The Times,
9 October 2003
Luxury round the world
In search of the ‘perfect moment’
 ... Nearer home, take yourself off to Il Pellicano, all understated elegance, built right over the sea with its own little beach at Porto Ercole in Tuscany, with some of the best food in Italy.
La Posta Vecchia is the old Roman home of Jean-Paul Getty and you could hire it for you and your friends. Just 19 rooms and a dream of a Roman house - filled with paintings, sculptures and ancient treasures. Or go on one of Charles FitzRoy’s trips to Florence - enter private palaces, dine with displaced princes, see art collections, gardens, houses you’d never get to see on your own. This is the Florence we all know is there but wouldn’t know how to find.
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A tailor-made trip to Florence with Bellini Travel (+44 (0)20 7602 7602, www.bellinitravel.com) including dinner in a private palazzo and two visits to private collections and gardens costs from £1,500pp including return flights to Pisa and three nights’ B&B at the five-star Hotel Helvetia and Bristol.
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