La Casetta delle Statue

Chianti and South of Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Swimming pool
  • Wifi

From £1,333 per week

or call +44 (0)20 7261 5499

Our view

A lovely family villa on a prestigious private estate, this rural retreat has a perfect layout for two couples holidaying together. Its secluded hideaway setting is surprisingly close to Siena.

In brief

  • Countryside views
  • Secluded location
  • Historic towns nearby

About the villa

Charming, comfortable and utterly Tuscan, La Cassetta delle Statue is set amid an olive grove, on the edge of the Montagnola Senese. Just 14km from Siena and 5km from shops and a restaurant in Sovicille, the cottage is perfectly peaceful and has a private entrance to a Holy Wood, sprinkled with statues by Guiseppe Mazzuoli, and once a place of quiet contemplation for Cardinal Flavio Chigi. Terraced into the hillside, the villa’s accommodation is on the upper level and the layout provides an ideal arrangement for two couples or for a family with older children. There are three double bedrooms and an open-plan room with kitchen, sitting and dining areas; the other has one bedroom and a small living room with kitchenette; each bedroom has its own bath or shower room. With white walls, timber raftered ceilings and country style furniture, the cottage is designed with disarming simplicity and sits in wonderfully colourful gardens with an al fresco dining terrace, and a pretty pool in a stone paved terrace, with cushioned cane loungers and dappled tree shade. 

Villa details

Accommodation

  • Open plan living/kitchen area
  • Bathroom
  • Shower room
  • 3 Double bedrooms
  • Small living room with kitchenette

Facilities

CHILDREN'S FACILITIES

  • Cot and highchair

ENTERTAINMENT

  • WiFi
  • TV
  • DVD Player

KITCHEN ESSENTIALS

  • Dishwasher
  • Fridge/freezer
  • Hob
  • Oven

PRIVATE POOL

  • 5.3m x 7.4m
  • Built-in steps
  • Pool towels

VILLA ESSENTIALS

  • Washing machine
  • Iron & ironing board
  • Central heating
  • Dryer

Important Information

Having a barbecue in Italy is one of the best ways to cook your food but you may find that due to long drought periods in high season barbecuing may be restricted in some areas. You will be informed if this happens by your house staff or local representative.

From approximately October to December it is the traditional hunting season in the rural areas of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio and hunters are free to roam about the fields and woods belonging to private properties as long as they keep 150 meters away from houses.

CV Contact

An English speaking CV representative in Italy will be available by phone during your stay. Contact details will be sent with your travel documents.

Tenancy Times

Arrival from 16:00 - 19:00. Departure 10:00.

Low Walls

Please refer to the Health & Safety pages on this website.

Recommended

FLIGHTS

CV Villas is delighted to offer our own allocation of scheduled seats on British Airways from London Heathrow to Pisa. Please see the Flights page or contact us for more details.

Car Hire

Car hire can be pre-booked through CV Villas with collection at the airport.

Additional services

CV Villas offers a wide variety of additional services, to make your villa holiday even more special.  You should be able to find all the information you need here, otherwise you can check out our frequently asked questions page or simply send us an enquiry.

Service & Staffing

Included

  • Maid service 6 hours per day 1 day(s) per week
  • Linen change 1 day(s) per week

Location

Amenities

  • Ancaiano 1km
  • Café, restaurant, shops, bank 5km Sovicille

Places of Interest

  • Siena 14km
  • Monteriggioni 15km
  • San Galgano 30km
  • San Gimignano 44km
  • Volterra or Monte Oliveto Maggiore 50km
  • Pienza 66km
  • Florence 67km
  • Arezzo 100 km

Airports

  • Florence Airport 90 km
  • Pisa Airport 156 km
  • Bologna Airport 180 km
  • Rome Fiumicino Airport 241km

Train Station

  • Siena 14km
About the area

Chianti and South of Siena

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The hills south of Florence, known as the Chianti, look like most people’s idea of ‘classic Tuscany’. Fortress towns such as Castellina and Radda look out over mile after mile of rolling, vine-clad fields, spotted with Tuscany villas. The region’s major annual festival, September’s Rassegna del Chianti Classico in Greve, celebrates the grape harvest, and signs inviting anyone on a Chianti holiday to a roadside enoteca (wine tasting canteen or shop) are a common sight. The Gothic city of Siena, south of Chianti, is the biggest hill-town of all, with a stash of Medieval art and architecture unmatched in Italy.

But Tuscany still has surprises to offer, and unknown even to many Italians. Maremma, only a two-hour drive southwest of the city of Florence is an extensive and largely undeveloped territory in stark contrast to the compact, ordered Chianti hillsides around Florence and Siena that have, until now, been the major draw for visiting wine lovers.The Maremma has great restaurants, and a treasure trove of new wineries.

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