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Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge

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Pool
Interiör
Rum
Rum
Restaurang utomhus

Recensioner

9,6 av 10,
Enastående
3 sovrum3 badrumSovplats för 8200 kvm

Populära bekvämligheter

  • Grill
  • Pool
  • Frukost tillgänglig
  • Torktumlare
  • Parkering tillgänglig
  • Tvättmaskin

Utforska området

Map
San Casciano Val di Pesa, Toscana
  • Torre Del Chianti
    ‪4 min med bil‬
  • Monastero delle Sorelle Clarisse
    ‪4 min med bil‬
  • Antinori nel Chianti Classico
    ‪9 min med bil‬
  • Florence (FLR-Peretola)
    ‪38 min med bil‬

Rum och sängar

3 sovrum (sovplats för 8)

Sovrum 1

1 queensize-säng

Sovrum 2

1 bäddsoffa (dubbel)

Sovrum 3

1 dubbelsäng

Sovrum 4

1 queensize-säng, 1 sängskåp (enkelt) och 1 spjälsäng

3 badrum

Badrum 1

Badkar eller dusch · Toalett

Badrum 2

Badkar eller dusch · Bidé · Toalett · Endast dusch

Badrum 3

Toalett · Endast dusch

Ytterligare utrymmen

Däck eller uteplats
Terrass eller lanai
Kök
Balkong
Lekplats utomhus
Trädgård

Om boendet

Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge

Poggio Canali är en utsökt restaurerad 500 år gammal sten toskansk villa med ett utmärkt läge i hjärtat av det kända landskapet i Toscana i Chianti, nära Florens, Siena och Toscanas vackraste bergstoppar. Vårt lanthus ligger på en kulle i slutet av en lugn landsväg och har fantastisk klassisk Toscana utsikt över avlägsna vingårdar, slott och fastigheter. Njut av ett glas Prosecco medan du tittar på vackra solnedgångar från våra terrasser, trädgårdar och paviljonger. Vi har också en ny pool med härliga vyer. En stor vackert snidad sten spis gör vår villa perfekt under alla årstider.

Vår stora 500 år gamla stenhus villa (230 kvadratmeter eller 2 475 kvadratmeter) har kärleksfullt och helt återställts till högsta standard och i linje med den vackra toskanska estetiska. Det är utmärkt beläget 20 minuter söder om Florens (riktning Siena) i den klassiska toskanska Chianti landsbygden och är omgiven av böljande kullar, trädkantade dalar, olivlundar, vingårdar, slott och renässansvillor.

* Observera, det här är en privat villa, du delar inte våra privata faciliteter, trädgårdar och grunder med andra gäster som med många billigare italienska lägenheter. Vårt hus är tyst - i slutet av en landsväg, och det är inte isolerat eftersom det finns två mycket trevliga, icke-påträngande italienska familjer som bor i närheten av grannarna.

Villan har stora rymliga sovrum och vardagsrum, antikviteter, stengolv med högkvalitativa inredning, fyra affisch sängar i varje rum och traditionella arkitektoniska detaljer, inklusive en handskuren stor öppen spis och gamla träbjälkar samt en känslig restaurering av originaldörrar och fönster.

Villan är på fyra nivåer och har traditionella terrakotta golv hela. Villan är utrustad med fina möbler och sängkläder samt antikviteter och hushållsvaror av hög kvalitet, inklusive keramik, bestick och alla nya högkvalitativa europeiska köksmaskiner. Den har tre stora dubbelrum, tre badrum med högsta kvalitet inredning; två stora vardagsrum, (sover upp till 8) och en stor äter i köket samt en separat tvättstuga.

Sovrumslayouten är - sovrum 1: Ett stort sovrum med stor dubbelsäng queen size-himmelssäng och eget badrum med garderob. Sovrum 2: Ett stort dubbelrum med queen size-himmelssäng och en extra enkelsäng. Sovrum 3: Ett stort sovrum med dubbelsäng himmelssäng. En Vikbar barn resesäng tillgänglig om det behövs.

Lokala hantverkare har handgjorda för att beställa fina möbler och inredning i traditionell stil, inklusive en järn himmelssäng och en traditionell köksredskap i antik stil. Utan dörrområden ingår en stor "loggia" (traditionell täckt veranda med ekbjälkar och terrakottagolv) med vacker utsikt. Den loggia har en stor gourmet BBQ samt ett stort järn antikt bord med trä topp (sittplatser 10) med järn uteplats stolar och utomhus divan lounge. Av loggia framför huset är en stor gammal stengårdsgård, en separat ekbjälkad paviljong med lounge stolar och bord med järnbalustrade och vacker utsikt. Gården kommer också med en medeltida stenbrunn och tråg och leder till en nedre gårdsplan och terrass, ett skogsområde med ekar, privata trädgårdar och en stor över pool.

Trädgården planteras i traditionell toskansk stil med olivträd, lavendelar, rosmarin, traditionella gammaldagsrosor och granatäpplen och många parfymerade växter.

Alla rum och trädgårdar har vacker utsikt över den toskanska landsbygden, eftersom villan ligger på en kulle och har utsikt över stora historiska fastigheter som det 1000-åriga slottet Bibbione, som nämns i Salman Rushdies senaste bok "The Enchantress of Florence".

Vi har också en ny pool med stora liggande teak lounge stolar som ligger på en sluttning med vacker utsikt.

Vi kan också hjälpa till med att planera din vistelse i Toscana, eftersom det också kan ge 10% rabatt på eventuella bokningar du gör för turer och upplevelser.




Nyckelord: Poggio Canali, Toscana villa, Villa, Country house, stort gammalt sten hus, casa, Toscana villa med pool, Toscana villa nära Florens, Toscana villa Chianti, Toscana hus uthyres, Toscana villa uthyres

Fastighetsförvaltaren

Rose Magers

Språk

Engelska
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Bekvämligheter

Pool
Kök
Tvättmaskin
Torktumlare
Gratis wi-fi
Luftkonditionering

Liknande boenden

Husregler

Incheckning efter 16.00
Lägsta ålder för att hyra: 21 år
Utcheckning före 09.00
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Barn

Barn tillåts: 0–17 år
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Evenemang

Inga evenemang tillåts
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Inga husdjur tillåts
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Rökning tillåten

Rökning förbjuden
No smoking inside the house

Viktig information

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Detta boende drivs av en privat värd (någon som inte agerar inom sin företagsverksamhet eller sitt yrke). EU:s konsumentlagar, inklusive ångerrätten, gäller inte för din bokning. Din bokning omfattas av den privata värdens avbokningspolicy.
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På detta boende finns bland annat följande säkerhetsdetaljer: brandsläckare och förbandslåda.
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Om området

San Casciano in Val di Pesa

Denna villa ligger på landet i San Casciano in Val di Pesa. Uffizierna och Palazzo Pitti tillhör de kulturella höjdpunkterna, och Historisk stadskärna och Santa Maria del Fiores katedral är några av områdets främsta sevärdheter. Har du barn med dig på resan? Då kan det vara läge att besöka Giardino di Boboli och Villa Medicea di Lilliano - Malenchini. Kolla in områdets djurliv med aktiviteter som naturpromenader och fågelskådning.
Karta
San Casciano Val di Pesa, Toscana

I närheten

  • Torre Del Chianti - 4 min med bil - 3.3 km
  • Monastero delle Sorelle Clarisse - 4 min med bil - 3.3 km
  • Antinori nel Chianti Classico - 9 min med bil - 8.6 km
  • Piazza di Santa Maria Novella - 22 min med bil - 21.0 km
  • Uffizierna - 25 min med bil - 25.9 km

Ta sig runt

  • Florence Rovezzano station – 21 min med bil
  • Peretolas flygplats (FLR) - 38 min med bil

Restauranger

  • ‪Villa Le Corti - ‬3 min med bil
  • ‪Cinque di Vino - ‬4 min med bil
  • ‪Blu Bar Bistro - ‬5 min med bil
  • ‪L'Osteria del Dolce - ‬4 min med bil
  • ‪Caffè Vittorio - ‬4 min med bil

Vanliga frågor och svar

Finns det pool på Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge?

Ja, boendet har en utomhuspool.

Är Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge husdjursvänligt?

Nej, husdjur är inte tillåtna på boendet.

Vilka är incheckningstiderna för Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge?

Incheckning börjar 16.00.

Vilken utcheckningstid gäller för Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge?

Utcheckning sker senast klockan 09.00.

Var ligger Stor Privat Toscana Villa nära Florens med Pool Superb Views Läge?

Denna familjevänliga villa i San Casciano in Val di Pesa ligger på landet, 4 km från Monastero delle Sorelle Clarisse och mindre än en mil från Florens amerikanska militärkyrkogård och Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Passignano-klostret och Castello di Montegufoni ligger också mindre än 15 km härifrån.

Recensioner

9,6

Enastående

Recensioner visas i kronologisk ordning och har, om inget annat anges, genomgått en gransknings- och verifieringsprocess.
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10 - Fantastiskt i betyg. 13 av 18 recensioner
8 - Bra i betyg. 5 av 18 recensioner
6 - Okej i betyg. 0 av 18 recensioner
4 - Dåligt i betyg. 0 av 18 recensioner
2 - Väldigt dåligt i betyg. 0 av 18 recensioner

9,0/10

Renlighet

10/10

Incheckning

10/10

Kommunikation

10/10

Läge

9,0/10

Annonsens riktighet

Recensioner

10/10 Fantastiskt

Khalil A.

Gillade: Renlighet, incheckning, kommunikation, plats och annonsens riktighet

Thank you!

Wonderful place! Loved our time there!
Bodde här 6 nätter i juli 2024

10/10 Fantastiskt

Verifierad resenär

Gillade: Renlighet, incheckning, kommunikation, plats och annonsens riktighet

Perfect Location

Our family of six thoroughly enjoyed our time at the villa. Quiet, peaceful and yet a perfect spot for several day or afternoon trips. We went to the market in Greve one morning, biked through Florence one afternoon, had dinner in San Gimignano one evening and went truffle hunting another morning...all short drives from this wonderful villa!
Bodde här 4 nätter i juni 2019

8/10 Bra

Stuart C.

Great villa down a rustic road

We really enjoyed our stay but be prepared for a Mr. Toads wild ride down the dirt road that is about 1 KM from the paved road. The house is nice and the beds comfortable. They could do a little better on cleaning between guests. Many dishes needed to be rewashed. Several really good restaurants within 1 to 2 km from the house. All serve amazing Tuscan food with local wines. Call the Principe Cassini to see if they are serving dinner during your stay. A very small osteria that serves great food and really good wine. You pay the same price for wine as you would buying it in the wine shop.
Bodde här 6 nätter i september 2018

10/10 Fantastiskt

Kimberly K., West Hartford, CT

Beautiful home

Wonderful holiday. Everything was as the photos show. Michele, who greeted us, and Rose were attentive hosts. It was lovely.
Bodde här 7 nätter i juli 2018

10/10 Fantastiskt

Cheryl M.

Breathtaking views

Wonderful stay! Beautifully restored villa with breathtaking views of Tuscany. Michael prepared amazing meals and made our stay memorable. Thank you so much Michael and Rose!
Bodde här 4 nätter i juni 2018
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

John B.

Million dollar sunsets!

Amazing time with my family (wife + four daughters). The owner was very accommodating and his property manager on site/ chef Michele even cooked us amazing Indian gourmet dinners. Most memorable part of our Europe trip. We will be back!.
Bodde här 4 nätter i augusti 2017
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

Tracy T.

Beautiful spot and Rose is great

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in July. We had a couple of minor electrical issues but Rose was quick to see that they were remedied. Rose also provides a fantastic amount of information about restaurants and things to do in the area.
Bodde här 7 nätter i juli 2017
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

8/10 Bra

Arlene M.

Absolutely gorgeous view from this villa! A beautiful country home away from the hustle and bustle.!

This villa has everything you need to enjoy your stay in Tuscany.
Bodde här 7 nätter i juni 2017
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

Kathi H.

An Ideal Country House in Tuscany

This past May my family of five spent six delightful days at Poggio Canali. We could not have found a more ideal villa or location from which to explore Tuscany. Having spent several days in Venice, we were looking forward to having a bit more room and being surrounded by beautiful countryside, and Poggio Canali surpassed our expectations in every way. Upon arrival we were greeted by Rose, the owner, and Michele, the caretaker, who gave us an orientation to the house and environs. Indeed, months before our trip Rose provided a comprehensive list and review of local restaurants, wineries, markets, shops, sites to see, and other general information about the Chianti region. We arrived at Poggio Canali shortly after a storm had passed through the area and knocked out the WiFi connection in the house. To the relief of my three adult children, Rose provided us with a temporary mobile hotspot so they could still connect to the internet! Both Rose and Michele could not have been more friendly and accommodating to our needs during our stay. Michele is also an accomplished chef, and we wish we had been able to stay a few more days at Poggio Canali so that he could have cooked us a meal from one of his many extensive menus. This renovated country house is beautifully furnished and decorated, well-equipped with modern amenities, and is also very comfortable, with a big open kitchen and adjoining sitting area on the first floor, and another large sitting area upstairs, which was a nice spot for relaxing and reading before bed. The views of rolling hills, villas, vineyards and olive groves from the house, large courtyard and pool patio are truly breathtaking, and the location is perfect for visiting Florence, Siena, Pisa and the multitude of enchanting hilltop towns in Tuscany. I recommend Poggio Canali without reservation, only wish we could have stayed longer, and hope to return some day. Thank you, Rose, for sharing your wonderful house with us.
Bodde här 6 nätter i maj 2016
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

8/10 Bra

Jörg H.

Schön, aber

Das Haus ist sehr schön, die Lage ruhig, sogar sehr abgelegen, inmitten der Weinberge. Die Wohnung ist groß, allerdings ist das Haus nicht einzeln gelegen, wie noch bei uns angegeben, es ist eher eine Doppelhaushälfte, da im Hintergrund noch jemand wohnt. Gestört haben diese Leute aber nicht. Wirklich gestört haben die vielen Mücken, dies muss auch immer so sein, da sehr viel Mückspray usw. Im ganzen Haus zu finden war. Hier würden Moskitonetze an den Betten wirklich helfen. Insgesamt hätte es etwas sauberer sein können, hinsichtlich Staub und Spinnweben, aber auch bei den Laken, Handtüchern und Geschirr. Wir haben aber insgesamt eine schöne Zeit gehabt und es sehr genossen. Der Blick über die wunderschöne Toskana ist toll. Die Restaurants in der Umgebung sind sehr gut und die Wege nach Florenz, Pisa, Sienna etc. gut zu bewältigen.
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

8/10 Bra

david w., Minneapolis

Wonderful old farm house in a great remote location!

Two couples stayed for 8 days September 2016. Rose and Michele met us at the property for a thorough check in. Both were very attentive and responsive to our needs throughout our stay and helpful with questions about the house and our travel area. The house is as represented in HomeAway. I would definitely rent from Rose again!
Bodde här 8 nätter i september 2016
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

8/10 Bra

Stephen F.

Poggio Canali was fantastic!

So many great things to say about our experience with the owner and the property itself.. The location, the views, the amenities...all very impressive. Poggio Canali is very well situated for a relaxing and adventurous visit to Tuscany. Everything worth exploring is within a 2 hour day trip. I would recommend this property to friends and families!
Bodde här 9 nätter i juli 2016
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

Michael R., Copenhagen

Doesn't get better than this

My wife and I and our grown up kids and boyfriends had a wonderful stay at Poggio Canali in July. During the heatwave in Italy with temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius this hilltop estate was a perfect home for us when exploring the beautiful Chianti region. When we returned mid afternoon from our day tours to hilltop villages and wineries, the shaded areas in the courtyard and the new pool with their view of the vineyards were the perfect places to relax. The description and photos on the site are a very fair reflection of this property - the owner, Rose, and her husband have with great taste and attention to detail turned this century old house into a home with all modern amenities while keeping the original look and feel of a Tuscan farmhouse. Michelle, the friendly English speaking housekeeper, who greeted us upon arrival ensures that everything is well maintained and clean. Rose provided us with a long list of suggestions for things to see and do, which is a good source of inspiration if you don't already have a plan for what to see in Chianti. Every other night, we prepared our own dinner on the barbeque in the courtyard, enjoying wines we had purchased at local wineries. Other nights, we dined at good local restaurants of which there are several in the nearby town San Casciano in Val di Pesa, a 6-7 minute drive from the house. Cantinetta del Nonno serves an excellent Steak Florentine and Gallo Gialo, which is just 2 minutes from the house, takes the prize for the best Tiramisu we have ever had in Italy (and we have vacationed here many times over the past twenty years). We will definitely come back to Poggio Canali next time we have chance.
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

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Perfection In Tuscany

This is what dreams are made of! We were fortunate enough to spend a week of our honeymoon at Poggi Canali and I will for the rest of my life have fond memories of the gorgeous views and the villa itself. The villa is exactly as the pictures show-even better if that is possible. It was clean, well maintained and it was obviously lovingly maintained. Every detail was perfect-absolutely gorgeous. The views were unbelievable-everything I had dreamed of. The villa provides several areas to sit back, relax and absorb nature at its finest. The sunrise and sunsets were spectacular-pictures cannot do it justice. The location of the villa is somewhat remote; you have excellent privacy yet are close enough to the town. The most fantastic part is the villa is centrally located to so many incredible towns and villages-we were able to easily day trip to Siena, Cortona, Volterra and Greve to name just a few. As phenomenal as the villa were the owners themselves! Our honeymoon was made even more incredible with the assistance of Rose & Pierre. The recommendations they gave us were amazing. My husband is a chef and the restaurant suggestions were fantastic-a mix of "fancy" places mixed with "mom and pop" restaurants were offered; all of which were beyond expectations. They even went so far as to call and make reservations for us. They knew the best scenery spots, which towns offered what, even down to the best cheese maker around (if you like cheese go there-so worth it). I could go on & on about how amazing the villa and the owners are; I think I've run out of descriptive words already! Hands down, without a doubt, this was the vacation of a lifetime and I would (and will!) go back in a heartbeat. We cannot thank Rose & Pierre enough.
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

Kiki N.

Picturesque, charming villa!

We stayed for a week at this charming villa and could not have been happier! The location made it accessible to major roads and towns, however, the villa itself is tucked away and quiet. The owners provided many helpful lists of their favorite local restaurants, wineries, cheese-makers, and attractions. The kitchen is spacious and we ate many meals with our group of 6 people there or on the large courtyard table. We didn't want to leave!
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

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Amazing Villa

This villa is everything you could want. The owner is great, it is close to Florence, and the home is amazing. The home had plenty of room for the 6 of us that stayed. The viewing courtyard pavilion was amazing for sunsets. I would highly recommend this villa to a friend.
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

Kiki N.

Picturesque, charming villa!

We stayed for a week at this charming villa and could not have been happier! The location made it accessible to major roads and towns, however, the villa itself is tucked away and quiet. The owners provided many helpful lists of their favorite local restaurants, wineries, cheese-makers, and attractions. The kitchen is spacious and we ate many meals with our group of 6 people there or on the large courtyard table. We didn't want to leave!
Recensionen skickades in före 2018 och har inte verifierats.

10/10 Fantastiskt

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Perfection In Tuscany

This is what dreams are made of! We were fortunate enough to spend a week of our honeymoon at Poggi Canali and I will for the rest of my life have fond memories of the gorgeous views and the villa itself. The villa is exactly as the pictures show-even better if that is possible. It was clean, well maintained and it was obviously lovingly maintained. Every detail was perfect-absolutely gorgeous. The views were unbelievable-everything I had dreamed of. The villa provides several areas to sit back, relax and absorb nature at its finest. The sunrise and sunsets were spectacular-pictures cannot do it justice. The location of the villa is somewhat remote; you have excellent privacy yet are close enough to the town. The most fantastic part is the villa is centrally located to so many incredible towns and villages-we were able to easily day trip to Siena, Cortona, Volterra and Greve to name just a few. As phenomenal as the villa were the owners themselves! Our honeymoon was made even more incredible with the assistance of Rose & Pierre. The recommendations they gave us were amazing. My husband is a chef and the restaurant suggestions were fantastic-a mix of "fancy" places mixed with "mom and pop" restaurants were offered; all of which were beyond expectations. They even went so far as to call and make reservations for us. They knew the best scenery spots, which towns offered what, even down to the best cheese maker around (if you like cheese go there-so worth it). I could go on & on about how amazing the villa and the owners are; I think I've run out of descriptive words already! Hands down, without a doubt, this was the vacation of a lifetime and I would (and will!) go back in a heartbeat. We cannot thank Rose & Pierre enough.

Om värden

Rose Magers är värd

Värdens profilbild
It really gives us great joy to try to achieve the breathing of life back into a building that had obviously been neglected for at least a century. We try to follow a personal aesthetic of what is for us a Tuscan ideal of combining modern needs with the intrinsic beauty of old stone Tuscan houses, which in this case was made by Tuscan peasants who obviously were not expert builders. So when we put in new windows we had the builders ‘wonkify’ them, using as a model, a window in the house with an uneven arch. The builders laughed when we asked them to please not make the plaster on the walls perfect, because to make it perfect would not be ‘in keeping’. Some of the artisans, particularly a wonderful local carpenter always takes our ideas very seriously and assiduously follows requests like finding old glass (replete with bubbles and deformations) to put in hand crafted furniture and windows for us, so they are ‘in keeping’.

We love Italian demolition yards and we appreciate the local artisan’s skills. We love the mark of an artisans hand to be apparent. We found an incredibly beautiful fireplace lying broken on the ground in a demolition yard near Carrara on the Tuscan coast. The owner assured us that they would fix it and that I would hardly see that it had been cracked in half, but for us, this made the piece more beautiful and authentic. The crack visible enhanced and aged the piece rather than detracting from it. It was carved by a young French sculptor from French limestone. In depth and very serious discussions followed about exactly what the appropriate aesthetic and placement of the fireplace should be with the passionately concerned owner of the demolition yard. That’s another thing we love about Italy; a deep respect for doing things well. I prefer not to use the local pietra serena for architectural features such a fireplaces as I find its greyness and texture depressing. So we raised some local artisan’s eyebrows choosing to use another stone.

Varför värden valde detta boende

Prime location in the heart of the most beautiful Chianti countryside but close to Florence's world famous museums and sights. We are surrounded by fabulous high quality Chianti Classico wine making estates, olive oil producers, Castles estates, a beautiful Abbey, stunning Villas and ancient stone Tuscan country houses. Our home is situated at the end of a quiet country lane just off the road from San Casciano to Mercatale, to the south of Florence. Our villa is perfect at any time of year having a beautiful pool and large fireplace and set amidst a gourmet paradise with great local producers of gourmet products nearby.

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Our country house is surrounded by and overlooks the stunning estates of Prince Corsini and vineyards of famous superb quality wine producing estates such as Villa le Corti- a magnificent Corsini villa from the sixteenth century. Close by are fabulous restaurants, wine estates and historical monuments as well as Etruscan ruins. The wines of the Gabbiano Castle estate close by are also superb, as are the cellars of the Antinori estates attached to the ancient picturesque Abbey called Badia Passignano founded in the year 890. There also is a wonderful cheese producer (we like to call him the “Michelangelo’ of cheese makers) on a picturesque and ancient estate close by where you can drop in and taste the gourmet cheeses produced for some of Italy’s top restaurants. The country house is located in a kind of ‘slow food’ heaven where you could easily spend each day for a month sampling wonderful wines and local foods. Added to this, not only is the countryside authentic beautiful Tuscany but conveniently located close to the magnificent art city of Florence, with world famous museums, galleries and restaurants. The country house is also close to famous beautiful hill top towns such as San Gimignano and Siena. The area is where famous historical figures such as Machiavelli lived and worked and where artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Ghirlandaio crisscrossed the countryside in search of patrons for their work.

On the next hill are also horse riding facilities where you can wind your way through the local vineyards and cypress lined woods on well trained horses with instructors. The woods and rolling fields around the country house have many beautiful wildflowers where you can often see locals collecting delicious wild asparagus and salad greens.

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