Podere le Pietre

Tuscany, Poppi. Tuscan country house, built with natural stone and extremely elegant with swimming pool and a wide green area in a sunny position. The holiday house is equipped with all the facilities and the comforts: ideal for big families.

The holiday house “ Podere Le Pietre” has 6 flats, with 6 double rooms, total privacy for the guest even if he is part of a bigger group; each flat has its own bathroom and kitchen. The spaces are divided as follows:  On the ground floor:  1 flat with 1 double bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. 1 flat with living room with kitchen corner, with sofa bed and bathroom on the first floor- reachable up to an inside staircase 1 flat with 1 double bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. In the bedroom there is also 1 bunk bed for 2 kids. 1 flat with 1 double bedroom with a bunk bed, bathroom and kitchen. On the second floor- reachable up to an inside staircase: 1 flat with 1 double bedroom and 1 bunk bed, 1 double bedroom and a living room with kitchen corner and 1 bathroom. In the other part of the house, there is another apartment with private access from the garden up to an external staircase 1 flat with double bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. All the bedrooms have mosquito’s nets at the windows.

The big common room on the ground floor and with direct exit to the garden is a real gem with its 3 beautiful brick arches and the stone fireplace, which give the room a really Tuscan flair. A satellite TV and a stereo are available. If the weather would not allow to eat outside under the pergola, this is the right place where to lounge for big families or a big group of guests. Here you can taste a good Tuscan menu, drinking a perfect glass of Chianti and so enjoy your holiday. If you need a cook for preparing a local menu for a family celebration or something else, this is not really a problem. Moreover, the wife of the owner uses to offer fresh eggs from her own chicken run and vegetables from her kitchen garden to the guests, not to mention her own home-made cakes. Near the big common room, there is the kitchen in a really favourable position to bring the food outside to the pergola near the swimming pool. A bathroom with shower, toilette, sink is available.

6 burner gas oven, microwave, German coffee maker, dishwasher, toaster, fridge freezer, washing machine, Italian coffee machine, electric kettle, dining space On the ground floor, with direct exit to the garden by the swimming pool, there is a completely equipped common kitchen with all the necessary kitchenware with 6 burner gas oven, microwave, German coffee maker, dishwasher, toaster, fridge freezer, washing machine, Italian coffee machine, electric kettle, where the guests can cook for all the group. Moreover, each flat has its own kitchen with gas stove, sink, fridge, kitchen utensils, so everyone can prepare for itself something to eat. 

There are 7 bathrooms, equipped in a modern style, with shower enclosure, sink, WC and bidet.

In the garden, there are a lot of lovely and cosy sitting corners; the big gazebo by the pool invites to take here your meals, with enough space and shadow for all the group. Nearby, you will find a masonry grill barbecue and also in the garden area near the swimming pool,  a playground for kids with a slide, a swing, a little house for their plays, a table tennis and also a football field.

The extra big swimming pool 14x7 m. is located in the most beautiful place of the huge garden area, only few meters away from house and it is equipped with sun beds and sun umbrellas. From here you can enjoy a marvellous panorama of the beautiful surroundings; all around only meadows, fields, little woods and total relax in this lovely sunny setting.

This elegant holiday villa, built with natural stones, is really a marvellous ambience for an unforgettable holiday with the family; all the rooms are furnished with great care and great taste and with antique furnishings. Each room is panted with its own colour, with massive wood and wrought iron to create a very homely atmosphere. The huge outside area has a very favourable position, sun kissed for all the day with a big swimming pool and with a lot of fields where the kids can run around without any danger. Indeed, there are no streets, no cars all around, only nature and pure healthy air and so the parents can relax themselves, while the children play.If you want to celebrate in peace and quiet at home and be "cooked", the owner will be happy to help and you can have a typical Tuscan menu 

Pets allowed on request.

The holiday Villa “ Podere Le Pietre” is located in Casentino, a beautiful, wooded valley between Arezzo and Florence, with few tourists and mostly unknown. Who has enjoyed for a time the healthy air, the peace and the unspoiled nature of this Tuscan region, come always back the following year with great pleasure. To do some shopping you can arrive in 3 minutes drive to a modern shopping center where you can find all you need. In Bibbiena and In Poppi you will find postal offices, banks, pharmacies, tennis, pizzerias, restaurants, ice cream parlours, coffee bars; on Tuesdays morning there is an outdoor market “ il mercato” in Poppi, on Thursdays in Bibbiena, where you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, dresses and shoes. Casentino is full of enchanting little historic villages, with their Romanesque churches, medieval castles ( Romena, Poppi, Porciano), picturesque squares and mystic places such as LaVerna with its Franciscan friary and Camaldoli with its hermitage, the monastic community and the forest, , crossed by a myriad of trails for hiker’s amateurs. Many other little villages are worth to be seen such as Stia, Pratovecchio, Strada, Chitignano and everywhere you will find pizzerias, restaurants, ice cream parlours: you have only to choose In a hour drive, you can reach Florence and within manageable distances famous city such as Arezzo, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Perugia and Assisi, Cortona.