No pets allowed Suitable for children Smokers welcome Self-catering
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In a small Tuscan village stands "la Caminata" country house, once a monastery, in front of Monteriggioni Medieval castle. La caminata is to be found 30 metres from the old Frankish road and offers all sorts of excursions on foot on Montagnola Senese, which stretchesin the opposite direction in the Chianti Classico area. Amateur fishing lakes are a stone's throw away. The cities of Siena, Florence, and San Gimignano are easy to reach on public transport to avoid parking problems.
The apartment finely renovated in classic Tuscan style is shrouded amongst vineyards and olive groves. It is equipped with kitchens fitted out with refrigerator, microwave oven, oven, private bathroom and loungesand bedrooms providing every comfort for two to 4 people
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view from the farmhouse
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The Tuscany region
A row of cypress trees breaking the blue sky on a rolling hilltop. Olive groves and grapevines marching tidily down the side of a slope. Little medieval hill towns gazing down upon a country that has been carefully cultivated since the time of the Romans. It has been said indeed, that rather than take a photo of the modern landscape, you can gaze into a painting by Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael or Piero della Francesca. Much of the scenery is simply unchanged in 500 years.
Where to start with Tuscany though? We have the 'art cities' of Florence, Pisa and Siena - the galleries and museums, devotional buildings and architecture of Florence (Firenze) alone could swallow your entire vacation in Tuscany. Another week would just about deal with Pisa and its Campo dei Miracoli around the Leaning Tower and Baptistery. There is lesser known Lucca, a perfect medieval city within its unbreached medieval walls. But let's take a few other highlights without which no tour of Tuscany is complete.
Siena is a superb medieval city, which depopulated a few hundred years ago due to the Black Death and never quite filled up again. Indeed parts of this opulent and stylish town, around the stunning black-and-white marble Duomo, retain a semi-rural air. Cobbled streets spiral toward the central 'Campo' site of the twice yearly Palio horse race. There are dozens of little hill towns south and west of Siena, with San Gimignano (the city of towers) being best known. Montepulciano, Cortona and Pienza are joys, but also see lesser-explored Pitigliano, Massa Marittima and Volterra.
Between Florence and Siena we have Chianti, superb wine country of course and a popular retreat for British and American expats. The main towns of 'Chiantishire' are Greve in Chianti and Radda in Chianti. See too the medieval cloth town of Prato, with the Castello Imperator and a fine Pisan-Romanesque Duomo. Another undiscovered gem is Pistoia, with a well preserved medieval core. Heading towards the coast we have Pisa, Lucca and then the coastline of the Versilian Riviera. The most famous of the resorts is Viareggio, a fashionable resort in Victorian times, and still a fun seaside town, with great gelaterie, restaurants, beaches (though you will have to pay) and the huge February carnival. Livorno (or Leghorn as Brits dubbed it) is often dismissed as a bombed and uninspiringly rebuilt port town, but there is a lovely old town of canals and humpback bridges, a 'little Venice' indeed. Offshore we have the isle of Elba, once home to a defeated Napoleon.
The southern Tuscan coast becomes the Maremma, once a malaria-ridden backwater but now home to the famed Maremma cattle and the 'butteri', cowboys who tend them. The countryside rises to the hills of Monte Argentario and the rather lovely and very ancient town of Orbetello. South of Siena we come to the remarkable San Gimignano, a little town that became a powerful republic, albeit briefly. The soaring towers are monuments to the pride and hubris of the warring families of the town. Volterra is something quite other - built remote and striking on a high plateau, DH Lawrence wrote that it 'gets all the wind and sees all the world ... an inland island'. Thence on to Massa Marittima, an important mining town since pre-Roman (Etruscan) times. And south of Siena spreads the countryside of the Crete Senese ... which is probably that Tuscan countryside that most of us first-time visitors picture in our minds.
We can't leave southern Tuscany without visiting the Abbazia dei San Galgano, one of Italy's most stunning Gothic buildings, and the Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, with its superb Renaissance frescoes. On to Montepulciano, at 600 metres above the sea it's the highest hill town in Tuscany. Then to Pienza, a Renaissance new town created from scratch by Pius II in 1459. Another lovely hill town nearby is Montalcino - wine buffs will know the name.
Eastern Tuscany's main towns are Arezzo - a beautiful Etruscan, Roman and medieval city, and the home and inspiration of movie clown Roberto Benigni (much of 'La Vita e Bella' was filmed here). Finally on to Cortona, from whose heights you gaze down upon Lake Trasimeno. The town has the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca, a fine Duomo and the Museo Diocesano.
Whether you're looking for Tuscany villas, Bed and Breakfast, Tuscany vacation rental, holiday homes or farm holidays ... look no further. We've been building our stable of superb Tuscan holiday accommodation for the last ten years ... whatever you want, it's here.
Siena / Monteriggioni area
Seen from a distance, the Castle of Monteriggioni with its walls and remaining towers witnessing the distant past, gives an impression that time has come to a stand-still - both inside and outside of its walls.
Even though the inhabitants and their ways of life have changed through centuries, those that still choose to live in the castle today remain in touch with history and the old agricultural values, retaining the slow, natural rhythm of life.
The image of the fortification on the hill-top, a sentinel in the defense of the Republic of Siena, has always inspired travelers. Because of its beauty and position, it became a natural magnet for tourists -- nowadays it is visited by some 70,000 people every year.
But how much more majestic and powerful it must have appeared to Dante Alighieri who saw it at the time of battle during one of his travels! The fortress , at the time just a few decades old, was at the height of its splendour. With its circular shape and high towers crowning the walls , it certainly instilled enough sense of cyclopic majesty for Dante to find it worth of description (Dante Alighieri Inferno Canto XXXI)
Actually, Dante can be considered among the very first "tourists" to visit Monteriggioni. Among those that visited it recently were Ted Kennedy, Tony Blair, and many other VIPs.
The Castle has often been chosen as a site for films and short commercials .
The image of Monteriggioni is famous for yet another reason: it is a part of the emblem of Italy, the crown on the head of its effigy symbolizing Italy's invincible spirit.
In fact, due to the type of its fortification, Monteriggioni remained an invincible fortress (see the reconstruction) for three centuries. From the time of its construction in 1213, it resisted every siege, thus ensuring freedom to the Republic of Siena. It fell only in 1554, and that because of a betrayal; the traitor, the ill-famed Captain of the garrison, made a secret plot with the Florentines and in exchange for some favours surrendered the fortress to them without battle.
According to the legend, there were tunnels and secret passages connecting the castle with other fortifications. Legend also has it that there was an underground road that went all the way to Siena.
How to get there
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Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Firenze: 40 km
Railway:
Castellina Scalo: 2 km
Ferry:
Livorno: 60 km
Activities near Siena
Sports: Tennis in town Horse Riding Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats City breaks Cycling holidays
Facilities
Luxuries:
Staffed Property
General:
Central heating, Air conditioning, Pool / Snooker table, Satellite TV
Sofabeds (1), Double beds (1), Dining seating for 4, Lounge seating for 4, Sleeps maximum of 4
Other:
Linen and towels provided.
Outdoors:
Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Shared garden, BBQ, Trampoline
Access:
Parking space
Further details indoors: Apartment for 2/4 people - 55 square metres. First floor, independent entrance. External private place equipped with tables and chairs, – living-room with fireplace and a bed sofa for two people, equipped kitchen (oven, dish-washer, cookers), 1 bedroom – bathroom with shower.
This apartment is a part of a larger complex with more units to rent.
Further details outdoors: The flat has a panoramic view and an external place equipped for eating and relaxing.
Further details
Prices are referred to the flat for a weekly staying from Saturday to Saturday (except for particular needs).
Check in: from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Check out: before 11 a.m.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros €
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Prices for group size 4
Period
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28 Mar 09
11 Apr 09
380£342
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11 Apr 09
23 May 09
425£383
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23 May 09
4 Jul 09
580£523
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4 Jul 09
22 Aug 09
680£613
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22 Aug 09
19 Sep 09
590£532
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19 Sep 09
17 Oct 09
425£383
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17 Oct 09
1 Dec 09
380£342
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Prices for group size 2
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28 Mar 09
11 Apr 09
300£270
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11 Apr 09
23 May 09
340£306
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23 May 09
4 Jul 09
510£459
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4 Jul 09
22 Aug 09
595£536
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22 Aug 09
19 Sep 09
510£459
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19 Sep 09
17 Oct 09
340£306
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17 Oct 09
1 Dec 09
300£270
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NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.
Prices are per apartment per week and in Euro.
Prices shown below include: taxes, bed linene, towels, final cleaning and consumptions.
Check in: from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. - please contact us for different check in time
Check out: before 10 a.m.
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Contact details for the advertiser of home 80525
Name:
Laura Angiolini
Tel:
+39 348 5237423
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