Borgo Anghiari Casole d’Elsa, Siena Five apartments on a welcoming farm estate near Sansepolcro
Borgo Anghiari is a serene farm estate in a beautiful corner of eastern Tuscany overlooking the wide Tiber valley and could easily make for a wonderful family holiday. The vistas are glorious and the five comfortable apartments in a large 18th century country house and its former oil mill, share views of the vast olive groves, vineyards and forests that surround it. outdoors, and for walkers to explore trails through the private woods.
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The present owners understand the healing magic of hospitality and express this in their attention to authentic Tuscan reconstruction and furnishings, as well as in care taken with the indoor and outdoor areas shared by guests. A large common room, where breakfast is offered, is equipped with games, a small library, and helpful tourist information, and the owners can help organize everything from meals to mountain bikes to excursions of all types. The outdoors offers a large swimming pool overlooking the valley and many areas for children to play, for families to barbecue and eat
Wandering the streets of the nearby medieval walled town of Anghiari is a treat, for its artisans and antiquarians have made it famous and their work, as well as the bright checkered tablecloths that denote a place to stop and sample the locale cuisine, will easily fill the day with pleasurable "slow living". Also close at hand are Sansepolcro and Arezzo, towns immortalized by Piero della Francesca.
BORGO ANGHIARI Entire estate accommodates 22. Shared laundry room and swimming pool, 7x18 m. Fireplaces, whirlpool showers, Heating included. Bar, restaurants and shops in Anghiari 4 km, Sansepolcro 10 min, Città di Castello 15 min, Arezzo 25 min, with trains to Rome. Florence and Siena 1 1⁄4 hr.
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BUCCHERO Sleeps 2 - 4 Ground floor apartment with 1 double bedroom, double sofabed, 1 shower room, furnished garden.
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Sleeps 2 - 4 Ground floor apartment with 1 double bedroom, double sofabed, 1 shower room, furnished garden. Sleeps 4 - 6 First floor apartment with 2 double bedrooms, double sofabed, 1 shower room.
Sleeps 6 Large second floor apartment with large living area, eat-in kitchen, 1 twin/double, 2 double bedrooms. 2 shower rooms, 1 of which ensuite, and 1 bathroom. Sleeps 6 - 8 First and second floor apartment in the old oil mill, with living/eatin kitchen, 1 twin/double, 2 double bedrooms, double sofa-bed, 2 shower rooms, 1 of which ensuite.
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