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Olivi 1703 Colle di Val d'Elsa
Property number: 430584
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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Region | Tuscany, Chianti |
| Town | Colle di Val d'Elsa |
| Furnishing and features | |
| Type of object | Holiday apartment |
| Occupation | 4 - 6 people |
Olivi 1703 Colle di Val d'Elsa
Property description
Everything began by chance. We had been invited to Borgo Santinovo and we liked it immediately: close to the village but a little bit isolated, with a beautiful cypress-alley and high walls hiding the buildings. Its medieval origins and its past as a monastery made us curious and charmed us. We started the renovation pulling down the buildings of recent construction and renovating the older ones. Regarding the furniture we tried to maintain as much genuineness as possible, with antique pieces of furniture and kitchens in brickwork. We dedicated ourselves to the production of olive oil and wine and re-planted all the vineyards. 2006 was the year of our first vintage. This new experience has been taken up with great enthusiasm by our son Federico, helped by his grandparents Vittorio e Ottorino. Letizia, the youngest member of the family, loves playing with her cats for the moment. The property has 12 self-catering apartments to rent: 1703 – Ground floor. 2 double rooms, living room with kitchenette and double sofa bed, bathroom. Ceiling with wooden beams, terracotta floor, antique furniture. For 6 people. 56 square metres.
Furnishing and features
Short description
| Property type | Holiday home |
|---|---|
| Holiday category | Active holiday, Family and children, Culture and creativity, Nature |
| Living area | 56 m² |
| Property area | 2000,00 m² |
| Floor | Ground floor |
| Normal occupancy | 4 Persons |
| Maximum occupancy | 6 Persons |
| Pet | Pets not permitted |
| Exterior overall impression | Maintained |
| Overall impression furnishing and features | Well and comfortably furnished |
| Number of rooms | 4 |
| Number of bedrooms | 2 |
| Number of living rooms | 1 |
| Number of bathrooms | 1 |
| Outdoor facilities | Garden |
Living room
| Living room 1 | |
|---|---|
| Living room furniture | Sofa |
| Other living room features | cooking corner |
| Living room also serves as a bedroom | Yes |
| Number of sleeping facilities | 2 |
| Type of sleeping facilities | Sofa bed |
| Blinds available | Yes |
Bedroom
| Bedroom 1 | |
|---|---|
| Number of double beds | 1 |
| Blinds available | Yes |
| Bedroom 2 | |
| Number of single beds | 2 |
| Blinds available | Yes |
Bathroom
| Bathroom 1 | |
|---|---|
| Bathroom features | Bidet, Toilet, Washing stand, Shower |
Inhouse features
| Heating | In all rooms |
|---|---|
| Air conditioning | No |
| Entertainment electronics | Colour television set |
Garden and outdoor
| Garden utilisation | Joint garden use |
|---|---|
| Garden facilities | Garden grill, Garden furniture provided |
| On-site leisure facilities | Outdoor swimming pool |
Surrounding
| Distance to town | 7,00 km |
|---|---|
| Town name | colle val d'elsa |
| Distance to next restaurant | 5,00 km |
| Distance to next shopping facilities | 5,00 km |
| Nearby sports facilities | Bike tours |
| Rental Facilities | Bicycle rental service |
| Parking facilities | Parking |
| Direct surroundings | Restaurant |
| Excursion possibilities | siena, firenze, san gimignano, volterra, monteriggioni, colle val d'elsa |
| Location description | Maybe the expression has been used to many times but it’s still appropriate: There’s no better comparison than calling San Gimignano, the city of hundred towers, the “Medieval Manhattan”. A kind of fortified village that, to the great joy of the visitors from all over the world, seems to have “turned to ice” in the 14th century to keep alive the miracle of an urban and architectonical structure that has remained unchanged over the centuries. In the last 25 years luck was on the side of this corner of the Sienese land: By now San Gimignano has surpassed in celebrity many bigger and more important places. It’s the home of one of the most famous and antique Tuscan wines, the only white wine which is well known all over the world: the Vernaccia. Certainly it’s not enough to mention only the inevitable comparison with Manhattan (by now there are only 18 towers left). The little town and its territory have so much more to offer. The Elsa valley, antique and very civilized land, cradle of the trade routes in this region and cradle of learning and art from the time of the High Middle Ages, rich in famous monuments, beautiful little towns and breathtaking panoramas. Let’s mention just some of them: Colle di Val d’Elsa, the city of crystal, Casole, Monteriggioni with its intact city walls that have been celebrated even in Dante’s Divine Comedy, Poggibonsi and its fortress of Poggio Imperiale, an uncountable number of Romanesque parish churches (like the one of Cellole or the extraordinary Badia a Isola), oratories, monasteries, castles and villages. All these sights are not only relics of a glorious past, but they are still a symbol of the territory’s richness which still lasts thanks to the industriousness of its people and a dense network of trades that has its origins in medieval times, when the Via Francigena ran through the Elsa valley, the road which connected the papal town of Rome with Northern Europe between the 9th and the 15th century with a steady stream of warriors, pilgrims, saints and emperors. Today we can still find some traces of this extraordinary road which explain why in the course of the centuries villages, castles, bridges and pilgrims’ hospitals have been built just where they are and not anywhere else. |
