Italy from My Travel Dreams

We met on a rainy day at a café terrace. Marie Faure Ambroise had just come back from Korea and I had slept 3 hours. And yet in our clearly sleep-deprived and caffeine-dependent routine, from the first minute, our conversations ignited like a match on straw. We remade the world in 40 minutes, exchanged a thousand addresses and above all declared our mutual love for family adventure. If you don't already know her awesome site My Travel Dreams , we have compiled a selection of the best addresses in Italy, Spain, Greece and France to give you holiday inspiration for the next 5 years!

Masseria Potenti, Puglia

“Masseria Potenti is the dream of a Milanese family, Paolo, Marie Grazia, Walter and Chiara. They are sunny, generous, love taking care of people, enjoying life, the sun, flowers, beautiful objects and their family cradle Puglia. There, only pretty typical Puglia tableware (which I brought back in my suitcase and which delights me every day in Paris), large elegant sheets fluttering in the wind, a brightness that does a world of good after a Parisian winter, gigantic prickly pear trees, flowers absolutely everywhere the eye rests (the father loves picking flowers, making bouquets and hanging them everywhere), Italian cuisine to die for, refined and simple at the same time. They do everything themselves, olive oil, wine, etc.

My Travel Dreams , Ca potenti, 74024 Manduria, Puglia / Tel: +39 099 973 5408

Villa Lena, Tuscany

" I heard a lot about the Villa Lena , a group of Italian houses lost in the middle of the olive trees, in Tuscany. The hotel can welcome around 40 guests and hosts artists too. We sleep in former stables, we rent a farmhouse with swimming pool, a small palace of 4 bedrooms... At night, we gather all around a big dining table, we can jump in 3 of the big communal swimming pools, we have a drink or two in a farmyard building, we discover right behind an oak-tree a playroom or a little cinema, if I say so myself.

Villa Lena Foundation / Via comunale di Toiano, 42 56036 Palaia PI / (+39) 0587 083112 / 63 km from Florence International Airport / 45 km from Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport

Zu Nilu , Sicily

" Perched above its own labyrinthine Roman stone quarry, into which a beautiful pool and a Mediterranean garden has been inserted, Zu Nillu is theatrical, wow-inspiring and a truly unique proposition! You simply won't find any house quite like this, and certainly not one with a private garden dominating (and accessing) Favignana's mythical Cala Rossa, one of the Med's most beautiful sea spots. "

The Thinking Traveler , 91023 Favignana TP, Italy