The Holiday home âTenuta Col Serenoâ is situated in Versilia, that part of Tuscany where, within few kilometers, you can find sandy beaches, steep mountains, rolling hills and lake oases which inspired the melodies of the great composer Giacomo Puccini, that here spent most of his life.
Inside the estate, The Casale, surrounded by a large garden of olive-trees , stands out on top of a small hill which is just about eighty meters high, in the immediate hinterland of the town of Viareggio which is only 6 kilometers away.
As you walk through the entrance gate of the estate, a cypress-lined private road takes the guests to the car park, where a short path , lined with sweet-scented lavender, sage and rosemary, leads to the holiday apartments.
The tranquillity of the place is interrupted, in different moments of the season and of the day by the morning singing of small birds, by the shrill of cicadas in the hottest hours and by the crickets on summer evenings. Far away, the bells of the churches scattered on the hills around in the distance mark the passing of time.
The availability of large outdoor spaces, with fence property borders, make the âTenuta Col Serenoâ particularly suitable for families with small children, who can walk around and play without any dangers. Besides, the particular structure of the building, in which there are two flats, close to each other, but completely independent, allows two families of friends to spend their holiday together without giving up their own privacy.
Well trained dogs are welcome, subject to an agreement with the owners.
A stay in the âTenuta Col Serenoâ gives the possibility to rediscover the pleasure of a quiet life ,in perfect harmony with the country, in close contact with nature and just a short distance from the sea, famous towns of artistic interest, and from social life.
What for over 200 years was a farmhouse with stable, barn and, cellar, has been recently completely refurbished in the present Villa, to offer guests a comfortable and relaxing stay, in two 4-room fully independent apartments, with central heating for stays in the colder season: PALMA and MAGNOLIA..
Each apartment offers up to 6 beds, 2 in a large double bedroom, where a cot can be supplied on request, 2 in a room with two single beds, and 2 in the living room with a comfortable sofa, which can easily and quickly be transformed into a double bed.
In the living room, decorated with furniture typical of the Tuscan tradition, located beside the sofa you can find a store cupboard with showcase, an extension table with chairs and satellite TV; on one side of the room is arranged the cooking area, which is equipped with gas cooker with 4 burners and oven, refrigerator with freezer, sink with two basins, in addition to furniture containing the crockery and everything necessary for cooking.
The bathroom, placed in the sleeping area between the two bedrooms ,is equipped with washbasin, bidet, bathtub and shower, toilet. The washing machine is placed in a separate room.
The entrance to the apartment overlooks a veranda of about 15 sq , for the sole use of the apartment; the veranda is covered with ceiling beams and rafters in chestnut and cypress wood recovered from the old farmhouse and reused here. There you can find a table and chairs, much appreciated for breakfasts and lunches outdoors.
Outside the spaces are large: the verandas overlook directly an almost flat garden of olive trees, approximately 5,000 sq wide and fenced outwards, overlooking the plain, the town of Viareggio and a long stretch of coastline; from here the view goes away on the sea, up to see, on a clear day, the profile of the isle of the isle of Gorgona, still today the home of a penal colony, and, more rarely, the isle of Capraia and the northern part of Corsica, distant about sixty miles;
on those clear days, to the South you can even guess in the distance (20 km) the profile of the Cathedral and the leaning tower of Pisa; at night then the coast shines with lights, ranging from the lighthouse located on the island of Tino (Gulf of La Spezia)in the North to the lighthouse of the port of Livorno in the South.
Among the olive trees, for each apartment guests can use a table with a marble top and wooden benches; in addition, a common shower made of stone for refreshment in the heat of the summer and various small fountains , made of stone too. Certainly everyone will be able to find the right position where to place for a pleasant relaxation, umbrellas and deck chairs supplied to the apartments.
Here and there grow many-colored oleanders, citrus plants, fragrant Sage and Rosemary hedges, Strawberry trees, while Geraniums and bougainvillea adorn the loggias.
For moments of meditation, a âmarginettaâ (a tiny chapel) with the image of the Madonna della Fontenova rests in the shade of century-old cypresses.
