Villa with pool on hill top by National Park surrounded by vineyards and olives

Valpiana is a peaceful ancient wine farm, CENTRAL in the green hart of Tuscany, it is an old picturesque Tuscan farmhouse for a stay up to 10 persons.

It is a very spacious and a comfortable location for young & old, surrounded by forest, organic vineyard & olive grooves, cypresses and lavender.
The location is perfect for friends and families to enjoy each other, the nature, and everything that ‘bella Toscana’ offers. It is child-friendly and guests can bring their pets (garden is fenced) There is a private pool, Starlink internet, a huge old farmer fireplace.

It is as well perfect for groups with a theme such as: reunion, yoga, hikers, photographers, reflection, musicisti, painters, anniversary, marriage, art & culture visitors, birdwatchers and lovers of Tuscan wines and olive oil.

Valpiana is centrally located in Tuscany, in the municipality of Londa, 34 km from Florence.
It lies on a mountain plateau with beautiful views everywhere. It is literally on the edge of the Foreste Casentines National Park (UNESCO World Heritage List!)
Guests stay here in an authentic pleasant green part of Tuscany, not plagued by mass tourism and the people are friendly.

The farm is since 1645 family property and it has a peaceful rural atmosphere created by the ancient farmer fireplace, wooden beamed ceilings, thick walls with arches, chestnut wooden doors and terracotta floors.
The house is pleasantly spacious> 250m², cozy, well maintained and very well equipped.
It has a large fencced garden that offers a private pool, outdoors furniture, BBQ, hammock, sun beds, ping pong table, swings and 2 showers. There are  (fruit) trees, forest fruits, all kinds of flowers and plants and kitchen herbs for your use, such as: rosemary, thyme, laurel, mint, lemon balm, salvia, fennel and arugula. The pool, garden, house is not shared whit anyone else.

*  Logistics information.
The most nearby village is Londa (3.5 km away) to buy daily supply, it has 3 bars and 4 good restaurants.
Train station Londa/Contea is a 10-minute drive, bus stop is in central Londa. Londa has a lake with playgrounds and an outdoor training circuit.
At a distance of 1 up to 2 hours is Florence-Pisa-,Bologna airpoort.
There is parking space for 3 ( max 4) cars at the location
If you come with an electric car, please contact the host for charging options.

* layout of the house
In the photo gallery is a floor plan of the house.
On the ground floor is the entrance hall with the original stone floor, the big kitchen/dining room, the living room with a large fireplace, a studio-bedroom and a bathroom (with toilet, shower sink wheelchair accessible).
An original stone stairs leads to the hall on the second floor, this offers access to 6 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

* What can you do during your stay?
You can enjoy the location like; eating together inside or outside and look at the starry sky when it’s dark. You wake up rested, see a beautiful mountain view, hear bird singing and smell the clean air.
There is a great diversity of flora and fauna to admire and you can walk strate in to the forest, olive fields , vineyard or go to a lake.
The garden is perfect to eat, relax, sunbath, and big enough to play football, boules or badminton, etc..
You can do mani out door activities: visits sevral waterfalls/rivers, long and short walks, (rental electronic) bike trips, moutenbicken, horse back riding, climbing, vespa tour, swimming, fishing etc ..
For lovers of Italian cuisine there are many good restaurants, take a way ore enjoy cooking with fresh local products.
Lovers of Italian fashion can hit the mall or the Designer Outlet.
Museums are in abundance, a small selection: Accademia, Uffizi, the Leonardo da Vinci- an Galileo Museum, Specola, Piaggio,Natural History Museum, the Italian Football- or wool Museum in Stia.

Valpiana is centrally located in Tuscany and therefore it is easy to visit famous Tuscan cities such as: Florence, Lucca, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Siena, Pisa.
It is also in the middle of 3 authentic Tuscan regions. The zone "Casentino" with medieval towns such as Poppi is littered with castles, impressive monasteries and churches. The "Mugello" region is an agricultural region with a beautiful rolling landscape. It produces delicious local products such as cheeses, sausage and chestnut dishes. There are many picturesque villages, markets, the big lake of Bilancino and the famous Circuit Mugello.
In the direction of Florance is the region "Val di Sieve". This is known for the production of the Chianti Rufina wine, the rural vineyards in the mountain landscape and the many beautiful old olive groves. Visit the wine museum here, a wine castle for a tasting.

In the agriturismo you will find practical information and tips about (outdoor) activities, museums, city trips, shops, restaurants, ice cream gelateria, big and small (super) markets and other interesting spots like castles and monasteries etc..

* extra service
For guests who wants to know more about our extra vergine olive oil or about our wines we organize a Wine Tour & -tasting on location, accompanied by a tasting of typical Tuscan specialties.
In highseason there is also an intresting visit possible in our to olive oil mill in Londa.


* About the hosts
Buongiorno a tutti, we are Nanette (NL), Tommaso (IT) & children, the hosts of agriturismo Valpiana.
We are blessed to live happily in the peaceful green heart of Tuscany where we produce organic quality olive oil & wines with great passion.
With our 15 years of experience as hosts we can report that there is so much to admire and to do here. As locals we like to tell you all about it for an unforgettable holiday. With enthusiasm we would like to invite you to read al the information or even better to come and celebrate your holiday here. Everybody is welcome and if you have any questions please do not hesitate we are happy to answer.