The night lighting of the pool and its surroundings is particularly suggestive.

The cleaning system of the pool insures utmost hygene and eliminates any possible inconvenience caused by the chloride. The swimming pool has an automatic system for maintaining the correct values of the PH and of the chlorine.

The pool is open from mid April to mid October (under normal climatic conditions).

Around the pool there is a large sunbathing area with umbrellas, chairs, tables and sunbeds. Further down the pool there is a relaxation place with an antique marble table and chairs in an a suggestive stone little “theatre”.

There is also a children’s corner.

The outside

The external walls are covered with typical local stone as are almost all the surrounding houses, conserving the original aspect of the building, when it was constructed…

The villa looks out over typical Tuscan countryside – hills and olive groves, woods of chestnut and oak trees – all immersed in an oasis of silence.

Interior design

For almost 50 years the owners have cultivated their passion for antiques and have furnished the villa with pieces acquired from antique dealers, auction sales or antique fairs. Some of the more particular pieces are the beautiful doors in each room. Particularly the two doors in the central lounge and the one of the green bedroom on ground floor. All of 17th cent.

The kitchen has a double marble sink, 250 years old and a collection of 12 ceramic tiles with zodiac symbols of the beginning of last century, over the stove.

Worth notice is a big 17th cent chestnut plaque over the wide stairs down into the big lounge/dining room. In this spacious room there is a magnificient set of 10 chestnut Florentine chairs of the 17 th cent and a spectacular and remarkable stone fire place from the Northern part of Italy, which dates back to the 16th cent. In the master bedroom a double painted 18th cent. door from a noble palace in Naples and a 17th cent. chest. In the red bedroom a very fine Louis XV wardrobe. There are many antique prints on the walls from different parts of Italy (Venice, Rome, Naples etc). Objects d’art can be seen throughout the villa. All the rooms have Persian carpets. Many other pieces, more or less important, have all been chosen in the spirit of tracing our roots back to the past. Also in the garden one can find stone pieces, as well as old terrracotta Tuscan vases.

The villa is most strategically placed: away from the chaos of the cities but with easy access to Tuscan “musts”. In fact, 95% of the symbolic Tuscan landmarks can be reached within an hour and a half by car.

Montecatini Terme (5km.) 50 mins. to Pisa and 50 mins. to Florence by train. Monsummano Terme (2km.) is the nearest town and has 20.000 inhabitants and all necessary facilities and shops etc.

Within a range of 15/20 mins. by car there are many places of interest to visit – the Giusti Grottos with their hot thermal baths, One of the most fsmous in Italy, the Monsummano quarries, the Pistoia hills and mountains (skiing in the Winter), the Svizzera Pesciatina, innumerable Romanic churches, the Fucecchio swamplands (of great interest for the local flora and fauna) and many small tipical Tuscan villages, like Montevettolini, Larciano, Lamporecchio, Vinci (where Leonardo was born), Montecatini Alto, Montecarlo etc)

• all windows have mosquito screens
• all king sized beds
• single heating and air conditioning in all the rooms
• 3 fireplaces (the one in the kitchen can be used)
• washing machine
• clothes dryer
• iron and ironing table
• hairdryers in all bathrooms
• dishwasher
• professional stove with 2 ovens
• microwave oven
• 3 coffee machines (american coffe, moka and Nespresso)
• oven
• side by side fridge with ice maker
• toaster
• blender
• fruit juicer
• wall safe
• courtesy line in each bathroom with shower/shampoo, hand soap and body cream

• exclusive panoramic pool with Jacuzzi for 8
• barbecue
• outdoor furniture
• alfresco dining
• astonishing views

• baby cots
• highchairs
• sterilizer for babies
• 4 mountain bikes
• bbq with charcoal and fire tablets
• childrens’ corner with swing and slippery-dip

• acustic pool alarm system for the safety of our smaller guests
• fire extinguisher and fire blanket
• smoke detector on each floor
• carbon monoxide detector in the kitchens
• professional emergency first aid kit

• WIFI (WimaxiperLan system), immediate connection for 7/8 users contemporarly, up to 30 MB downloading, up to 2 MB uploading
• Netflix, for movies and tv series in original languages
• Bluetooth Bose acoustic speakers
• 1 TV 32″ LCD
• DVD player

• al fresco dinner
• infinity pool
• hydromassages (Jacuzzi tub or shower) in all the bathrooms
• Turkish bath

• parking – is exclusive to the villa inside the garden and is for up to 5 cars. (access to the property is not a problem, as the road is asphalted)
• public transport (buses and taxis) are down in Monsummano (3 km) and the train station is in Montecatini (8 km)
• no traffic noise.
• small dogs are allowed.

Ground Floor

First Floor

Ground floor

Large lounge-dining room which seats up to 14 people and has a large 15th century fireplace with lounges and armchairs. There is also a lovely view of the garden and pool area as well as views looking up to the old town (the original town) of Monsummano Alto. Another sitting come lounge room which leads to the big Tuscan kitchen with its own fireplace and antique-style oven. On this floor there is a bathroom decorated with an antique basin and floor but with modern design shower etc. There is also a double bedroom which gives onto a covered verandah with table and chairs(actually church pews) for eating overlooking the pool and hillside towns.

Second floor

They are furnished with antique furniture, paintings and Persian carpets.

From the entrance there is a stone staircase leading to the bedrooms It has a beautiful wrought iron 17thC bannister. On the floor of the middle and top landings of the staricase there are cotto tiles dipicting the Florentine lily. On the ceiling there are cotto rosettes painted in imitation bronze.

One main bedroom (30 sq.mtrs.) with its own bathroom with Turkishbath/shower and a lovely view up to Monsummano Alto which is lit up at night.

Another bedroom which is a little smaller and has a view over the valley, olive groves, woods and pool.

It shares a bathroom (with a Jacuzzi bath and shower with light and aroma therapy.)with the third bedroom which has two single beds which, on rerquest, can be put together to form a double bed.

This also has a pidgeon hole window which looks up to Monsummano Alto (Alto means “on high”). All the upstairs bedrooms have antique cotto floors and beams, which have been restored with taste and care by the owners.