Hotel booking, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, from ahotelinitaly.com

This comfortable three-star hotel on Tuscany's Versilian coast has a great location just a few steps from the beach at Viareggio. It was completely refurbished and extended in 2005 and now offers very comfortable three-star accommodation and a wonderfully tranquil atmosphere.

Relais San Lorenzo, Lucca - lying on Via Cesare Battisti, right in the historic centre of this lovely Tuscan town, this Lucca hotel is the ideal base from which to explore.

Hotel Cavalieri Del Mare in Ronchi, close to Marina Di Massa on Tuscany's Versilian coast. This is a superb 18th century Tuscany country mansion, set in gorgeous countryside yet close both to the beach and the main shopping centres.

The Hotel La Bussola is in Ronchi - an area of Marina Di Massa on Tuscany's gorgeous Apuan-Versilian coastline. This is the Versilian Riviera, which stretches from Marina di Massa in the north to Lago Massaciuccoli in the south.

Hotel La Pineta Al Mare, Forte Dei Marmi. The name of this charming three star Forte dei Marmi hotel gives it away - sitting beneath century-old pine trees, just 50 metres from the beach, this is the perfect place to come to unwind and relax.