| Reference | tus114 |
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| Sleeps | Up to 4 |
| Bedrooms | 1 or 2 bedrooms (see unit descriptions) |
| Pool | Large, shared |
All of these apartments just north of Florence have been entirely renovated. Enjoying a peaceful position with pretty views of the countryside just a short distance from the town of Dicomano and in the middle of a 60 hectare farm where wine and olive oil are made. The apartments face a pleasant garden/terrace. living room of each apartment.
For descriptions and photos of the individual apartments, please click on "Units" above. The numbers, eg, 2+1, refer to the maximum number of adults and children, in this example, 2 adults and 1 child. Please note that the final cleaning and heating are included in the rental price.
Outside, you will find swimming pool (8m x 16m, depth 1.40m, open 01/05 - 30/09) with a large sun terrace and shower (cold water), small bar (open in July and August) and table-tennis. Guests also have use of a barbecue, a laundry room (free) and five mountain bikes. There is covered parking on premises but please request this when booking. Cots and baby beds are available (free of charge). It is possible to purchase local and farm products and enjoy tasting/samplings. Nearby, there are a number of lakes for fishing.
Distances: Dicomano with all kinds of shops and tennis courts 2km, horse riding 3km, Vicchio di Mugello (where Giotto was born) 8.5km, golf (18 holes) 22km, Lake of Bilancino (beaches) 27km, Florence 36km, San Gimignano 97km, Siena 106km, Lucca 109km, Pisa 115km, Viareggio and the beaches of the Versilia 135km, Rome 315km.
It's just not possible to divorce Tuscany from our preconceptions. A row of cypress trees breaking the blue sky on a 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 developed since the Roman times. It has been said , 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.
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 holiday in Tuscany. Another week would just about deal with Pisa and its Campo dei Miracoli around the Leaning Tower and Baptistery. Then there is lesser known Lucca, a perfect medieval city within its unbreakable 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 and the huge February carnival. Livorno 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.
Vivid Italy is your perfect choice for a holiday in Tuscany. In Tuscany we have villas, apartments and hotels ideal for your holiday.
There are direct flights to Florence and Pisa from several airports in the UK.
You can fly from Gatwick to Florence on most days with Meridiana.
From Bristol, Gatwick and Luton you can take an Easyjet flight to Pisa on most days including weekends. Gatwick also has a British Airways flight to Pisa on the weekends.
From Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bournemouth, East Midlands and Birmingham you can take a Ryanair flight to Pisa. Their flights from Stansted, Liverpool and Dublin leave Monday-Sunday.
With Jet2 you can fly from Leeds/Bradford, Belfast, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Manchester to Pisa.
You can book accommodation only, or we can help you package flights, car hire or private transfers. You can find all this information on the website or call us on 0844 811 9720 to discuss all your requirements.
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You can book and pay for Fattoria il Monte online, you be given the chance to include car hire or transfers during the booking process. Alternatively call us on 0844 811 9720 and we will process your booking over the telephone - there is no extra charge for personal service!
Sleeps up to 4
Ground floor: large living room with dining area, SAT TV, two single beds as sofa, small cooking area (fridge 140lt, toaster, American coffee machine) and access to the garden, a double bedroom with an armchair and access to the garden, bathroom with shower. The apartment is characterised by a charming vaulted, terracotta ceiling. Private garden with lawn (30mē) with table and chairs.
Sleeps up to 3
Upper ground floor: cosy living room with dining area, SAT TV, one single bed as sofa, fireplace and cooking area (toaster, American coffee machine), one double bedroom, bathroom with shower (window). Pretty view from the living room and the bedroom of the countryside and the swimming pool.
Sleeps up to 6
Ground floor: small living room (two armchairs) with dining area, SAT TV, one single bed as sofa, small cooking area (140lt fridge, toaster, American coffee machine), and access to the terrace one large double bedroom with a third bed and private bathroom with shower (window), a double bedroom, bathroom with shower (window). Small, private, covered terrace (4mē) with table, chairs and ancient wood burning oven.
Sleeps up to 7
1st floor: living room with dining area, SAT TV and fireplace, kitchen corner (fridge 140lt, toaster, American coffee machine), single bed (used as sofa).
2nd floor: double bedroom with 2 extra single beds, double bedroom, bathroom with shower (window).
Sleeps up to 4
Ground floor: living room with dining area, double sofa bed, SAT TV and outdoor access, kitchen corner (fridge 140lt, toaster, American coffee machine), one double bedroom with outdoor access, bathroom with shower.
