Large villa for your vacation in the Cosentino region.

   Villa del Conte is a characteristic detached Tuscan villa, used to belong to the well-known count of Rassina.

   The villa is built on three floors.
On the ground floor there is a large entrance with a red brick vaulted ceiling, a double bedroom and a bathroom with shower.
On the first floor there is a large, luminous living room with a typical stone fireplace and an outdoor terrace with gazebo, furnished with table and chairs, which will enable you to enjoy yours meals outside. There is also a kitchen-dining room with a fireplace and a pantry, two double bedrooms with two extra single beds and a bathroom with shower and bath-tub.
In the attic there is a large living room with a table tennis and an ancient wrought iron double bed, a double bedroom and bathroom with bath-tub.

The villa is surrounded by a large courtyard with parking space and a shady garden with tall trees, a wood oven, a barbecue and a games room. It is equipped with a washing machine, an oven, an iron, a child's stair and cot and a television.
Pets are allowed on the premises.

Close to the villa there are shops, tennis courts (1 km),an horse riding centre (2 km), a golf field (10 km) and an outdoor swimming pool in the near by village of Talla (4 km). This swimming pool is surrounded by green countryside and has plenty of games both for the young and for the elderly. On the south side of the pool there is a woody area with tall trees where one can cool off from the hot sun and enjoy reading or meditating.
The area also has a number of streams and small rivers, tributaries of the Arno, with uncontaminated waters and pictoresque waterfalls.

Places of Interest:
Rassina is a village in the centre of the Casentino valley, 400 metres above sea level.
The Arno river, which has it's source in the Falterona mountain, flows through the whole valley.
The Casentino valley is rich of history, it's many castles and important sanctuaries set in a lush, green, hilly landscape with lots of vineyards and olive groves, dotted with tiny villages and surrounded by ancient forests, part of the Casentinese-Romagnolo National Park.
Casentino is a very mystical area and has a number of important holy sites, such as the monasteries of Camaldoli, La Verna and Vallombrosa, the Romanesque Pieve of Romena and Pieve Socana, built upon ancient Etruscan holy grounds; the latter (Pieve Socana), is within walking distance from the villa.
The beautiful medieval town of Poppi, with it's fortified castle, is a short drive from the villa. The Casentino Forests National Park is only 15 km away and the Chianti hills and lake Trasimeno are within easy reach.
The beautiful city of Arezzo is only 20 km away. Famous for it's ancient churches and the stunning frescoes by Piero della Francesca, every first weekend of the month it hosts Italy's most important antiques fair.
Thanks to the villa's central location, it is easy to reach Casentino's main tourist sites with public transport and famous cities such as Cortona, Camaldoli, Florence, Montalcino, Pienza, San Gimignano, Siena, Perugia, Assisi and Gubbio.

Distances:
Camaldoli 20 Km; Arezzo 26 Km; Cortona 54 Km; Florence (airport) 66 Km; Siena 84 Km; Trasimeno Lake 89 Km; Gubbio 104 Km; Perugia 107 Km; Assisi 120 Km; San Gimignano 127 Km; Pisa (airport) 183 Km; Rome (airport) 242 Km; Milan (airport) 385 Km.

Sightseeing:
- Italy
- Tuscany: Florence - Pisa, Siena, Arezzo, Lucca

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