What a problem! You are leaving for your holidays in Tuscany but what to do with Tabby and Taffy? Animals - especially big ones - are not allowed in many accommodations facilities (hotels, aparthotels, bed & breakfasts and so on).

Reluctantly and adding one more expense item to your estimate, your are forced to look for a kennel or to ask your friends and relatives for help while you are on holiday.

However, there is another solution.

Which is it? A villa in Tuscany for rent.

• In many Tuscan villas, even in those situated in cities of art such as Florence, Siena and Arezzo, animals are welcome, be they dogs or cats.

• If you decide to spend your holidays in a farmhouse in Tuscany, your beloved pets will have the possibility of running and playing in the wide green spaces surrounding your holiday residence and of exploring unknown and therefore intriguing settings.

• Renting a villa by the sea of Tuscany will allow Taffy to have a dip in the water while you are strolling on the beach.

After all, as the Austrian ethologist and philosopher Konrad Lorenz said, "our love for animals is attested by the sacrifices we are ready to make for them". And all things considered spending one`s holidays in a villa in Tuscany is a very pleasant "sacrifice". Both for us and our beloved pets.