Tuscan luxury villa between Arezzo and Cortona, in Valdichiana. Sleeps 18+6, outdoor swimming pool, wide park, indoor swimming pool with hydromassage and sauna, air conditioning, Internet connection. Tennis courts, riding stable and golf club nearby.
Description
The elegant villa surrounded by a wide park with Italian garden and olive trees is situated in Valdichiana, between Arezzo - the town of golf and of a celebrated Antique Fair - and Cortona - a town of Etruscan origin that every year hosts a steak feast.
The villa is an excellent point of departure for visiting Cortona, Arezzo, Anghiari, Sansepolcro and Montepulciano, Siena, Florence and other important Tuscan cities of art are within easy driving distance. Some tennis courts, a riding stable and a golf club are within a few kilometres of the villa.
In the past a country residence, the villa has been carefully renovated; it still presents some traditional elements of the Tuscan houses, such as terracotta-tiled floors, wooden beams and brick ceilings. The rooms are elegantly furnished in period style.
The Outdoors
The building is surrounded by a wide garden that affords a splendid view of Valdichiana, which on clear days extends to Lake Trasimeno.
Some steps and a ramp accessible to guests with disabilities lead to the private swimming pool (12x6 m; depth: 1.20-2.00 m) with Roman stairs.
Accommodation
The villa is a three-storey building that sleeps 18+6 guests in 9 double bedrooms and 6 supplementary single beds; it has 9 bathrooms and 2 half bathrooms.
On the ground floor are the kitchen, the living area including a covered veranda, the heated indoor swimming pool with hydromassage and a counter-current swimming system, the sauna, a double bedroom with ensuite bathroom and two half bathrooms.
The first floor composes of seven double bedrooms with ensuite bathroom.
Another double bedroom with ensuite bathroom is in the mansard.
Three bathrooms have a whirlpool bathtub.
Six supplementary single beds are available upon request.
Facilities
The villa is equipped with outdoor swimming pool, barbecue, air conditioning, heated indoor swimming pool with hydromassage and counter-current swimming system, sauna, elevator, satellite TV, Internet connection, whirlpool bathtub, safe, oven, microwave oven, dishwasher, washing machine, cot beds and private car parking place.
A baby sitter, a cook and maid and breakfast services are available upon request.
Services
Shops and services of any kind and some tennis courts are in Foiano della Chiana, 5 kilometres from the villa.
A golf club and a riding stable are 10 kilometres from the estate.
Distances
Foiano della Chiana 5 km - Cortona 12 km - Arezzo 18 km - Siena 63 km - Florence 94 km - Lucca 173 km - Pisa 176 km. Florence airport 112 km - Pisa airport 174 km.
Access to the Villa
The villa is accessed through a 500-metre well-tended and comfortably drivable dirt road.
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