VILLA DONATI
MASSIMO
DAMIANO
The nobly proportioned rooms of this villa include a vast entrance/dining hall, a kitchen with a huge fireplace, a small breakfast room, an elegant sitting room, eight bedrooms, and a tall, elegantly furnished drawing room. Behind the villa is a secluded garden with wonderful views.
A former dovecote, this detached house, with upper floor accommodation, has retained its most charming features, including the delightful dovecote window. It has a large living room with fireplace, a kitchen, and a double and a twin bedroom sharing a shower room. There is a front garden and a furnished shaded patio at the far side of the house; it is one of the ‘quieter’ houses on the estate.
This house, opposite Casa Ropoli, is at the side of the main drive leading up to Montestigliano. Accommodation is on one floor and includes a living/dining area with a fireplace, a kitchen area, a single and a double bedroom that share a bathroom. There is a furnished, shaded patio and private garden below.
CASA VIRGINIA Virginia is a classic Tuscan farmhouse with an external staircase leading up to a small furnished loggia. Virginia A has a sitting room with open fireplace and a large archway leading to and eat-in kitchen, while Virginia B has a living/dining area with adjacent kitchen. As the apartments share the loggia and garden, this house is an excellent choice for two families or groups of friends, but can easily be let as separate units.
CASA MARTA This spacious upper floor apartment near the heart of the estate has tall rooms with Victorian proportions and is approached from an open fronted courtyard. It has a living room with wood-burning stove, a large eat-in kitchen, three bedrooms and a garden and furnished pergola with beautiful views of the estate.
ADRIANA This ground floor poolside apartment has the added advantage of being suitable for disabled visitors. It has a light, airy atmosphere and is attractively furnished. From a covered furnished patio, glazed front doors into a living room with a kitchen section including a washing machine. There are one double bedroom with ensuite shower and one twin bedroom with adjacent bathroom.
LUISA A fine example of a traditional “Casa Colonica” with open arched balcony perfect for dining and a partly covered terrace to the rear, which faces the countryside and the skyline of Siena, Luisa has a large open-plan kitchen with original hearth, a dining/living room, and five spacious bedrooms, all on the upper floor.
CASA ROPOLI Enjoying perhaps the best views on the estate, Casa Ropoli has two apartments with independent entrances and either a private garden or loggia. The upper apartment has a large kitchen/living room with a Tuscan fireplace, a double and a twin bedroom, while the lower apartment has a living/dining room, an eat-in kitchen, and three bedrooms.
unobtrusively keep out of your way or happily go out of their way to help you, providing endless extra services if you require them, from sending faxes, arranging balloon trips, providing touring information, to translating at the doctor's. During the summer concerts and exhibitions are often organised in the ancient granary, an extraordinary lofty space (14 X 28 m.) spanned by great arches laced with tie bars. This barn is also very suitable as studio space for art courses or conferences, and the rooms below, next to the estate offices, include a games room with billiards, TV, ping pong, a dining room, a catering kitchen and a small gift shop.
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