Villa Rentals PRATO - Tuscan Province located north of Florence, Prato is a city that has over time increased its demographics (today it counts almost two hundred thousand inhabitants). Many villages surround the city. It is a modern city, but in many of its corners there are distinctive traces of the medieval. In the very heart of Prato there are a wonderful cathedral, Praetorian Palace, the imposing Castle of the Emperor and the beautiful Villa del Palco, with its Italian gardens. Worth a visit is the Museum of Opera and that of Fabric. On the hills around Prato we recommend a visit to the villages of Carmignano, Poggio Caiano (where you can visit the Villa Medici), Artimino (to see Villa Fernanda) and Montale, near which lies the village of Castle Montemurlo.