the Hotel Badia di Pomaio has an amazingly relaxed ambience. The setting helps of course, with its panoramic vantage point above the ancient city, it's surrounded by centuries-old forests of chestnut, the underbrush growing with mushrooms, brambles and wild asparagus.

A superb four-star hotel in the heart of the old town, the Cavaliere Palace Hotel is on Via Madonna Del Prato, just 100 metres from the railway station and close to the main historical sights. The hotel, a former boarding house, has now been artfully transformed into a comfortable modern hotel.

The Vogue Hotel Arezzo is located in the historic heart of the old town, on Guido Monaco. 'A convenient location within easy walking distance of the train station, and with very helpful staff' to quote one satisfied visitor. Yet this chic Arezzo accommodation is so much more than that.

A quite lovely hotel in a superb setting just ten minutes out of Arezzo - the Hotel Torre Santa Flora is in Subbiano, north of the medieval Tuscan city. This is a perfect spot from which to explore the art cities of Perugia, Florence, Cortona and Siena.

Situated atop a hill, between the Valdichiana and Chianti, the Hotel Relais La Solaia gazes down upon the valley of Monte San Savino, some 6km distant. This is a gorgeous location in Tuscany, south-west of the towns of Civitella Val Di Chiana and Arezzo, and immersed in an idyllic rural.