You’ve probably daydreamed at some point about staying in a villa in the bucolic countryside or on the shores of a grand lake — after all, who hasn’t? If it seems like a fantasy, it may be more achievable than you think.

The Encyclopedia Treccani defines a villa as a “residence, usually elegant and with a park or garden, situated either in the countryside (often within a rustic plot belonging to the same owner) or in areas laudable for their landscape, ambiance and climate, used above all during the summer months or, in general, during vacations.”