Tuscany Apartment C1 In Xvii Century Farm, Garden And Pool, Close To Arezzo Vacation Rental
- From: $ 157 / night* -
- 2 bedroom, 1 bath
- Size: 656 sq ft. (61 m²)
- location:
- Arezzo tuscany
- Italy
Description
Our house is placed on the triangle among florence, siena and arezzo, we are in chianti. The location is really excellent since is central and close to all the major art cities of tuscany and umbria. ***
il carpano 61 m2 (3+2) ground floor apartment with entrance directly into a nice sitting/dining room with double sofa bed, table and chairs, on the left three steps lead into a separate fitted kitchen. A door leads from the sitting room into a matrimonial bedroom giving onto a small room with a single bed and onto the bathroom with shower. Equipment: microwave, freezer, electric oven, top stove with 4 fires, kettle, percolator, bread toaster,mini food processor.plenty of everything you may need to feel at home. Hair dryer. Private equipped terrace on the garden on the side of the apartment.
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the farm is set on a panoramic position on the gentle slopes that descend towards the arno river. The compound is surrounded by a large garden area equipped with tables, chairs and canopies, with of 7 x 12 meters swimming pool that has a part for children (3x3 meters). The apartments have been tastefully finished , and fully furnished and are all provided with tv sat, and their own heating system. Laundry room with washing machine and iron (+ironing board) available for common use. Barbecue.
the quiet hilly panoramic area is only three kilometers from the beautiful medieval village of laterina, the lodging enjoys countryside privacy ,close proximity to the attractions and amenities of arezzo, and it is the ideal base for many excursion in all central italy. there are good motorways and rail links with the rest of tuscany and taking the train you can be in the heart of florence in about half an hour. Being in the centre of tuscany you will be able to reach easily, siena, cortona,lake trasimeno, perugia...and the shopping lover will find nearby many outlets of the most fashion brands of the made in italy, such as prada, gucci, fendi d&g
the area is full of nice restaurants, where you can taste the typical tuscan cuisine.
convenience stores, bank, pharmacy ,food stores, grocery, and a nice restaurant are in laterina only 2.5 km from the house. More stores and a supermarket are in levane, ipermarkets and every kind of stores are in montevarchi and arezzo.
the train station to go to florence is 7 km from the house with free parking , all our guests have appreciated very much this facility, since it has allowed them to visit florence ( even every day ) and come back in the evening and relax in the quiet surrounding of our house.
open air markets in many small town or villages in the area, almost every day of the week.
some distances from main towns and villages
laterina 2.5 km
levane 15 km
montevarchi 20 km
arezzo 15 km
terme di rapolano 20 km
siena 40 km
florence 65 km
perugia 70 km
cortona 50 km
lake trasimeno 65 km
assisi, 78 km
pisa 180 km
bologna 195 km
rome 240 km *** terme rapolano: is a spa where it is possible to spend a relaxing day, which includes massages and beauty treatments , there are also three big swimming pools with thermal natural water (38 0)
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the upper valdarno, a long valley bordered from east by the pratomagno massif and from west by the hills around siena.the casentino, in the province of arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until the confluence with the maestro della chiana channel. The val di chiana, a plain dried in the 18th century, which, until the 18th century, was a marshy area tributary of the tiber. Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river arno flows till subbiano.it is one of the four valleys in which the province of arezzo is divided. Mount falterona, from which the arno starts, represents the northern boundary between the casentino and romagna. On the east of the valley are the alpe di serra and the alpe di catenaia, which separate the casentino from the highest tract of the val tiberina. On the west there is the pratomagno, which separates the valley from the valdarno superiore. Part of the valley is included in the foreste casentinesi, monte falterona, campigna national park.it can be said that the valley has an oval form, with an extension across the river that varies from a maximum of 60 km to a minimum of 30. The topography of the casentino is especially various, including both plains and mountains rich in large forests. These mountains have often attracted great saints: it was here that st. Romuald built his hermitages at camaldoli, and that less than two centuries later st. Francis of assisi established the sanctuary of la verna, the headquarters of the franciscan order.
the valley's biggest comuni are all located in the arno valley: among these the biggest are bibbiena and poppi, while capolona, castel focognano, castel san niccolr, pratovecchio, stia, subbiano are more or less smaller. The villages located on the neighbouring hills and mountains are much smaller. These are chitignano, chiusi della verna, montemignaio, ortignano-raggiolo and talla.
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laterina
the territory where today the laterina castle stands out was inhabited ever since very ancient times, as the etrurian dwellings and the probable roman settlements of the augustan age testify. The development of the ancient hamlet started in the 11th century, when deep social transformations brought the populations settled on the planes or in clusters of houses scattered on the hill to gather inside the castle, for safety reasons as well as in order to be closer to the then completed main road, the most important communication and commercial traffic way of valdarno. In 1272, arezzo took possession of laterina to hold up the expansion in valdarno of the florentines. Since then for over one century, the castle witnessed bloodshed between the republic of florence and the town of arezzo. After a series of ups and downs, exactly in laterina, on the 5th november 1384, the treaty was signed that sanctioned the final defeat of arezzo and the delivery of the territories of the old village to the republic of florence.
the historical centre is in perfect conditions and lies on a hill that dominates the arno plain: the plan has a longitudinal pattern and adapted itself to the line of the ridge on which it lies. The circle of walls encloses the village that overlooks the rugged declivity of the hill. The ancient centre is made up of three parallel streets: the central one, the "via di mezzo" ends to the east with the fortress and to the west with the tower torre guinigi. In the middle of the village there is the square with the church of s. Ippolito and s.cassiano which took this name from the old parish that used to be in the surroundings. On one side of the church the remains of a roman mosaic coming from the same parish are visible. Externally, a path unfolded along the circle of walls, recognisable today only here and there. In the part to the north-east there is the gate porta di ghianderino: this is the only gate of the three original ones that remains and it is the architectural element that mostly reminds us of the ancient walls, made with hewn sandstone and arno river stones. A little downward from the circle of walls the sanctuary of s. Maria in valle can be found. Out of laterina, along the via vecchia aretina, the villa monsoglio is to be pointed out, one of the most magnificent villas around arezzo. It has an extensive italian garden and interiors decorated with frescoes.
the villa was built on an old hospital erected on the road (probably of roman origins) that connected the via dei setteponti to the cassia adrianea, on the other side of the arno river. It was the peruzzi family of florence that at the end of the seventeenth century turned the hospital into the present villa. Near laterina there used to be the bridge ponte romito, so called because in the near hospital (founded in 1109 and now known as villa monsoglio) had settled one or more "repentants", usually franciscan tertiaries, commonly called by the population "hermits". The bridge, whose ancient structures remain, was important for the communications between arezzo and valdarno.
Features
Farmhouse, triangle,florence, siena, arezzo,location, really excellent, central, art cities, tuscany,umbria.
Price Details
Book now,20% discount on every week available. arrival any day,depenidng on availability. low season(jan-april/nov-dec) 490,00 euro middle s.(may-june/sept-oct)670,00 euro high s(july-aug)790,00 euro on high season, rental min 7 nights,change over day saturday. on the other periods,min.stay 3 nights, change over any day.
