From hiking to cooking classes, a family-run stronghold in the heart of Tuscany offers the perfect off-season retreat, says Agnes Stamp.
If Italy is the Garden of Europe, then Tuscany is undoubtedly the garden of Italy. Bounded by the ranges of the Apennines on one side and the sea on the other, this bountiful province is famed for its abundance of beautiful cities, medieval and Renaissance buildings, exquisite formal gardens, and its unrivalled collections of…