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Just a few years ago, Villa Barberino, was for all practical purposes an abandoned hayloft. Then it was meticulously rebuilt to a very high standard by the new owner, who converted the old building into a warm and charming country home. The interiors throughout are wonderfully furnished with modern and traditional Tuscan pieces in keeping with the original terracotta floors and beamed ceilings. The spacious, furnished loggia, outside the kitchen, includes a shaded area for outdoor al fresco meals. A beautifully maintained garden surrounds the house, ensuring complete privacy and leading down to a very large pool strategically positioned to enjoy the best view..

Accommodations

GROUND FLOOR

Entering the living room, one realizes that the owner who restored this house did it with great care and passion. The floor is done in old terracotta tiles, the ceiling in chestnut beams and bricks, all authentic materials put together anew using the building techniques of long ago, and with particular care towards the comforts of contemporary living. One is impressed by the attention paid to every detail - the chimney with the large stone architrave, the steps and thresholds in chiselled pietra serenai, the decorated walls. Living room with fireplace, kitchen/dining room with fireplace, large bathroom with jacuzzi bath.

The large kitchen is extremely well-equipped (including freezer, fridge with ice-dispenser, oven, dishwasher) with a large fireplace and dining table. As in every house of rural origin, it is perhaps the main space, where the family gathered after a day of work to enjoy those typical dishes that we still find today on Tuscan tables and that, on request, can be tasted and savoured here by the guests also.

MEZZANINE

Double bedroom with bathroom with shower (with access also from an external terrace).

FIRST FLOOR

Double bedroom, one twin bedroom, a overhead gallery/studio with two single beds overlooking the living room, one bathroom with shower.

OUTDOORS

One can sit and enjoy a drink on the balcony overlooking the pool, or else lie in the hammock that gently rocks us, as one breathes in the cool evening air. From the hills across the way, one can hear distant echoes of work going on in the fields. A fourth bathroom, built under the terrace that overlooks the pool, has also a sauna, which completes the picture of the relaxation offered.

DISTANCES

• Poggibonsi-less than 5 minutes by car
• S. Gimignano-15 minutes by car
• Florence and Siena-30 minutes by car
• Florence Airport-45 minutes by car
• Pisa Airport- 1 hour and 45 minutes by car
• Rome Airport-3 1/2 hours

Included in the price

• Bed and bath linens (including pool towels)
• Kitchen linens
• Water
• Gas for the kitchen
• Consumption of electricity including air conditioning
• Hot water production
• Baby-bed
• Final cleaning
• Pool cleaning service
• Domestic help - 2 hours a day from Monday to Friday for the bedrooms and the bathrooms, hours to be agreed upon
• WiFi

Additional costs to be paid on the premises

• Heating paid according to consumption
• Telephone
• Domestic help (extra hours)
• Cook Services
• Refundable Security Deposit: Euro 500 to be paid in cash upon arrival and will be returned upon departure less any unpaid expenses.