Tenuta di Artimino Member of Meliá Collection

Our take

Medici built this as a hunting lodge. Five centuries later, you're sleeping inside it, looking out over vineyards that roll into the valley like something painted rather than real. Come for the weight of the place — the architecture earns every cliché about Tuscany — and stay for the cooking classes if you want to leave knowing how to actually use what's growing outside. Skip it entirely if you need buzzing restaurants within walking distance or a sleek urban edge. This is deep countryside, unambiguously so, and it rewards guests who came for exactly that.