![]() ![]() “Every bedroom on the property is unique with beautiful original features, hand woven Busatti fabrics and the highest quality bed linen. The real-life restoration work on Villa Laura began in 2006. ![]() Airy and spacious, it offers a Hollywood-worthy retreat in the Tuscan countryside near the town of Cortona. Just as the fictional villa is given a makeover, Villa Laura was recently renovated with an eye to traditional style and touches of quiet luxury. This ten-bedroom property played the role of the villa Bramasole in the film. Writer-director Audrey Wells says they simply “cleaned it up a little and filmed it in warmer, prettier light.”Ī stay at Villa Laura is your chance to live out your own Under the Tuscan Sun. ![]() They didn’t actually change much in the house to show it had been remodeled in the movie. I’ve been slowly working my way through old posts and updating them, and this one definitely deserved some bigger, better photos! Long-time readers may remember when I first featured this house on my blog back in 2009. The house needed work, both in the movie and in real life. Villa Laura in the Movie “Under the Tuscan Sun” Note: This post contains affiliate links that may earn me commission. The movie was filmed on location at Villa Laura in Tuscany, which is actually a vacation rental today, so I thought it would be fun to revisit how it looked onscreen. In the romantic comedy Under the Tuscan Sun, Diane Lane played Frances Mayes, a woman who impulsively decided to buy and restore an old house in Italy called “Bramasole.” ![]()
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