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Good quality restaurants nearby Striano all offering exceptional Tuscan food and wine. Nearest village is TALLA which is a 5 minutes drive from Striano. TALLA has all the amenities one could wish for with its own butcher, bread shop, pharmacy, bank, vegetable shop, minimarket, florist, cafe bar and restaurant called the L'Orcello (which does exceptional food).
Location:
Spectacular hill top location with views across the 21 acres of private land of Striano in the beautiful Casentino area of Tuscany, Italy.
VILLA STRIANO is a spacious & airy villa with 6 lovely bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and 1 single bedroom, offering privacy, exclusiveness and luxury.
Garden: beautifully landscaped and designed to the highest quality: with an Italian themed garden (with a maze of box hedges, statues and pots), cypress trees, olive trees, pergolas, pretty English rose garden and loads and loads of grass.
STRIANO is set in the magical triangle of FLORENCE, SIENA and AREZZO. Florence is a mere 1 hour’s drive away as is Siena.
The main town and nearest bigger city is AREZZO which is 20 minutes drive away through the beautiful countryside of the Casentino Valley, where you have the IPERCOOP (large indoor market) and outside market stalls.
Nearest Golf Course only 20 minutes away from the Villa.
Pool: Striano has its own private large infinity designed swimming pool with views down the valley. There is a lower sunbath pool into which flows water from the upper pool. The constant movement prevents build up of any unwelcome insect life. The pool is 12m x 8m with a 12m x 2m sunbath pool.
Jacuzzi: heated outdoor Jacuzzi – seats 6 people
Sauna: for relaxing - seats 6 people
Fountain: For those outside romantic dinners
Garden: beautifully landscaped and designed to the highest quality: with an Italian themed garden (with a maze of box hedges, statues and pots), cypress trees, olive trees, pergolas, pretty English rose garden and loads and loads of grass.
Facilities: Aga (tiled stove), dishwasher, washing machine, American Fridge Freezer, microwave, toaster, electric kettle, 6 hob cooker, Gas Oven, Satellite TV, DVD and Video player, stereo, central heating. Iron and iron board. Full designer cutlery, glasses and china for 16 people.
Dining Room: Large dining room with original French 19th century dining table with seating for 10/12 people. The floors are laid in herringbone terracotta, the walls washed in beautiful pastel yellow. The central feature in this room is the Aga (custom made in England and shipped to Striano) in blue with hot and cool hotplates, giving natural warmth to the room.
From the dining room, you access the first sitting room with a marvellous French rococco mirror on one wall and a beautiful hand covered sofa and two large armchairs. The room has on one wall a large LCD TV screen with gilt frame to disguise TV function.
The TV is wired up to high quality DVD and VHS and also has access to a good HI-FI system. The room has its own wonderful corner Tuscan fireplace for the colder months. Glazed double doors lead from this sitting room to the outside terrace, under the upstairs balcony and outside into the gardens.
Sitting Rooms: Two large and sunny sitting rooms with huge open fireplaces and 5 seater sofa and Fendi suites.
The second sitting room is 11 m wide with beautiful open stone walls, massive fireplace and stone floors. Two huge Flemish chandeliers, together with wall brass candelabras, light the room.. The walls are adorned with watercolour paintings. Two huge sofas and large armchairs allow several people to relax in comfort in this room. Two double glazed doors allow access to the terrace, leading to the valley below through vine covered pergola.
Kitchen: Large modern kitchen equipped with black marble surfaces, large Travertine cream double sink, large 90cm Siemens gas hob with extractor, Gas Oven, natural stone exterior walls and window and large door through to the kitchen patio and herb garden. On one wall of the kitchen is a small dining table for those intimate breakfasts. The kitchen is equipped with designer cookware, including Alessi pots, toaster, electric kettle, microwave, dishwasher, small fridge with a separate American fridge freezer in the larder room.
Accommodation:
The master suite has wooden floors throughout and a super king size gold edged iron bed frame. Wonderful views over the Valley and the garden. Off the master bedroom is a single room with its own unique matching antique gold edged bed frame which can be used as a dressing room or another single bedroom.
The second en-suite double bedroom, has a handmade iron bedstead, handmade furnishings, 19th century Italian armoire and 19th century chest of drawers. Looking out through the gardens with a large double picturesque window and then accessing through to the en-suite bathroom with large Travertine shower cubicle and separate bath and shower, again with frescos adorning walls.
In the master ensuite bathroom there are twin Travertine hand basins, large gilded mirrors and frescos, a separate Travertine shower cubicle and a large claw foot bath. All the rooms are decorated with an interesting style of Flemish and Japanese chandeliers and 19th century Italian bedroom furniture.
All beds are made from local handcrafted iron bed frames (Caporali) and plush handmade bed coverings. All the bathrooms have been made with custom made Travertine marble with beautiful frescos, gold leaf mirrors and windows overlooking the valley.
Huge chestnut beams span the house and are a particular feature of Striano.
VILLA STRIANO is a classic & sophisticated Italian Villa dating back 200 years, perfect for large family groups and superbly positioned in its beautifully landscaped gardens with fountains & statues.
Children: Children’s toys and games, books, DVD’s and Video library available on request.
Staff: Maid service, garden and pool maintenance services.
Babies: under 2 years babycot and highchair on request
Airport: 2 hours drive from Pisa Airport and 1 hour’s drive from Florence Airport.
Extra Options: On request and for a further charge we can provide a chef & waitress, airport pickups in a chauffeured Land Rover Discovery 3, hire of our Land Rover, extra maid service, nanny or babysitting services and any special excursions. Wine tasting or hire of bikes or motorbikes for off road trekking in the mountains.
Thomas Behnke for Tuscany Villas. com
Updated July 2009
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