Property Details of Tuscany Villa

Between Florence, Siena, Perugia, Arezzo, looking at the beautiful small town of Cortona built by the Etruscans and overlooking the vaste valley of Valdichiana, this Tuscany villa rental offers a traditional restored Tuscan stone house. The villa is set on a landscaped hill surrounded by 5 hectares of olive groves. Panoramic views can be admired from the house and park.

The villa has five bedrooms and three bathrooms, laundry, kitchen, living room and dining room. The two ground floor rooms are airy and well adapted for family life. The house itself was built around the XVII and XVIII centuries. It combines charm and authenticity. The restoration saved the traditional terracotta floors, wooden-beamed ceilings, and pietra-serena portals. The villa is decorated with Tuscan traditional furniture and includes a salon with fireplace and grand piano.

Bedroom n°1 :
Two single (2 persons). This is the room Van Gogh. You may have two single beds or a double bed as required. The room has a spacious old wooden closet and a large chest. Around the walls are images of the famous paintings of the great Dutch artist.
Bedroom n°2 :
One double (2 persons). This is the room Piero della Francesca, due to the reproduction of the "Madonna del Parto", the only masterpiece ever painted showing the Madonna pregnant. The original painting is situated a few kilometers from the Villa at Monterchi. The room presents a double bed, a small closet with stained glass pannels and a large chest of drawers. There is also a window overlooking the garden.

Bedroom n°3 :
Two single (2 persons). This is the room of the 2 Elisabette. The first Elisabetta, the grandmother, used to leave her husband in the night to go sleep in the same room with her niece, who inhereted her name. This room contains two single beds which may become a double bed on request.

Bedroom n°4 :
Two single (2 persons). This is the French room. You may have a double bed on request. Here the images on the walls reflect French life, habits and XIX century costumes. There are also two small Savonarola couches.

Bedroom n°5 :
One single (1 person). This is an additional bedroom with a single bed, which can be used as a baby room due to its changing table. However, on request it can be transformed in an office.

The view from any window is similar to viewing a landscape painting by an Old Master. There is a picnic area outside, on the grounds of the villa. A series of tree-lined avenues covers all the property, along which can be met pacific hidden places and panoramic looks of the Chiana Valley (Valdichiana), and mountains to the horizon.

Smoking and pets allowed. Owner is willing to arrange the rental of crib, playpen or highchair. Housekeeping is provided prior to arrival and after departure. Daily maid service is optional. There is a lot of space for parking on the property in the open air. The kitchen has a medium fridge. and a fully equipped kitchen. There is a small supermarket 1 km away and a big supermarket 4 km away. There are many restaurants 2 to 5 kms from the villa.

Local Area Details

The historical town of Cortona, Tuscany, which is located approx. 4 km. from the villa, offers a typical Tuscan landscape, a mixture of art and nature, medieval and renaissance. Because of its high altitude (600 meters), one can see a fantastic panorama all around--the wide fertile plain of the Valdichiana, the mountains of Siena, Monte Amiata and Monte Cetone, and the magnificent shining expanse of Lake Trasimeno. The road from the plains to the city winds through terraced olive groves divided by stone walls, pines, cypresses, farms, monasteries and monumental churches.

Cortona was the home of Luca Signorelli and Pietro Berrettini, better known as Pietro da Cortona, and the birthplace of Gino Severini. The city has an outstanding collection of fine art, the most famous being Fra Angelico’s Annunciation in the Museo Diocesano. The Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca and the many churches within the city offer other fine works. Of immense academic interest is the collection of parchments, manuscripts, incunabula and printed volumes in the Biblioteca Comunale and the Accademia Etrusca.

In recent years, Cortona has been the home of the American University of Georgia, providing a further stimulus to the intellectual life of the city and has also become better know to the American public through the books of Frances Meyes, which, narrated with Cortona as their backdrop, remained at the top of the bestsellers in American for several months.


You may visit the Etruscan tombs in the neighbourhood and explore the nearby historical sites such as Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi, Volterra. Should you prefer to do sports, within a short walking distance are facilities for swimming, horsebackriding and tennis.The lake of Trasimeno is a 10 minute drive away.

The town dominates the wide plain and is close to the border of Umbria. From Cortona you can easily reach many other famous towns and locations, such as: Spoleto, Gubbio, Città di Castello, Montepulciano, San Sepolcro, and Florence. Rome and Pise are 220 kms far, Venice and Verona 300.

Beaches are available on the Lake Trasimeno, six kms away. Both on the shore and on the islands which can be reached by ferryboats. There aren't typical shore beaches, but interesting and strangely mysterious walks in the thick vegetation which lead to quiet simple beaches. The tiny villages by the docks give you access to anything you might need.

You can enjoy spending some time horse riding on the hills along the "pianelli" of olive groves, in the Cortona countryside.

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Property Features

* Pets are allowed
* Children are allowed

Contact Information for Villa of the 2 Elisabette Italy

Name:	Gabriella
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