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Sole & Luna and its upstairs apartment for 2, Il Nido, is in the heart of Chianti on an historic estate "Fornace" is your next stop on the ultimate Tuscan tour. First, La Fornace which is owned by a contemporary couple with an excellent eye for art, design and history live in this amazing medieval furnace that was once used for forming and baking medieval red bricks. Today it is renovated into an amazing house with views and artwork that bridge the ancient and the modern and still make you drool over the location.
Well, there is also the "cooling house" where the old bricks were stacked before being crated off by donkey for making medieval houses. That is Sole e Luna and Il Nido. That's where you will be staying - in the historic cooling house. Yes, it is comfortable spacious and both historic and modern. Best yet - it has the same views and a nice swimming pool too, which coincidentally is an infinity pool with water fall, sitting Buddha, manicured law and views of distant hills and valleys. We would like to repeat this - the views are very impressive and the privacy perfect. Renting both apartments provide a perfect combination for an enchanting stay in antiquity.
Perfect for: Couple(s) and families.
The Details:
Sole & Luna sleeps 4
Sole & Luna is a two bedroom villa apartment with a dining room, kitchen and living area. It is impeccably furnished with modern Italian designed furnishings. The owner's, Piero and Rosalba, have great taste in design and aesthetic coming from their travels in many cultures both East and West. It's polished wood floors, stylized fireplace, iron framed beds, comfortable seating, lighting and appliances throughout.....the owners have spared no expense in expressing their artistry and providing both comfort and a unique experience for their guests.
Il Nido sleeps 2
"The Nest" located just upstairs from Sole e Luna and accessed by wooden and iron ramp that ever so gently ascends to its door, is a studio rental. It is a spacious room, impeccably planned optimizing space and function an carrying the same call to aesthetics as Sole e Luna below. A small square wooden table with accompanying chairs, queen sofa bed, with a full bathroom and unique kitchenette/armoire (a most ingenious design!) provides all a couple would need.
That's why its a good rental for 6 people. Send the kids upstairs to bed!
Services, Features, Amenities:
Al Fresco Dining, Outdoor Furniture, Satellite TV, Fireplace, CD Player, Private Parking, Bikes, Pool (occasionally shared with the owners - very occasionally)
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Vagliagli is a typical Tuscan village set high on its hilltop with views stretching for miles over the surrounding countryside. It grew up around the fortified castle of Aiolina, an outpost of Siena, during the endless conflicts with its great rival, Florence. It is now a small cluster of houses 12 km north of Siena, with an excellent restaurant, some food stores and a post office; the main road between Siena and Florence is within easy reach.Sole e Luna is situated 5 km via white roads outside the village.
The region of Tuscany, lying between the ancient cities of Florence and Siena, is one of the most beautiful place in Italy and indeed in Europe. It is a landscape of rolling wooded hills, of olive groves, vineyards and cypress trees, and its extraordinary character has remained unchanged for centuries. The hilltop villages and castles date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; the later villas set amongst groves of cypress and pine, were built by wealthy citizens of Florence and Siena to escape the heat of summer. The climate is infact very agreeable from April to October. Today, the Chianti hills remain unspoilt, and are world famous for their wines. They provide the discriminating tourist with an ideal base to enjoy the art centres of Florence, Siena, Volterra and San Gimignano and to discover the timeless pleasures of a region which was the cradle of the Renaissance.
Touring Ideas:
Siena 12 km
Castellina 10 km
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