Country Villa with Private Pool and Panoramic View
Ideal for Families with Children
Sleeps 10/12 (4 Bedrooms)
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The ‘Casale gli Ortelli’ is your very own country house in the Tuscan Hills! Spacious and comfortable this Italian villa set on a dominant hill overlooking the valley towards Arezzo is perfect for families with children. Furnished in the typical Tuscan country style of the old times but with all modern comforts. It is surrounded by a 6ha estate, with fully fenced in yard, a 6m x 12m fenced pool, fruit trees, shade trees, oak wood and cultivated fields. Each door of the villa opens to green spaces around the house. Relaxing hammocks, benches, tables and chairs spread out around the beautiful and quiet yard. A tennis table, full sized field to play bowls and a football table are also available. An ideal choice for groups who wish to visit Italy and Tuscany while still being close to the holiday rental for afternoon swims, strolls in the forest, fishing and horse riding, collecting veggies in the garden or simply relax, enjoy the view and do...nothing!
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Prices Currency Conversion
| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 7 January 2011 - 30 April 2011 | €1500 | 7 | ||
| 1 May 2011 - 30 June 2011 | €1800 | 7 | ||
| 1 July 2011 - 31 August 2011 | €2200 | 7 | ||
| 1 September 2011 - 30 September 2011 | €1500 | 7 | ||
| 1 October 2011 - 17 December 2011 | €2200 | 7 |
Special offer
First minute special offer! 15% discount on all bookings before the end of March!
Changeover day
Changeover day Saturday. Check-out by 10am. Check-in from 4pm.
| Bedrooms: | Bedroom 1 with double bed. Bedroom 2 with double bed and a bed for younger children (8-9 years). Bedroom 3 with double bed, a single bed and a crib. Bedroom 4 with 2 single beds and 2 bunk beds. Additional double sofa bed and single bed. |
| Bathrooms: | Bathroom 1 with wc, bidet and shower (first floor). Bathroom 2 with wc, bidet bathtub/shower (first floor). Bathroom 3 with wc, bidet and shower (ground floor). |
| Kitchen: | The eat-in kitchen is equipped with electric and gas cooker, full size oven, microwave oven, dishwasher and pots and pans to feed an army. Outside the kitchen door there is a family dining table set up with a shady umbrella and lights for evening meals. |
| Utility Room: | Washing machine, washing sink, iron and ironing board. Possibility to hang the laundry both indoors and outdoors. |
| Living Rooms: | There is a large family dining room with original Tuscan furniture and a second super sized living/dining room with tables, sofa and armchairs, SAT TV, DVD and stereo. A double faced fireplace that adds warmth and life to the rooms opens onto both rooms. |
| Other: | The huge game room of the house has 2 sofas (one is a sofa bed) , table and chairs and an extra TV set with PS1. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
Towels and linen are included and will be changed once a week. Cleaning at the beginning and at the end of the week. Maid and cooking service during the week is not included but available and must be agreed directly with the maid or the cook. |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer fridge microwave dishwasher washing machine iron/ironing board satellite tv tv central heating cot high chair barbecue private pool (for sole use of guests) |
| Suitability: | pets accepted |
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Notes on accommodation
Central heating and hot water.
Indoor and outdoor children's games and toys available.
Highchair, pushchair, pushcradle, feeding bottle sterilizer are also available.
Outside
Large covered terrace with tables and chairs to accommodate everyone while waiting for home made pizza to come out of the wood burning stove. Fully fenced in yard. Organic veggie garden, fruit and shade trees, woodlands and cultivated field. Hammocks, benches, tables and chairs spread out in the yard. Table tennis, full size bowling green, football table, soccer and volley nets available. The 12x6m private pool is in a reserved position behind the villa and totally closed in with 2 gates for child safety. Surrounded by deck chairs, tables and umbrellas, the pool is equipped with a solar cell hot shower. A little wooden changing house is also located by the pool.
Coast/Beach
Adriatic Coast (Rimini and Riccione) 2 hours. Tirreno Coast (Grosseto) 2½ hours. Tirreno Coast (Viareggio) 2 hours.
Special interest holidays
5 day practical courses of typical Italian and Tuscan cookery are available on request. Different local cooks will take you around the pleasures and difficulties of hand made pasta, ribollita soup, Tuscan Style meat sauce (Ragù Toscano) and many other delicacies. Prices will be determined on a case-by-case basis and will vary depending on the number of participants and the kind of course requested. Courses and conditions must be agreed with a 2 months notice.
Travel
Firenze (Peretola) 1¼ hour. Pisa 1¾ hour. Bologna 2 hours.
Distances
Arezzo 15 mins.
Florence approx 1 hour 40 mins by Fast Train. Siena 1 hour. Perugia approx 1 hour. Roma approx 2 hours (1¾ hour by Fast Train). San Gimignano approx 1½ hour. Famous Monastries (Camaldoli, La Verna) 40 min / 1 hour.
Further details
Bank, post office, supermarket, shops, pharmacy, train station(Capolona), within 3km. Hospitals: Arezzo 15 min. Bibbiena approx 30 min.
House swap
House swap considered.
Owner profile
Poor me
About the owner
Age 47, conference interpreter in Italian, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, married with Marco, three children. We live in Rome and I travel a lot, but we all love going back to the Tuscan hills and woods where we belong.
Year purchased: 1970's
For booking and further information
Property Ref IT1483
Luisa Malentacchi
Tel: (Italy) +39 065 123 990
Mobile: (Italy) +39 3358 317 096
Fax: (Italy) +39 066 873 901
Owners Website: Click here
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