As the year is winding down, clients are beginning to think about next summer’s holiday. I admit that I am biased, but I can promise, a visit to Italy would not disappoint anyone in the family. So many opportunities present themselves that the only problem is narrowing down the itinerary. Rome has enough to take in, that one could never go too frequently. Tuscany, whose heart is Florence is much the same way….just more easily accessible rural options. A favorite being the medieval hill town of Siena where many of the buildings and art works date from about 1260-1348 when Siena was one of Europe’s wealthiest cities. Highlights are the unusual fan-shaped piazza where the palio horse race is run twice in the summer and its magnificent Gothic duomo. Lucca is my favorite walled city, west of Florence and we have just added a lovely 3 bedroom rental apartment right in the historic center, ask me about it (invitationtotuscany.com). Then there is Veneto..with Venice as the crown jewel, Piedmonte, the Lake District, on and on.
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In the countryside just outside Arezzo, Villa delle Rose offers in miniature the reasons visitors include this part of Tuscany in their wanderings. For like the medieval city a mere 3 km away, known for its antiquarian market, the famous frescoes of Piero della Francesca, and the wide piazzas and ancient archways that grace its historic centre, this charming villa combines the traditional look of a respectfully restored limonaia, or lemon house, with the contemporary design and furnishings perfectly in keeping with the Aretine love of artistry and decor.
The charm of the villa is seen even as you approach it – its golden stone facade is covered with the pink roses that give the villa its name and the furnished ivy covered pergola set on the wide terracotta terrace surrounding the house is the ideal place for gazing out to the green hills it overlooks. It is sufficiently set apart from the owner’s large villa whose flagstone piazza it shares that it enjoys a sense of protected peace.
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