Arancia

Arancia is a fully furnished house in the recently converted and restored stables and cellar of a 300 year old stone villa in the picturesque hillside hamlet of Casanova di Murlo.

Casanova, approximately 20 km south of the medieval walled city of Siena, sits on a ridge with the Merse Valley to the west and the Arbia Valley to the east. There are typical Tuscan forest and valley views of rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards towards Montalcino and Mount Amiata to the south east and Massa Marittima to the south west.

Arancia has an internal floor area of 90 m2 plus a private paved terrace area of 60 m2. The terrace allows for secure parking of one vehicle with plenty of room for outdoor living under an ancient but vigorous grapevine. The house is furnished with Tuscan antiques but with new lounges and beds to ensure your comfort.

The travertine benched kitchen includes all stainless steel appliances such as an electric stove, gas cook-top, dishwasher and refrigerator/freezer plus ample cutlery, crockery, pots and pans and other cooking utensils. The dining table has two fold up extensions and so can easily seat six people.

The lounge room has two comfy lounge chairs plus a three person sofa that converts to a queen-size sofa bed. An LCD television and a DVD player sit upon a beautifully restored kitchen bench from a Tuscan farm house. A stereo is also provided along with books, maps and brochures of the region.

The master bedroom, with double window opening onto the terrace, includes a queen-size Pirelli bed with antique head-board, bed-side table, a large chest of drawers and wardrobe. A large passageway leads from the lounge room to the second bedroom, with two large single beds and wardrobe and then into the main bathroom and laundry.

The passageway houses a writing desk and an armadio where extra wool blankets, linen and quilts are stored.

The main bathroom has a shower, basin, toilet and bidet and the second bathroom, has a shower, basin and toilet/bidet. The separate laundry has a combined washing machine/clothes dryer and there is plenty of room for storage of bags, outdoor furniture and such things as push bikes.

The house has thermostat controlled gas central heating with radiators in each room with double glazed windows and doors made from solid chestnut. There are typical Tuscan interiors with internal chestnut shutters plus external metal shutters on the windows and front door to provide added security plus flexibility to leave windows and doors open safely, particularly in the summer months.

The floors are tiled throughout and the ceilings are either terracotta tiles supported by large oak beams or vaulted with terracotta tiles in a herring bone configuration.

Features

2 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Lounge and dining area
Fully equipped kitchen
Large terrace with pergola and views
Laundry facilities
LCD TV, DVD player, stereo, tourist information and maps

Inclusions

All linen, towels, crockery and cutlery
Thermostat controlled gas central heating
Two new Scott mountain bikes, with helmets
Free fast broadband internet connection with WI-FI

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Rental rates

(prices quoted in Australian dollars)

$1200 for weekly rental
$200 per night for 3 - 6 night rental (3 nights minimum)
$170 p/n for 8 - 14 night rentals (discounts negotiable on stays of more than 2 weeks)

Testimonials

Read what other visitors to this property have said:

"Congratulations on a magnificent villa you have in Arancia. We have had a fantastic time, weather superb and Arancia is everything that we dreamt of. Your information and communication was superb and we thank you for that as this overseas privato rental was new to us. Many thanks and best wishes - The Kemp Family, Port Lincoln, South Australia, July 2011"

"9 Days, 12 villages, 4 mountain bike rides, 1 concert and 87 scoops of gelato. Yep, this place is pretty special. We were here long enough to know that we were not here long enough. Thankyou for the beautiful house and all you have done to make it a place not easy to forget. God Bless - The Guys, Orange, New South Wales, August 2011"

Location

The sleepy hamlet of Casanova has a population of only about 50 however the thriving village of Casciano with a population of about 600 is less than 1 km away. Casciano has a bank with ATM, post office, butcher, bakery, various other shops including a well stocked mini-mart, internet café, several bars plus two excellent restaurants (a pizzeria and a trattoria) which serve traditional food and wine of the district at very reasonable prices.

There is a vast network of forest tracks and paths accessible from either Casanova or Casciano that are suitable for walking, horse riding or cycling. There is also a public swimming pool at Casciano.

A regular bus service runs from Casanova to Siena with easy access by car to Montalcino (25 km), Pienza (35 km), Volterra (40 km), San Gimignano (55 km), Massa Marittima (60 km) beaches and the ferry to Elba (70 km). It is less than a 3 hour drive direct to the international airport at Rome and less than a 1.5 hour drive to Florence airport. There are also regular direct bus services from Rome to Siena and Florence to Siena as well as various train options from Rome and Florence.