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House |2 bedrooms |Sleeps 4

Bucine in Tuscany

from £123 / night

£854–£1367 / week

1 night minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Swimming pool, air conditioning, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

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About the home

Borgo Bello I is an elegant and welcoming apartment in the characteristic style of the Tuscan countryside. It sleeps four people. From Borgo Bello I you will enjoy an enchanting view of the Tuscan countryside. Borgo Bello I is 110 square meters (1200 square feet). It features a shared swimming pool, a nice private terrace, a shared garden, air conditioning (please read description below to check in which rooms the units are installed) and winter heating.
You will be in the heart of Bucine, where you will find restaurants, the shops and public transportation. You will find the closest restaurant a few meters (feet) away and a grocery store at 1.5 km (roughly 1 mile).
Borgo Bello I is located on the first floor of an ancient farmhouse.
To stay at Borgo Bello I you will need a car. You will be able to park it on the premises, free of charge in a private parking lot.
Borgo Bello I is one of the holiday homes available in a small complex. Please find a general description of the complex below, and please scroll further down for a description of Borgo Bello I.

The apartments Borgo Bello are part of a village located in the middle of a 160-hectare (395 acres) farming estate filled with woods, groves, and vineyards. You will be in the countryside between Arezzo and Siena, where the area of the cultivation of the Chianti wine begins.


All the dwellings in the hamlet have been restored in order to become vacation houses. Even the narrow streets have been renovated with care. Every corner will surprise you with terracotta jars with exuberant geranium flowers and perfumed shrubs of rosemary and lavender…


The hamlet is located on a hillside, and from every part of the village, you can enjoy the gorgeous view of the valley below. The crenellated walls and the tower of the nearby residence of the lord of the land add to the charm of the scenery.


The village has a small restaurant, a bar, and also a reception desk with staff at your disposal. The hamlet consists of ten apartments and a small hotel with four rooms.


As guests in the village, you can use the big shared swimming pool, go fishing on a small lake nearby, rent mountain bikes, and taste the local wine and products, which are for sale as well.


You can even book some cooking lessons, guided excursions and trekking tours!!


This wonderful village is a convenient place to begin your quest for the beauty of Tuscany.


From here all other places are quite accessible for daily excursions: Siena (40 km - 24.8 miles), Florence (50 km - 31 miles), and Arezzo (30 km - 18.6 miles), three splendid cities boasting artistic treasures and tourist activities. You will be placed near some of the most famous and characteristic villages in Tuscany: Cortona, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, and others.


If you are a wine enthusiast, don't forget to take (and not in a rush) the Via Chiantigiana, a road crossing the whole area which produces the Chianti wine.


You will cross a land rich in hills whose slopes display vineyards and whose tops are embellished by towers of medieval hamlets and bell-towers of age-old churches. There are also wine-cellars and restaurants where you will be able to taste the Tuscan cuisine while drinking a glass of Chianti wine, renown all over the world.


If you enjoy fashion and going shopping, don't forget that Florence is one of the fashion capitals of the world. You can indulge yourself in the many fine shops in the center of Florence. But if you'd rather save than spend, don't let the "outlet-shop" signs found on highway exits pass unnoticed. You are likely to find clothes and objects of the Italian haute couture for very reasonable prices in some of these stores!!

Swimming Pool
The swimming pool is 8 meters (26 feet) large by 20 meters (65 feet) long. The swimming pool area is equipped with sun loungers. It is partly shaded by an elegant gazebo. From the swimming pool you will enjoy a wonderful view of the Tuscan hills. You will share the pool with the other guests staying at the complex. It is open from mid-May until mid-September.
 Living Room
The living room is paved with Tuscan terracotta tiles. The furnishings are classic and welcoming, and include some antique pieces. The furnishings include a sofa and an armchair. There is a nice fireplace made of bricks. In the living room you will also find a cooking area. The kitchenette is equipped with a four-burner gas cooker, an electric oven, a refrigerator with freezer and an Italian-style coffee-maker. The dining table can accommodate four guests. In this room you will find a small satellite television. The room has a window with a view of the garden and of the hills.
Bedroom 1
You will be able to enter the first bedroom from the corridor. It has a matrimonial bed (160 cm/62 inches, wider than a queen-size bed). The room has a window with a view of the garden and of the hills. The bedroom is equipped with an air conditioning/heating unit.
Bedroom 2
You will be able to enter the second bedroom from the corridor. It has two twin beds (80 cm/32 inches). The room has a window with a view of the garden and of the hills. The bedroom is equipped with an air conditioning/heating unit.
Bathroom
The bathroom is equipped with a washbasin, a toilet and a shower. You will be able to enter the bathroom from the corridor.
 

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Borgo Bello I is on the first floor. It is part of a nice age-old building made of stone and red bricks. In front of the house there is a nice green lawn, enclosed by a short stone wall, closed by a small iron gate, where olive trees
and fruit trees are grown.

Climbing five or six stone steps from the garden, you will find a terrace tiled with terracotta tiles and shaded by a large fig tree. This terrace if for your own exclusive use, and it is equipped with umbrella, table, chairs and a lovely
wickerwork sofa with armchairs. You will enjoy a relaxing view of the hills and of the garden below, where olive trees and perfumed rosemary shrubs are grown.

From the terrace, climbing a flight of stairs made of approximately 15 steps, you will reach a small covered loggia, which serves as an entrance to the house. From the loggia you will have a 180-degree view of the surrounding hills.

Inside, a small corridor separates the living area from the bedrooms. The living room is a spacious and a welcoming room, divided into areas by a large arch made of red bricks. There is a sofa with armchairs, a satellite television, and an area reserved to the fireplace. On one side of the living room there is the kitchen area, where you will also find a breakfast counter. The kitchenette has a four-burner stove, a fridge with freezer, and an oven.

The two bedrooms are well furnished and spacious, and have windows with a large view of the surrounding hills. One is a double bedroom, whereas the other one is a twin bedroom. The bedrooms are equipped with air conditioning. The bathroom has a shower.

Borgo Bello I will enable you to spend your vacation in a house completely furnished and decorated with elegant and beautiful classical-style furniture. The floors are of terracotta tile, and the ceilings have exposed wooden beams.

The house has a parking lot and is equipped with winter heating. There is also a switch-board phone and possible internet connections.

Further details outdoors:
All the dwellings in the hamlet have been restored in order to become vacation houses. Even the narrow streets have been renovated with care. Every corner will surprise you with terracotta jars with exuberant geranium flowers and perfumed shrubs of rosemary and lavender…

The hamlet is located on a hillside, and from every part of the village, you can enjoy the gorgeous view of the valley below. The crenelated walls and the tower of the nearby residence of the lord of the land add to the charm of the scenery.

The hamlet has a small restaurant and a bar. There is a reception desk with a staff at your disposal. The hamlet consists of ten apartments and a small hotel with four rooms.

As guests in the hamlet, you can use the big shared swimming pool, go fishing on a small lake nearby, rent mountain bikes, and taste the local wine and products, which are for sale as well.

You can even book some cooking lessons, guided excursions and trekking tours.

As guests at Borgo Bello I, besides having your own private terrace, you will also have access to a large outdoor area which is shared with the other guests in the hamlet. There are green areas furnished with benches and garden furniture. The restaurant and bar have an indoor area and several small tables placed outdoors on the terrace.

The 20 x 8-meter (65 x 26 feet) swimming pool is 50 meters (164 feet) away from the apartments and in a very panoramic position. There are umbrellas and deck chairs around the pool. Once lying in the sun, your eyes will meet only lawns, trees and flowers. A view of low and green hills will unfold before you. The air
is fresh, clean and filled with the smell of flowers and herbs. You will be able to spend long and pleasant hours outdoors accompanied either by your friends, a book in hands, or a glass of good Tuscan wine.

The swimming pool is open from mid-May to the end of September.

Borgo Bello I is 4.5 km (about 2.8 miles) away from Bucine, which is a small town where you can find shops, restaurants, a weekly market, and age-old monuments to visit.

Borgo Bello is a convenient place to begin your quest for the beauty of Tuscany.

From Borgo Bello, all other places are quite accessible for daily excursions: Siena (40 km - 24.8 miles), Florence (50 km - 31 miles), and Arezzo (30 km - 18.6 miles), three splendid cities boasting artistic treasures and tourist
activities. You will be placed near some of the most famous and characteristic villages in Tuscany: Cortona, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, and others.

If you are a wine enthusiast, don't forget to take (and not in a rush) the Via Chiantigiana, a road crossing the whole area which produces the Chianti wine.

You will cross a land rich in hills whose slopes display vineyards and whose tops are embellished by towers of medieval hamlets and bell-towers of age-old churches. There are also wine-cellars and restaurants where you will be able to taste the Tuscan cuisine while drinking a glass of Chianti wine, renown all over
the world.

If you enjoy fashion and going shopping, don't forget that Florence is one of the fashion capitals of the world. You can indulge yourself in the many fine shops in the center of Florence. But if you'd rather save than spend, don't let
the "outlet-shop" signs found on highway exits pass unnoticed. You are likely to find clothes and objects of the Italian haute couture for very reasonable prices in some of these stores!

The closest airport is Florence.

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The Tuscany / Arezzo Province region

Located in the heart of Italy, Tuscany is surely one of the most famous Italian landscapes. The essence of this beautiful region are its natural, artistic, and cultural heritage.

Bounded by the Ligurian and the Tyrrhenian Sea (two arms of Mediterranean), this region is divided into ten provinces, whose capitals are Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena. Florence is the capital city of the region itself.

The region was populated first by the Etruscans on the 7th century BC, and about 500 years later by the Romans.

The words Humanism and Renaissance evoke Tuscany, as immediately as Pope evokes Rome: just think that between the fourteenth and the sixteenth century, both these ages were born here. The entire region attained a very important artistic role.

If you are keen on art and nature… well you’re definitely in the right place! ;-)

Indeed the fathers of Italian painting, architecture and sculpture lived in this beautiful towns: such as Cimabue, Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. This is the reason why the entire region is rich in museums where thousands of amazing works are kept. You’ll be impressed by the majesty of the many ancient palaces (for examples “Palazzo Vecchio”, “Palazzo Pitti”, “Palazzo Medici”), monasteries and villas that are springing up all over the Tuscany.

Spring and fall are the best times to visit Tuscany, because the climate is mild. Bus-lines and trains connect the larger towns, but having a car would be a great advantage, and you would be easily able to enjoy the small towns and vineyards, which represent some of Tuscany’s strong points.

The “Chiantigiana road” is a must to see: it produces some of Italy’s finest wines. This is the colourful and legendary road of the “Chianti" region. The grape cultivation dates back to the Etruscan times. One of the biggest pleasures will be sipping different wines, at the wineries or at the wine bars scattered in the towns.

What about a drop in on “Mugello”? It is a countryside surrounded by oaks, chestnut trees and by the Apennines, This land of artists and painters have been source of inspiration in its farmhouses and colours. with kind people, authentic cooking, good wine, plus a great tradition in handicrafts.

The Apuan Alps are a monumental work of the nature. They consist in some of the highest peaks in the region: This regional park sets up the chance for those who want to practice trekking, cycling, horse riding or simply walking to enjoy this beautiful landscape.

Versilia is an area of 20 km sandy beaches located in the north of the region. The seaside with the colourful bathing areas is rich in bars and meeting places. Camaiore, Forte dei Marmi, Massarosa, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Stazzema and Viareggio are the towns of this beautiful coast.

Another great attraction of this region is the archipelago. The largest island is Elba: more than one hundred kilometers of coast.

Curiously enough, since the Etruscans introduced the use of fresh herbs, the Tuscan cooking is still based on vegetable dishes, bread-based soups, meats perfumed with sage, rosemary, and thyme. Moreover the secret of its success is the good care and the devotion to guarantee the quality of the products of the land... crostini of chicken liver, soups, tortelli with Bolognese sauce, “pappardelle” with hare sauce or with boar sauce, boar hunter style, fillet of beef, salted cod with tomato sauce, ricciarelli, cantucci, Tuscan salt-less bread… We’re sure your mouth is already watering!

The Bucine area

Bucine is a lively village lying among Florence, Arezzo and Siena. Because of its particular position, it has been strategically momentous since the Roman Age. This lovely place became even more important during the Middle Ages, when contended among local seigniories and big cities.

Bucine is located in the Valdambra, at 207 metres above the sea level, and counts nearly 9000 inhabitants.

In the XIII century, the main local authorities were the Counts Guidi of Modigliana, that in 1225 put themselves under the municipality and protection of Arezzo. Afterwards Bucine has been contended between the noble families Ubertini di Chitignano and Tarlati... squabbles among nobles swept away from the Republic of Florence, that made Bucine residence of the podestà in 1335.

Here you will be able to admire the Romanesque parish church of Galatrona, as well as the church of St. Apollinare and the Castle of Galatrona.

Set up into a league known as “Lega di Valdambra”, Bucine supported Florence during its campaign in order to annex the properties of the Counts Ubertini, which were conquered between the fourteenth and fifteenth century.

Under the the Medicean Grand Duchy, Bucine became a marquisate, given to the family of Vitelli by Ferdinand II, in 1654.

The village underwent another change during the Napoleonic Empire becoming, in 1811, one of the “mairies” (town hall) of the Prefecture of Arno. When the Empire collapsed in 1815, Bucine was reintegrated into the Grand Duchy, getting the status of “Podesteria del Bucine Valdambra”: a huge territory including 24 towns under the municipality of Arezzo. That is why the area of Bucine still has such a wide extension.

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Rental prices

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	13 May 13	29 Jun 13	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	29 Jun 13	24 Aug 13	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	24 Aug 13	28 Sep 13	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	28 Sep 13	28 Dec 13	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	28 Dec 13	4 Jan 14	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	4 Jan 14	19 Apr 14	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	19 Apr 14	28 Jun 14	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	28 Jun 14	23 Aug 14	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	23 Aug 14	27 Sep 14	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	27 Sep 14	27 Dec 14	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	27 Dec 14	10 Jan 15	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	10 Jan 15	4 Apr 15	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	4 Apr 15	11 Apr 15	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	11 Apr 15	18 Apr 15	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	18 Apr 15	27 Jun 15	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	27 Jun 15	22 Aug 15	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	22 Aug 15	26 Sep 15	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	26 Sep 15	26 Dec 15	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	26 Dec 15	9 Jan 16	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	9 Jan 16	26 Mar 16	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	26 Mar 16	2 Apr 16	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	2 Apr 16	16 Apr 16	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	16 Apr 16	25 Jun 16	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	25 Jun 16	27 Aug 16	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible
	27 Aug 16	24 Sep 16	1380€ 1380	-	-	Flexible
	24 Sep 16	24 Dec 16	1000€ 1000	-	-	Flexible
	24 Dec 16	7 Jan 17	1600€ 1600	-	-	Flexible

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