This elegant accommodation is perfect for family trips, business meetings and special events!
Real Taste of Tuscany experiences with the best producers of Tuscan food & wine, cooking classes and private personal chefs on request make this accommodation truly authentic!
The original building dates back to the year 1000, and has lost nothing of its ancient charm, although it has undergone significant alterations over time. The owner has rendered the dwelling functional through a skillful and meticulous renovation, equipping it with modern comforts. Yet the air is still replete with the magic of ancient memories.
Situated in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, the ancient historic church of San Giusto in Salcio is already recorded in a document from the year 1018 originating from the archive of the Castello di Brolio, although what we see today is fruit of the restoration carried out in the late twenties.
The church has maintained the basilica-style three-naved layout, with the arches supported on quadrangular pillars without any real capital, and with three apses and a roof formed of trusses in wood and terracotta.
The entire church, completely bare apart from a modern wooden crucifix, an exceptional work by the English sculptor Matthew Spender, has managed to preserve in the interior a superb austerity.
The property is surrounded by an extensive private garden looking out on a romantic landscape of orchards and vineyards. In the characteristic, spacious stone cellars, which have also been carefully restored, guests may taste and purchase the excellent wine and extra-virgin olive oil produced by the owner of the estate.
The property lies about 4 km from Radda in Chianti, 40 km from Florence and 30 from Siena.
All the rooms of the villa have air-condition, refrigerator, plasma TV, satelite system and safe.
Ground floor:
A big room that guests use for dinners/lunches, and next to this you have the wine cellar. After the wine cellar you have the room for the sauna. After the sauna there is a door that leads to a relaxation room and the outdoor Roman bath, an outdoor Jacuzzi pool with patio 3x6 m.
First floor:
entrance, living-room with stone fireplace and access to
terrace, dining-room with fireplace, living-room with TV, small kitchen with
access to garden, 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with bathtub and 1 with
shower.
Second floor:
large living-room with wooden-beamed ceilings equipped for
listening to music and reading room, 3 double bedrooms, 2 twin bedrooms,
breakfast room with corner kitchen, 1 bathroom with bathtub and 2 bathrooms
with shower
Facilities
• Cooking classes
• Cook on request
• Wine tasting
• House-cleaning each day included in the price!
• Parking at the property
• Extra-virgin olive-oil producer
• Chianti Classico red wine producer
• Stereo
• TV
• Indoor Sauna and hammam
• Outdoor small pool 3x6 metres, what we call a Roman Bath
Distances
Radda in Chianti 4 km nearest town with shops of all kind
Firenze 40 km
Siena, 30 km
Airport: Florence 40 km
Train station: Siena 30 km
Bus: Sita Line from the Florence station, 60 minutes (bus stops in Radda)
Ugolino Golf Club: 30 km
Tennis: Radda 4 km
Horseback-riding:
Associazione equestre Poggio a Vescine (Radda in Chianti) 20 km;
Vecchio Texas km 21 (towards Figline Valdarno after Ponte agli Stolli) tel. 055959126
How to arrive
From Florence
Take SS 222 via Chiantigiana
After 40 km you'll find Panzano
Go straight direction Siena
After 5 km, turno to the left direction Radda
After 11 km, in Radda follow directions for Castellina, Poggibonsi and Siena
After 1 km, turn to the left for Lecchi, Pieve di San Giusto
After 3 km, turn to the right, direction Pieve di San Giusto
After 400 m of an unpaved road, you arrive to Villa San Giusto, located next to the San Giusto church.