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The beautiful, lush scenery and tranquility the Tuscan Hills offers many attractions for families, groups and individual travellers. Explore the rustic villages and medieval towns like San Gimignano, Volterra and Greve, whilst enjoying the famous wine and food of the region at some of the many restaurants, country trattoria and wine estates. Our selection of villas and apartments has been carefully chosen and offer simple and budget style accommodation. Most are in lovingly converted classical villas, country farmhouses or historical buildings in the town centre. As many properties are located in remote, rural locations we strongly recommend hiring a car.

Featured property - Podere Campinovi

A beautiful property situated in the heart of Tuscany, in the charming Siena countryside, with its hills, vineyards, olive groves and woods.
Just 16 km from San Gimignano and 28 kms from Siena.
Located on the ancient Via Francigena, the property is an ancient hamlet with its farmhouses perfectly restored in the typical Tuscan style.
The farmhouse area provides all the comforts for a perfect holiday: peace, quiet and complete relaxation, in a friendly welcoming atmosphere. Guests can enjoy the park surrounding the property with its pool, panoramic views and spacious solarium.

The one and two bedroom apartments are spacious and built to afford independence and privacy, each have a well equipped kitchen and private bathrooms. Their interiors have been designed and furnished with particular care in the typical rustic style with beamed ceilings and tile floors.
In summer you can enjoy breakfast outside in the charming garden equipped with private tents, table and chairs and a barbecue grill.

Costs: per week from Saturday - Saturday: 7 nights INCLUDING Avis 7 day car hire (shorter stays - minimum 3 nights - also available)

1 bedroom
2 bedroom
Deluxe 2
bedroom Deluxe 2
bedroom Belvedere
4 bedroom

(2 pax)
(4 pax)
(4 pax)
(4 - 6 pax)
(8 -10 pax)

Seasons

01 Jan - 27 Apr 2012
22 Sep - 5 Jan 2013
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28 Apr - 29 Jun 2012
18 Aug -21 Sep
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30 Jun -17 Aug 2012
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One of our Innovative Travel Team stayed here in April 2012 - here is what she had to say about the villa.......

@ 22 April 2012

Having just returned from 1 week stay at this Villa I can highly recommend it.
It is so central, and was an EXCELLENT base for day trips to the exciting destinations in and around Tuscany. The town of Colle di Val d'Elsa itself has so much to offer, and it was intriguing to learn more about the famous "Via Francigena" which is the access road to the Podere Campinovi - It is the old pilgrim road that ran from Rome to Jerusalem. If we had time (and the weather was better) it would have been nice to do a day walk on this road.

A nice surprise was the "Welcome Dinner" laid on by the owners - a three course dinner accompanied by their own wine. The pizzas were all made by the owners mother-in-law, and were delicious. My husband has an allergy to garlic and cheese (!!) but they catered for this no problem. It was a chance to talk to your fellow travellers ~ we met some lovely people from Germany and Spain who all spoke English, so we could compare notes on where they had visited.

During our week at the Villa we made day trips to: The Chianti Valley, Volterra, San Gimignano., Lucca, Pisa and Sienna. We also took a bus to Florence for the day just to have a break from driving. What we saved on parking fees covered the bus fare - so a good deal. However, you definitely need a car if you are staying here so you can go where you want, when you want.

Our Room Window view The old farm equipment Sunset

We had a downstairs unit (one of the 4 that make up the villa) which consisted of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a lounge/dining room/kitchen combination. The villa was well equipped with everything we needed, including clothes rack for good weather and an outside table and chairs with a pergola. While we were there we experienced some awful weather for a few days, and had to use the radiators to heat the house (and also dry our washing) which you pay extra for - but with the heating on all the rooms were lovely and cosy.

We were there in the spring (hence the odd weather) but the scenery was still very beautiful. We managed to wander round the huge grounds (escorted by one of the 3 farm cats). The owners have updated the villa to a very high standard, including landscaping of the grounds round the villa and farmhouse where we had our beautiful welcome dinner. There are tubs of flowers everywhere, and because of the Villa's situation at the top of a rise some beautiful views. The Villa would be absolutely STUNNING in summer, and the pool and outside areas would come into their own. You would definitely want to eat all your meals outside.

The town of Colle di Val d'Elsa had two good supermarkets where you can stock up on your arrival, and we became dab hands at making our "insalata" and pasta - using olive oil on everything. The owners have their own olive trees and grape vines, and produce their own olive oil and wine. Unfortunately it was the wrong time of year for us to sample their olive oil...but their wine is excellent.