With Club Toscana, you can select your preferred level of lodging and dining for any trip. Choose our "Premiere" lodging and dining for the finest accommodations and the best selection of dining that Italy and Southern Europe has to offer, or choose "Classic" lodging and dining for a more rustic alternative concentrating on Italy and Southern Europe's most charming hotels and B&Bs with meals in quaint village trattorias.

Generally rated at four stars with a few noted 3 star inns and a selection of magnificent 5 star properties put into the mix, these lodgings represent the best of the region and can be found on all of Club Toscana's Premiere trips. Comprising a vast array of properties, Club Toscana breaks these accommodations down into the following categories:

Countryside Villas & Estates - Located out in the countryside where the sounds of song birds and the smells of flowers and herbs remind you how relaxing the Italian countryside can be. These historic properties, often an historic landowner's villa surrounded by farm buildings, have been carefully restored retaining the original architecture, stone fireplaces, terra cotta floors and exposed wood. Then adding a pool and all the welcoming amenities of a luxury lodging, with many offering spa and health club facilities. Found on all Club Toscana trips, these lodgings are the heart of every Club Toscana Adventure Vacation.

Countryside Guest Houses - Found mostly on our many Tuscany trips, these very exclusive luxury guest houses have been lovingly restored from old stone farmsteads complete with exposed wood beam ceilings, period furnishings, terra cotta and ceramic accents, fantastic views and all the trappings of an ultra-luxury hotel. These very-exclusive properties usually contain only a few very distinctive suites making your stay at these guest houses more like visiting an old friend; one that just happens to have staff catering to your every whim. Owned usually by Italians that have been drawn back to the countryside after lucrative careers in the European business world, our hosts have reconnected to their roots, and it shows in their joy for a more relaxed lifestyle and their rediscovery of the great art of Italian cooking. On our web pages, you will find these lodgings referred to as Nostro Segreto, literally "Our Secret" to protect the exclusivity of these properties.

Townhouse Manors and Palaces - Found on trips where our evenings are spent in a town or village, these grand manors and historic homes vary from the ancient towers of San Gimignano to Renaissance palaces, once home to Italy's nobility, to 18th-century villas, built by Europe's industrial and merchant families. Every lodging has a long and distinguished history, having been used initially as family homes, then passing through the centuries as monasteries, hospitals, merchants' homes, banks, even a few uses that are now illegal. Today however, all have found their calling as historic lodgings, recommended by informed travel writers and past guests, for their history, their location and their authentic Italian hospitality.

Seaside Resorts - The Mediterranean seaside. Its not hard to gaze out into it's azure waters and not imagine Roman ships traveling along the coast, pirate ships searching for prey and flotillas of Pisan and Geovese war ships sparing on the open sea. In the present, the seaside offers beautiful beaches, crystal clear waters and harbors filled with small fishing boats floating along side million-dollar yachts and sailboats. Found on our Cinque Terre, Amalfi, Puglia and Florence to Venice trips, our seaside lodgings take in all of this, and more. Located overlooking colorful harbors, panoramic bays and the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean, these lodgings represent the good life, La Dolce Vita. Varying from ancient castles to 18th-century villas, once the seaside vacation homes of Europe's merchant classes, these lodgings offer luxury by the sea. Outfitted with majestic pools, private beaches, immaculate gardens and an always attentive staff, you will find it hard to not want to stay forever.

Mountain Chalets - Getting away from the low lands of the Italian plain and into the air conditioned valleys and hillside meadows of the Alps brings a special charm and unique architecture to these lodgings. Surrounded by thick forests and vibrant green meadows, these luxury chalets are constructed almost entirely of stone and carved wood. One night spent under a down comforter, with the sounds of a mountain stream out your window broken only by the light clanging of a cow bell in a distant meadow and you will think you are in heaven. Operated by distinguished families with a passion for hospitality and an unsurpassed dedication to their guests, these luxury lodgings offer the best in comfort and alpine cuisine. Outfitted with indoor pools, spa and health facilities, a bar always ready with a cool alpine brew, and a welcoming sauna, these lodgings have everything for the perfect mountain stay.

Special diets are never a problem and you are always free to make any selection from our dining host's daily menu.