# Italy On Screen: Famous Villas You Can Rent | Doorways

> From Under the Tuscan Sun's Bramasole to The White Lotus palazzo, the Italian villas behind favorite films and shows, and how to stay in them.

Source: https://villavacations.com/category/on-screen/

From the Notebook

# On Screen
*travel notes*

Stories from our notebook filed under *On Screen* — written by Italy travel specialists who’ve been doing this since 1994.

![Villa Balbiano infinity pool overlooking Lake Como with pollarded plane trees](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/balbiano-pool-lake-view-768x1024.jpg)

[On Screen](https://villavacations.com/category/on-screen/) [Trip Inspiration](https://villavacations.com/category/trip-inspiration/)

June 4, 2026

## [Tour Villa Balbiano](https://villavacations.com/travel-guide/villa-balbiano-devil-wears-prada-2/)

Villa Balbiano is real, bookable, and the most photogenic house on Lake Como.

[Andiamo →](https://villavacations.com/travel-guide/villa-balbiano-devil-wears-prada-2/)

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![Villa Tasca — rent the villa from The White Lotus](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/rent-the-villa-from-the-white-lotus-hero-2-1024x576.webp)

On Screen

June 1, 2026

### Rent the Villa from “The White Lotus”

Fans of HBO’s acclaimed series “The White Lotus” can now experience their own slice of sunny Sicily in Villa Tasca in Palermo. The 16th-century palazzo was featured in…

![Villa Laura facade — Bramasole in Under the Tuscan Sun](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/story-villa-laura-bramasole-under-tuscan-sun-hero-1-1024x539.webp)

On Screen

June 1, 2026

### Where Was Under the Tuscan Sun Filmed? Cortona and the Story of Villa Laura

Under the Tuscan Sun made a crumbling Cortona farmhouse called Bramasole famous. The house you see in the 2003 film, starring Diane Lane, is Villa Laura, an estate…

![Villa Laura farmhouse — featured by Soft Surroundings](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-laura-featured-soft-surroundings-hero-945x1024.webp)

On Screen

June 1, 2026

### Villa Laura Featured by Soft Surroundings

Villa Laura was the setting of a Soft Surroundings photo shoot as seen in their Endless Weekend catalog. Former guests and one of our brides-to-be are having fun…

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## Reading is lovely. *Going* is better.

Tell us which of these places caught your eye and we’ll hand-pick three villas that put you right in the middle of it, with the dinner reservation, the boat, and the back-road directions sorted before you land.

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