VILLA CORTONESE

A beautiful Tuscan Villa dated back to 17th century located on the slopes of Cortona, one of the oldest hill towns in Tuscany and is featured in Francis Mayes book " Under the Tuscan Sun",   later made into a movie. Size: 550 m2. The space It is near Arezzo in Tuscany, in the centre of the ‘golden triangle’ of some of the most important artistic sites in central Italy; Arezzo, Perugia, Siena, as well as Assisi and Florence that are just a short journey away. Enclosed in a park of 8 hectares with cypresses and oak trees, it offers its guests a dimension of peace and quiet, while ensuring various possibilities of leisure just a few Kilometers away. Once used as a summer residence of a noble Cortona family, today the villa has maintained its great charm after a skillful restoration. It is composed of a main house with two floors in which are located part of the rooms and some annexes. On the ground floor of the Villa there is a beautiful hall with its original decorative elements derived from seventeenth-century altars and a breakfast room. The common areas are all elegant, comfortable, tastefully decorated with prints and paintings. This part of the Villa was once the place where the family used to set up the banquets and still today it is the ideal place to relax. Guest access Its fifteen beautiful bedrooms spread over the main building and the annex  and are tastefully furnished with precious well coordinated antiques and fabrics. Different in shape, design and size, they have a magical atmosphere, recalling the charm of past times. All rooms dispose as well of the modern facilities such as satellite TV, safe, mini bar, hairdryer, air conditioning, internet connection. Most of them offer a fantastic view of the garden. Other things to note The leisure facilities of the Villa include a superb outdoor swimming pool surrounded by the vegetation and at one-hole Golf course with pitch & putt (extra charge). A short distance from the Resort, there is also a riding school at which guests can access for nice excursions in the woods of Mount St. Egidio, or even up to the shores of the Lake Trasimeno. Registration Details IT051017A1LYP9X6G9