Historic Country House in the Tuscan Hills

This comfortable private villa is prepared for your unique Tuscan experience – on the first floor there are the 5 large bedrooms - one with twin beds, 3 with king size beds and 1 with super king bed.  3 bathrooms - each with a shower and the house bathroom also has a bath.  The breakfast kitchen/diner has a table to seat 6 and full cooking facilities.  The living room has an additional dining table with 4 seats, sofa and lounge chairs with flat screen TV.

The large games room leads to the terrace with the 5m above ground pool and of course that stunning view.  The outdoor furniture provides places to enjoy in the sun and shade and there is a charcoal BBQ.

This is an authentic Italian Villa, once a Noble home and now a comfortable home from home base from which to enjoy the Tuscan countryside and immerse yourself in the village life.  With panoramic views from the private terrace over the Valdarno Valley. 

We have one shop in the village and our closest ‘town’, Terranuova Bracciolini is about 5 minutes down the hill (by car).  We do recommend a car is useful when staying in the countryside but there is a bus service also and of course we can assist travellers with introductions to cycle hire, walking guides, cooking classes, painting, yoga, meditation, wine tasting, honey production … whatever takes their fancy. 

The Chianti region is close by and Florence, Siena, Arezzo are all within 45 mins away. 

Our local train station is Montevarchi about 15mins from us in the car with good services to Florence, Rome and beyond. 

We are about 10 minutes off the A1 motorway using the Valdarno exit.

• 5 brms / 3 bthrms
• Enormous sun drenched Terrace
• Outdoor dining
• Above ground pool
• Panoramic views
• Tuscan Village location 
• Easy access - 10min from A1 motorway
• 45 mins from Florence Airport
• 12 mins to local train station
• In house cook available on request 
• Cycle hire and guide available on request 

Our Story ...

So how did it all begin ... the short version

It was 2004 and Michelle was with her then 10yr old daughter (Lou) living the dream of a year in Europe.  They had been so fortunate to meet Francesco from Tuscany Villas who introduced them to Anna-Maria and Luigi at Fattoria Della Nave who allowed them to stay in an apartment in the converted farmhouse for 3 months.  It was during this time Columb and his 2 sons returned to Cicogna for a holiday after being the first ever guests the previous year and loving it so much.  Columb was planning to purchase a house here in Italy which of course fascinated Michelle ... and the rest, we like to think was fate. 

Here we are now ...  in our own villa across the road from where we met!

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