"You know you’ve hit the big time when Galileo Galilei is your children’s science tutor. Only the fabulously wealthy and influential Medici family could pull it off — they also commissioned Florence’s Pitti Palace and produced three popes, a duke, and a couple of queens. They didn’t go halfway when it came to leisure, either, a fact that’s on fine display at the Fonteverde Resort in San Casciano dei Bagni — this used to be just one of their many lavish vacation villas." - Tablet Hotels