Villa Teresa

Villa Teresa is a wonderful typical Tuscan holiday house, located in a panoramic setting. It is a big farm, built with natural stones, ideal for guests looking for peace and relax, who desire to spend their best days of the year in an independent holiday house, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation, with a well-groomed garden, big spaces around and swimming pool. The house is secluded but in few minutes’ drive, you have really close at hand all the facilities, which our modern style of life required.

Entering the house, you will find a corridor and, on the left, is located a spacious double bedroom with 2 single beds that can be used together (120 cm x 190). The room with arch window is particularly cozy. The bedrooms are not communicating and you can reach them from the corridor or from the living room. From 2011, on the ground floor, there are 2 other double bedrooms with separate entrance by the side of the house (fronting the swimming pool) with 2 private bedrooms. These rooms are a separate unit with no possibility of communication with the other part of the house. A baby cot is available.

TV Sat, natural stone fireplace The corridor leads to the big, airy living room with arch windows and view of the swimming pool. This lounge has a comfortable sitting corner with fireplace built with natural stones, TV sat, CD player, Vhs recorder, stereo and a big table with chairs for your meals indoor in case of bad weather- rarely, we assure you. Except few steps up to the main entrance, all the rooms are at the same floor, very important for seniors.

The access to the kitchen is from the corridor, on the right. The kitchen is equipped with all the necessary kitchenware, 5 burner gas oven, and sink, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, toaster, mixer, microwave and German coffee maker.  In another room there is another washing machine, freezer, iron and iron board, drying rack.

There are two beautiful tiled bathrooms, one with shower enclosure, WC, bidet and sink, and the other with marble wash basin, WC, bidet and a big Jacuzzi bathtub. Other 2 bathrooms are near the new bedrooms on ground floor.

When the guests come back to the holiday house after a day full of emotions, they find here the peace and beauty of nature. The farm dominates a property of 12 hectares, with a beautiful garden all around with a marvelous Mediterranean vegetation, with the fantastic flowers and vivid colors of broom, rosemary, sage, lavender, wisteria, oleander and naturally the typical cypresses, olive trees, shady oaks, Marroni chestnut trees and a lot of lovely wild flowers to paint a perfect postcard from Tuscany: a little Paradise that the guests will remember for long time. Near the swimming pool, for your outdoor cooking, there is a masonry barbecue with also a tap with sink (very useful if you have to rinse something without going into the house). Tennis, swing for children and toys and baby high chair are available. A table with chairs is set in the covered terrace, where, on the sunset you can taste an aperitif looking at the beautiful garden and the idyllic surroundings. Only few steps and you will find shady trees, to be used as covered eating space, equipped with wooden rustic benches and a big table. It is also present the original oven, built with natural stones, where, one time, the women of the farm baked the bread for all the week. Now, you can use it to cook your pizzas. If you are not so good to make pizza, you can buy a pizza base at the supermarket, prepare it as you prefer and then cook it in this wood oven. It will be special, not comparable with the one cooked in the electric oven. The wood is available.

The swimming pool is open from Middle May to Middle October, with Roman staircase, and is located near the house in a sunny and panoramic position. It is equipped with cold and warm solar shower, lights under the water, deckchairs, sun umbrellas, tables and chairs. Above the swimming pool, there is a covered pergola with wicker furniture, ideal for your lazing days and when you are looking for a bit of shade.

The holiday house Villa Teresa is a recently renovated holiday house, up to 12 pers., in Casentino, a wooded part of Tuscany, with few tourists, between Florence and Arezzo. Here the guests can experience the Tuscan life among real Tuscans and know our uses and traditions. During the summer, Casentino is animated by many sagre, folk outdoor festivals, almost in each village, such as” la sagra dei funghi porcini “- porcini mushrooms- 3 days in Moggiona, il Gusto dei Guidi, a wine event in Poppi, the last week-end of August, la sagra delle ranocchie – frogs-, delle ciliege – cherries; the international exhibition of the artistic works of pietra serena sand stone made by stonemason ( each 2 years), and many music, cultural, artistic events, not to mention the market outdoors where you can buy particular objects. You really can’t get bored. This house belonged to the grandfather of the actual owner, who recently restored it to perfection with great taste and great care, trying to maintain the old style and furniture. Indeed, many of the beautiful furniture are antique and many of the original furnishings have been restored to perfection. All the rooms have the typical Tuscan wooden beamed ceilings and the Tuscan handmade cotto floors. The bedrooms have parquet floors of massive oak, walnut and chestnut. If you want to taste a typical Tuscan menu, without going to the restaurant, the Signora Roberta, the owner, can cook for you local dishes and so you can enjoy our typical food, comfortably sitting in your kitchen, drinking a perfect wine, with the children who can play in total freedom and the beds nearby, when they are tired. A real luxury! The swimming pool, the garden and the house can be used only by the guests. The works of maintenance of the swimming pool and the garden are done very early in the morning, but you can agree with the owner about the time you prefer.

Dogs are allowed on demand: free of charge

To do some shopping you can go to Bibbiena, which is only 3 km from the farmhouse. There you will find many little retail shops and a modern shopping centre with a Coop supermarket. In the village are present pizzerias, restaurants, ice cream parlors, coffee bars, everything which are proper of Italian life. On Thursdays morning, there is “ il mercato”, the weekly market. Services: postal office, banks, hospital, pharmacy, tennis, public covered and outdoor swimming pool, five-a-side football sport centre. If you like golf, there is a privileged location in Poppi with a marvelous and breathtaking view over the Poppi castle and its medieval village. Further information will be given to you along with the road map to reach the house at the moment of the booking. Worth a visit is Arezzo, our provincial chief town, that can be reached in 40 minutes with our “whistling” train, from the station of Bibbiena, only 5 minutes drive. Arezzo is a compact-city and its historical medieval centre can be easily visited on foot. There are a beautiful cathedral, the church of San Francesco with the worldwide known Piero Della Francesca’s frescos, La Pieve, a beautiful Romanesque church, il Prato, a nice and well-tended green zone where the people of Arezzo have a walk and the children run around. The Corso is the street of the shopping with many fashion shops, coffee bar, ice cream parlors and bookshops. On the first Sunday and Saturday of each month, takes place in the old part of the city one of the most important Italian antiquarian outdoor market   “ la fiera antiquaria“ with many exhibition stands and also second hand dealers that you can’t really miss. The atmosphere is very lovely and you will enjoy yourself, trying to make a good bargain! Florence, Siena, Perugia, Assisi, Cortona … can be easily reached in a day tour, so you can  mix art visits and relaxing nature. Florence can be reached in an hour drive by car or with the bus – without the stress of finding a parking. You will cross all the Casentino and you will reach a marvelous mountain pass “ Consuma pass”, 1060 m high above sea level, with a stunning view of the valley.