"Casa delle Rose"

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House |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Pietrabuona in Pescia

From £750 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

3.5 out of 5

1 review | Write a review

Key info  Balcony/terrace, car essential, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

"Casa delle Rose" is a typical Tuscan village house with quaint stone staircases linking the four levels. It is perched on the end of the village overlooking its own beautiful terraced garden - and beyond to the steep chestnut-clad slopes of the Pesciatina.

Wonderful living spaces are located on the ground floor. The dining room is a converted stable with a fine terracotta arch. The attractive kitchen/living area opens to a small courtyard that is perfect for alfresco breakfasts. A rose-covered arch leads into the garden, and down a few steps there is a wisteria covered pergola sheltering an extensive paved terrace furnished with garden furniture and a Tuscan barbecue. A picturesque stone path winds around the garden and takes you to the village below where there is an excellent restaurant and a great delicatessen.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Thanks to the strict external restoration code that exists today, Pietrabuona Castello has remained a virtually intact seventeenth century village with the beautiful stone houses providing comfortable homes for their modern inhabitants.
"Casa delle Rose" has retained the traditional appeal of a village house, while being well-provided with good modern appliances. A small sitting-room, three large double bedrooms and two bathrooms are located on the three upper levels. Daytime activities mostly take place on the ground floor - or in the beautiful garden below.

Further details outdoors:
Pietrabuona Castello is accessed by a winding road that leads up from the valley below, through a narrow entrance in the original walls. There are no streets in the "Castello", only a central piazza where cars are parked, and where people gather in the evenings to chat and watch their children play. Beautiful stone paths then lead to the houses in the village.

Further details

- Changes of bed linen and towels are provided weekly.
- The house and garden will be cleaned and tidied for guests who are here for more than 2 weeks.

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"Casa delle Rose" from the village street

 

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View from wisteria-clad garden terrace

 

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Corner of kitchen showing entry to dining room

 

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Village path leading to the house

The Tuscany / Pistoia Province region

There are many ways of holidaying in Italy - hotels, city apartments, beach apartments, villas, farm houses. These all provide unforgettable experiences - but, at the end of the day, the true heart of Italy lies in its picture postcard villages. Village houses often require more effort to access (no streets), don't have swimming pools in the garden (no space) - but they provide an ambience and a contact with people that is almost impossible to obtain in towns or in the countryside. Tuscany has its beautiful cities, Florence, Siena, Lucca - as well as many smaller centres, San Gimignano, Montecatini, Viareggio - but its villages are really its crowning glory. They have a life of their own - as well as providing perfect places for easy access to the wonders of Tuscany
Tuscany is one of the most beautiful regions in Italy. The wonderful Renaissance cities of Florence (1hour) , Lucca (30 min.), Pisa (1 hour) and Siena (2 hours) are all within easy reach. These are the great art cities of the region. However, Pietrabuona is also ideally situated for day trips to the beaches of Viareggio (1 hour), the mountain resort of Abetone for walks and skiing (1 hour), the marble quarries of Carrara (90 min.), and the spa town and golf course of Montecatini ( 30 min). The beautiful Cinque Terre region is also about 2 hours away.

There is an excellent range of Tuscan guide books available on the book shelves at "Casa delle Rose" . These deal with all aspects of sightseeing in Tuscany - from gardening to sculpture to wine-tasting! In addition to this Library , all guests are provided with a booklet entitled "Your ABC to enjoying life at Casa delle Rose". This provides detailed information on all aspects of enjoying a vacation in this part of Tuscany.

The Pescia / Pietrabuona area

Pescia is a busy market town conveniently situated about 10 minutes from Chiesina Uzzanese, an autostrada stop on the A11 autostrada between Florence (1 hour) and Lucca (30 mins.) Pescia is a town of about 20,000 inhabitants and is well supplied with good restaurants, excellent shopping, historic buildings, a railway station and a delightful small theatre. The town is famous for its strawberries and asparagus, and is home to one of the largest commercial flower markets in Europe. There is a regular Saturday morning street market held in the splendid Piazza Mazzini.

Pietrabuona is located about 4km north of Pescia. The village of Pietrabuona, which is located immediately below Pietrabuona Castello, has an excellent restaurant, bar, butcher, Post Office, and a delicatessen where wonderful home-cooked Italian meals can be purchased. "La Torbola", the small bar at the top end of the village has a wood-fired oven, where freshly-baked focaccia may be obtained in the mornings. For summer visitors, there is an excellent resort-style swimming pool available at the Hotel San Lorenzo, about 2 kilometres along the road from Pietrabuona to Pescia.

How to get there

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AIR - Pisa Airport is about an hour 's drive from Pietrabuona. Easyjet and Ryanair fly there daily - as well as other international carriers such as British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France etc. Pisa Airport is also well set up for car hire - and the major car hire companies - Hertz, Budget, Eurocar - all have offices there.
TRAIN - There is a regular train service to Pescia
ROAD - Pietrabuona is about 15min from A11 Autostrada between Florence and Lucca. Exit Chiesina Uzzanese.

Activities near Pescia

Reviews

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16 Oct 2011

“Casa delle Rose in medieval Pietrtabuona is set in a multi-level garden that makes you want to stay ” Cheese, prosciutto, wine and olives on the wisteria-hung terrace overlooking the chestnut and cassia covered hills provided a welcome relaxation at the end of many days of sight-seeing. A supermarket 5 ks away in Pescia made self-catering easy as did a take-away a short walk downhill where our difficulty was choosing from the simply delicious dishes prepared by the owner. Our hire car and the train from the nearby Pescia put us within easy reach of many great towns, gardens and cities. For us, spring was a wonderful time to visit with the roses that ran riot over the stone walls of the house coming into full bloom in the two weeks we were there. We could have stayed longer - so delightful and so much to see.

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"I do not understand how you can bear to let other people live in your beautiful house!!! Mike and I chose to use the top bedroom because of the amazing views. It did mean a lot more climbing of stairs, but we thought it was worth it.
Did all the usual tourist things such as visiting Pisa, Florence, Prato, Pistoia, Viareggio, Montecatini Terme and Alto, and one of my favourites was the visit to Carrara. I've read so much about the famous sculptors going there to choose their blocks of marble, that I found it fascinating.I could go on forever about how much we enjoyed our holiday but I had best stop. If you ever need someone to look after the house for a while please do not hesitate to get in touch!!!! We liked "Da Nerone" so much that we went there 3 times."
Pam and Mike...................Scotland, U.K.

"We had a wonderful time at "Casa delle Rose". It's a gem of a house. We loved it. It was so authentic and yet extremely comfortable, and we greatly appreciated the superb ABC booklet which you so kindly provided. It was indispensible and led us to the delights of Cinzia, da Nerone and Lucca, amongst others, an excellent mix of information and valuable insights. We would love to return with our daughter. We know this is a long shot, but we have another week's holiday from 24th to 31st of this month (May). "Casa delle Rose" doesn't happen to be free the, does it? If not we'll probably have to wait until next year. Either way thank you for a memorable holiday".
Jo and David........................Somerset, U.K.

"We greatly enjoyed our stay in "Casa delle Rose". The rest of the group were friends from Bulgaria. We were at university together, but we don't see each other very often these days. It was nice to meet in Italy and talk, talk, talk. We made the best of the beautiful garden and the barbecue. The house had everything we could wish for, and it was a very romantic experience for our friends from Bulgaria to be in an old stone house surrounded by beautiful countryside, as they all live in flats in Sofia.
We enjoyed the food at Da Sandrino, and of all the places we visited, Siena and Volterra, with its Etruscan museum, were voted everybody's favourite. We enjoyed the peace and quiet of the place, and the fact that it was pleasantly cool in the evenings- coming from England we were worried that it may be too hot for us."
Milen and Svetla ...........................Essex, UK

"We were delighted with "Casa delle Rose". It was more than I expected. We loved all the books and the garden, and there was enough space for our whole family. The outdoor dining was an absolute bonus. My granddaughter celebrated her first birthday in style in Montecatini Terme with a ride on the carousel, a horsedrawn carriage ride around the park, gelati at a cafe and of course dinner under the wisteria at "Casa delle Rose". Incidentally, thank you so much for organizing the cot and high-chair. It made a big difference"
Jo and Ruby....................Cranbourne, Vic.

"Just a note to say what a wonderful time we all had at Pietrabuona and how much we enjoyed staying at "Casa delle Rose". We all agreed it was the best holiday we have all had - being in one place for three weeks and taking daily trips to all the places we wanted to visit - Carrara, Cinque Terre, Torre del Lago, Puccini's house, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, and many trips to Florence and Lucca. We even managed to see "Tosca" in the Church of San Giovanni in Lucca, as well as the annual procession of the Holy Face. We invariably took the train to Florence as it was so cheap, and avoided any parking problems.
We dined at Da Nerone several times - porcini mushrooms were in season. New wine glasses were produced when we ordered a bottle of Brunello! We attended several celebrations for the Festa di San Mateo in the Piazza in Pietrabuona, including an excellent evening with 3 choruses singing - one from Arezzo, one from Pescia and one from Florence - and they ended the evening singing "Va Pensioro" from Nabucco, together.
September was an excellent time of year to be in Pietrabuona - we had great weather with only a couple of nights with storms, and the mists in the mornings and the sound of constant running water was such a delight after the water restrictions of Brisbane".
Colin & Isobel Walter & Beverley....................... Brookfield, Qld.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Spring	26 Feb 11	27 May 11	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer	30 Jul 11	2 Oct 11	1100£ 1100	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	2 Oct 11	27 Nov 11	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week
Winter	27 Nov 11	26 Feb 12	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring	26 Feb 12	27 May 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer	27 May 12	30 Sep 12	1100£ 1100	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	30 Sep 12	25 Nov 12	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week
Winter	25 Nov 12	24 Feb 13	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring	24 Feb 13	26 May 13	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer	26 May 13	29 Sep 13	1100£ 1100	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	29 Sep 13	1 Dec 13	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week
Winter	1 Dec 13	23 Feb 14	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring	23 Feb 14	1 Jun 14	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

.- Rates are all-inclusive except for gas when the Central Heating is being used. The house is supplied with town gas and when the Central Heating is operating, the gas is charged at metered rates. 100euro/week deposit is required before the Central Heating is turned on.

- A 20% non-refundable deposit is required to confirm bookings - and the balance is to to be paid eight weeks prior to taking up tenancy (travel insurance recommended). Rates are normally reviewed in July each year - but the tariff charged will be the one quoted when the deposit is paid.

- All rentals are for a minimum of one week and all rentals are from Saturday to Saturday. Arrival time is after 4.00pm and before 9.00pm on the day of taking up tenancy. The check-out time is before 10.00am on the day of departure.

- Payment may be made by either personal cheque or bank cheque. These cheques are to be made out in Euros - unless an alternative currency has been arranged with the Proprietor.

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2 years listed You are contacting Bob & Suzanne Tozer Landline +61 7 33780230 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in Australia and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2009. This house has received 1 review from previous guests.