villa between volterra and san gimignano - YOGA

The accommodation

This villa with private fenced swimming pool and large 60 sq. M. Pergola has been recently renovated maintaining all the typical characteristics of Tuscan farmhouses; it is located on a hill, 100 meters from a small lake, inside a reserve where you can easily see wild boars, roe deer, hares, pheasants, squirrels, foxes, hawks and night badgers, porcupines, hedgehogs and numerous night birds such as the owl and the barn owl. As you can see from the photos, this cottage has a panoramic view on 4 sides (360 degrees) and can be reached by following a typical road with rows of cypresses, The view you will enjoy is unique, cultivated fields, woods, hills, typical lakes of the Tuscany.
Despite being in a natural and isolated setting, it has only 700 meters of dirt road kept in perfect condition and is located only 12 km from Volterra and San Gimignano. The first village with the supermarket, bar, post office and restaurant (Castelsangimignano) is only 5 km away.
The villa is located between Florence and Siena which can be reached in less than an hour. The sea can be reached in 40 minutes (since the villa is located in the center of Tuscany, it can be a good starting point for visiting the villages and cities of art in this region)

INTERIOR OF THE VILLA
On the ground floor there is a beautiful loggia with a wooden table for 12 people, so in case of rain or wind you can eat sheltered while still enjoying the beautiful panorama. We then find 3 bedrooms with bathroom, one of which with the typical Tuscan vaults and two with beautiful chestnut beams. Then there is a kitchen with oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge and everything needed for cooking, a lounge with fireplace and satellite TV. The kitchen leads to the large pergola of 60 square meters with wooden table for 12 people and lounge. From this pergola you have a beautiful view of the surrounding hills
Passing through ancient stairs, you enter the first floor, where we find, 2 living rooms with fireplace and satellite TV and sofa beds, 2 kitchens, 2 bedrooms with bathroom. The entire ceiling on the first floor has large chestnut beams

EXTERIORS OF THE VILLA
The villa has a 5000 square meter garden with a panoramic swimming pool with a one meter high fence with teak beds with mattress, table, teak chairs and umbrellas (The pool is disinfected with the saline electrolysis process and is cleaned every day. chlorine and pH are checked several times a day as required by law)
The villa has a beautiful "panoramic terrace" with a mosaic table for 12 people where you can dine while observing beautiful sunsets.
To complete the exterior, we find an ancient stone oven where guests can make tasty pizzas or bread.
At 10 meters from the villa there is a small house that the owners use to cook only for guests who reside in the villa and who require this service

OWNERS
Paola and Valerio the owners of the villa, live not far away and while guaranteeing total privacy to the guests they are at complete disposal for any need or advice ....

Activities and attractions

ACTIVITIES and SERVICES
-Breakfasts, lunches and dinners and tastings in the villa (in the small cottage near the villa used as a restaurant for the exclusive use of guests only)
-Cooking lessons (Paola will show you how homemade pasta is made and you will prepare a pasta sauce)
-Massages: Valerio performs Thai massages and Swedish Relaxing massages under the pergola or in the room
- Free yoga lessons for guests of the villa
-Wine tasting in the villa with or without Sommelier
-Wine walking tour departing from the villa
-Wine tour with driver and minibus
-Horse riding (just 500 meters from the farmhouse, there is a riding school in the reserve)
-Quad (just 15km from the villa there is a quad center where you can rent quads)
- clay pigeon shooting (just 2 km from the villa there is a clay pigeon shooting range)
-Free trekking with the owner (in fact, many paths leave from the villa, to be mentioned are the one for the village of Pignano, the one for the waterfall near the villa, the abandoned village of Castel Vecchio, the Canyon, and the 3 lakes of Montenero
- MTB rental
-On request cleaning and extra changes
To make your stay safer we have installed an external video surveillance system and all the rooms of the villa have an alarm