Casa La Porcareccia

Independent house (370 sqm)- 15th/16th century. An old farmhouse plunged in a very peaceful location, overlooking the silent valley at the foot of Mount Cetona, rich in fields and woods. La Porcareccia, belonging to the Abbazia di Spineto estate, has been carefully restored. The interior decoration is a tasteful blend of antique and contemporary furniture; a fine touch which provides a coherent link to the rural past of the site. The ground floor consists of a spacious kitchen (with access to the garden) connected to the living-room, a spacious sitting/dining-room with big fireplace and door to the garden and a comfortable sitting-room for watching television. It also consists of three twin/double bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom with bath-tub, two with en suite bathrooms with shower (of which one with HCP facilities and autonomous entrance from the garden). The first floor consists of four bedrooms: two twin/double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms (one with shower and one with bath-tub), and two double bedrooms with sofa-beds and en suite bathrooms (one with shower and one with bath-tub). There is also a small outside building with laundry facilites, an ironing board, bathroom with shower and the heating control panel. -AMENITIES: Telephone extension in each room, hair-dryer in each bathroom, kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, fridge/freezer. Washing machine, iron, television, VCR (on request), laundry facilities and heating control panel. PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL (5m x 12m).

-LOCATION: Located in Val D’Orcia, exactly halfway between Florence and Rome, this property is part of the Tenuta di Spineto. An ideal point to discover Tuscany (Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino) and the nearby countrysides of Umbria and Lazio, only 12 Km from the A1 highway that connects Florence and Rome , and only 15 Km from the Chiusi train station. -EXTERNAL DESCRIPTION: The Tenuta di Spineto, dating from the XV-XVI centuries, was restored in 1998 and is situated on an estate of over 800 hectares between the Monte Cetone and Val D’Orcia National Park. At the center of Tenuta is a thousand year-old Abbey. Surrounded by green hills, cultivated fields, trees and a small lake, it is possible to discover the various characteristics of Tenuta. -CONDITIONS: Included in the price: utilities, building, swimming pool and garden maintenance expenses, linen and towels and compulsory final cleaning. Excluded from the price (to be payed on spot): telephone, fax, internet expenses, heating during the winter. Transfer; car rental; booking of tickets, restaurants,, taxi, hotel; laundry; sauna and gym; baby sitting (to book in advance); chef (to book in advance); breakfast (to book in advance).