"Italy Finest Vacation Rentals"

Italy Vacation Apartment and Villa Rentals

Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Positano, Venice and more...

• Home
• About Us
• Travel Tips
• Info Request
• Contact Us
• Search

Apartment for 10 people with 5 bedrooms
Located in Garfagnana, Garfagnana
Priced from € 740.00 per night

5 Bedroom Apartment Rentaly in Tuscany Italy

The elegant Villa Spada in Orbicciano built in the 1700's with its surrounding farmhouses is the epitome of this elegant country house era. Set high in the hills twenty minutes north west of Lucca with breath-taking panoramic views on every side, it was once a hunting lodge belonging to the aristocratic Spada family. The Orbicciano estate, which produces some of the finest olive oil in the region, also includes a farmhouse which are available for holiday rentals. Set high in the idyllic landscape of the hills north west of Lucca, this patrician country house dating back to the 1700's was once the hunting lodge of the aristocratic Spada family. Elegantly spread out over two floors the villa is grouped around an imposing central drawing room on the ground floor and surrounded by an extensive and enchanting well kept garden terraced on three levels.

The countryside around Lucca is an enduring testimonial to the hedonistic lifestyle of Lucca's noble families who between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries built over three hundred patrician country residences on the gentle hillsides which surround the city. This villa landscape is famous all over the world.

Stone lions guard the tall villa gates and the gardens are shaded by a centuries old lime tree which is sufficiently magnificent to be famous throughout the region. On the ground floor, French windows lead out from the drawing room onto a terrace with tables and chairs overlooking a small walled formal garden with a view over the hills of Lucca beyond. A few steps lead down to an extensive lawned terrace and the swimming pool rimmed with borders of old roses, irises and hydrangea bushes. Lawns also lead up to the entrance of the villa framed by cypress trees, hibiscus and lemon trees in terracotta vases and the age-old spreading lime tree.

The kitchen is fully equipped and there are five spacious bedrooms all of which have a splendid view. They have been decorated in an elegant country house style with pastel washed walls, wooden bedsteads, as well as paintings and other antiques belonging to the family.

Life in the small hamlet of Orbicciano has a fascination all its own, even attracting an American artist to set up house and her easel here. There is a small trattoria just down the road, while all around are other country villages, each with a different patron saint who is feted on a different day of the year with pageants and supper and dancing under the stars and fireworks lighting up the sky behind the next hill. This is a very fertile part of Tuscany with a patchwork of fields changing colour with the seasons, while the trees all stay the same, the dark green of the cypresses, the silvery olives and the holm oaks that never lose their leaves, all year round.

Lucca: Twenty minutes away from Orbicciano by car, Lucca is one of the most enchanting towns in Tuscany - strolling along the wide avenues along the top of the ancient city walls or in the narrow streets with their ninety nine churches, browsing among the old-fashioned little boutiques, sipping a cappuccino at one of the many bars, tasting the best ice-cream, visiting the richly endowed museums - is a sheer delight.

The famous Villas around Lucca: Some of these historic villas are open to the public and a few have internationally renowned gardens, all of which makes highly rewarding sight-seeing while staying in the area of Orbicciano.

Sightseeing: Pisa is at twenty kilometres, Florence at 80 and Siena at 120. The small sculptors town Pietrasanta, just below the marble caves where the famous white carrara marble comes from (a fascinating excursion) is twenty minutes away.
he seaside: There are sandy beaches approximately thirty minutes away on the coast of Versilia at Viareggio and the fashionable Forte dei Marmi with lively bars, designer shopping and some of the best seafood restaurants in Italy.

Airports: Pisa airport is at 25 kilometres and 30 minutes away, while the Florence airport is 80 kilometres and 1 hour away. Lucca has a train station and an exit from the motorway.
Ground floor:
entrance hall
sitting room with French windows to the terrace
smaller sitting room with fireplace
TV room
dining room
kitchen
cloakroom
First floor:
1 double bedroom with bathroom en-suite
1 twin/double bedroom with bathroom en-suite
1 double bedroom
2 singles
2 further bathrooms
Laundry
(1 further twin is possible)
Garden:
Swimming pool 12 x 6 m Pergola with table and chairs next to the pool Terrace with table and chairs off the main living room Small formal walled in garden at the back of the house Large lawn in front of the house.
Staff:A maid comes in 3 hours per day 5 days a week (from Monday to Friday). More household help is available at Euro 10 per hour. Gardner
Inclusive:
Telephone, fax, washing machine, dishwasher, large fridge and large freezer, iron and ironing board, CD-stereo, TV with DVD player and a hair dryer.
Upon request: Central heating, an arrival dinner, a first grocery shopping, more household help, a cook, baby cot, high chair

• More Testimonials
• Contact us for similar properties

Amenities

• Private pool + pool furniture
• Television room; TV, DvD, Stereo
• Fully equipped kitchen with authentic fire place
• 2 double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom
• 1 double bedroom + 2 single bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
• Washing maching + dish washer
• Laundry
• Large garden
• House hold 3 hours per day 5 times per week
• Air conditioning
• Handicapped accessible

View slideshow

Garfagnana, Property map for: Villa Spada

Ask for more information

Pricing

Notes

• Rental only weekly