Vacation Rental Description
The house and substantial summerhouse are in the village of Casatico in the Garfangana National Park in northern Tuscany. There are spectacular views from the gardens over the surrounding valleys. The house is on 3 floors, the terraced garden leads to a substantial summerhouse under the trees. The village is tiny and there are no cars so safe for chidren, there is a village shop selling most things and an excellent restaurant serving Traditional Tuscan cuisine at very reasonable prices. The main towns of Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Genoa, Cinque Terre and the coast are within 1-3 hours driving or accessable by train. There are 3 swimming pools nearby, there is also horse trekking and walking from the village.
The house is on 3 floors ground floor entrance/dining room with open fireplace, galley kitchen with electric oven gas hob, large fridge/freezer, electric kettle, crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils. Hot water and heating is by natural gas with combi boiler situated under the house along with the washing machine. Newly fitted bathroom with bidet bath and shower toilet and washbasin. 1st floor: Small sitting area with open fire, leading to sitting/dining room with sofa TV table and chairs. Top floor: Two double bedrooms 1 with double bed and 1 with 2 single beds a small landing leads out on to a terrace and patio with garden furniture. The garden is a series of terraces leading up to a whitewashed summerhouse under the trees comprising living room, open fire, pizza oven, kitchenette, dining furniture Etc.
There is a well lit dining area under the trees with separate patio and barbeque, over 2 acres of pine wood and chesnut forest extend beyond the summerhouse and the views are spectacular.
Facilities
- Cleaning Service
- Cooking Utensils
- Dryer
- Linen Service
- Open Fire
- Amenity Parking
towels provided, daily maid service, telephone, iron and ironing board, hob, 4 ring stove, radio, games for kids, CD, BBQ, garden, terrace, outdoor grill charcoal, patio, housekeeper.
Activities
- Hunting/Rock Climbing
- Mountain Biking
swimming, eco tourism, caves, forests, bird watching, ruins.
Travel Options
- Nearest Airport : Pisa at 50 kilometers distance;
- Nearest Train Station : camporgiano at 3 kilometers distance
- Travel Info: Nearest Motorway : Lucca OR Aulla at 40 Kilometres
Nearest Beach : forte de marmi, viareggio at 50 Kilometres
Nearest Barpub : Restaurant Ravina at 5 Minutes
Nearest Ski : at 10 Kilometres
Nearest Golf : at 10 Kilometres
Nearest Restaurant : Restaurant Ravina at 5 Minutes
Car: necessary
Equestrian centre with horse trekking in mountains, walking in mountains skying in winter, small swimming pool at camporgiano. 3 kms away larger pools 12 kms . Golf course. Wind caves various village fetes espescially in august marble caves underground cave system ,two lakes for swimming picnics etc sightseeing at lucca florence pisa etc.