EUROPE Italy Toscana (Tuscany) Bagni di Lucca Casa Ciesa Property code:

The Villa

Garfagnana – Media Valle del Serchio is an area of north-western Tuscany, located in the Province of Lucca. In this marvellous setting we have recently restored and refurbished a group of farmhouses, which have been the property of our family for more than 150 years. Our houses enjoy a wonderful position on a sunny hill at 450 m, surrounded by chestnuts and thorn trees, in a quite secluded place on the edge of a nice old hamlet. Clearly the result of the talented design of the Italian architect Alberto Francini of Metrogramma, they leave no detail unattended. Exposed beams, original terracotta tiles pavements and typical Tuscan rural furniture are among examples.

Location

Bagni di Lucca, about 5 kilometres away, is a nice tourist resort, where you will find general stores, shops, and sport centres (public swimming pool, tennis courts, etc.) and a beautiful spa known during the 18th and 19th centuries as a holiday or residential destination beloved of personalities and artists like Byron, Shelley, Puccini, Metternich and Radestsky. Traces of this glorious past are to be found in its monuments: the English church, the Catene bridge, the spa, the villas, the casino, etc.

Enjoy beautiful walks and bicycle or horse rides on the surrounding hills, which are full of churches and Roman parishes: S. Pietro in Corsena, Pieve and San Cassiano di Controne, Montefegatesi, Casabasciana and Vicopancellorum. Nearby are Borgo a Mozzano and the Maddalena bridge, better known as the Devil’s bridge, Barga with its typical historical centre, Coreglia Antelminelli and its Museum of Plaster Figures and Emigration, Lucca (about 27 kilometres), Pisa (about 55 km) and the close
Tyrrhenian coast or Versilia (about 40 km) offer further cultural artistic and eno-gastronomical diversions.

Accommodation

As it was 150 years ago, Casa Ciesa consists of three apartments. Casa Ciesa itself is the largest one. It has three levels plus a basement, is about 140 sq m in total and can accommodate from 2 up to 6 people.

On the ground floor is a living room with fireplace and a bright kitchen with balcony and view over the wonderful surrounding nature. On the first floor two double bedrooms. A garret on the last floor, which provides a bath with shower and a double bedroom. (All beds are 160 cm wide). In the basement there is a bath with shower and a pretty cellar with satellite TV and couch.

Outside is a big garden which is completely fenced (1000 sq m), an exclusive backyard, equipped with garden furniture, and a wood-burning oven below a loggia.

Facilities

Casa Ciesa is located in an old hamlet of nearly 100 inhabitants. A narrow road, drivable by small cars, crosses it. We prefer all cars to be parked on the public square of the hamlet, 150 m from our house along an asphalted path to be covered on foot.

Prices

Additional Information

Prices include: bed linen, blankets, bath towels, kitchenware, satellite TV, cleaning, electricity, kitchen gas and water.

Extras: heating system at €75,00 per week all-in price or €15 per day.

Casa Ciesa is available for check-in only by appointment after 4 pm. As we do not have a 24-hour desk, we ask that, whenever possible, all check-ins occur before 8 pm. Check-out time is 12 noon.

Pets are not allowed.

This unit is part of a complex. It can be rented with other properties should you wish to holiday with a larger group.

Contact the owner for more information or to make a booking

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