Character property - four bedrooms

Beautiful, spacious four bed character property on a quiet, tree-lined street, in a pretty village in the heart of Tuscany. .

A great feature of the property is the generous covered terrace to the front, ideal for dining 'al fresco', or for barbecues, or family games.

Through the front door is the large, bright living room and then into modern well-equipped kitchen, complete with dining table;

Upstairs are two good double bedrooms and a bathroom;

Across the hall upstairs are another two double bedrooms, again, generous in size and in the original style, with a further bathroom.

There is private parking to the side of the property and a garage.

The property comprises the major portion of the building - downstairs forms half of the building, upstairs stretches the full width of the building.

This house has good potential for letting during the long summer season, or it could also the perfect home to live in.

The village is located about 130 meters above sea level and enjoys an excellent view and climate; it was a medieval village and in ancient times there were sighting towers of which only one remains today in the center of the village.

It is just 4 km from the beautiful town of Casciana Terme, famous for its thermal waters and its spa that welcomes thousands of visitors every year. Casciana is dominated by a castle and since Roman Times it has been famous for the curative warm thermal waters that gurgle out of the ground at 37.5 degrees.

Casciana Terme offers all the services: excellent local restaurants, bars, shops, banks, post office, supermarket and a picturesque weekly market in the main square.

Set halfway between the medieval town of Volterra and Pisa, the reefs in the bays of Castiglioncello and the golden sandy beaches of the Versilia coast can all be accessed within half an hour.

The countryside around Casciana Is dotted with beautiful stone farmhouses and rustic cottages overlooking golden meadows.

Don't miss the wild boar festa In May and taste the pasta with wild boar sauce or the stewed wild boar with polenta.

The town is located in the area called Valdera, in Central Tuscany, between Pisa and Florence, this colourful landscape of rolling hills dotted with medieval villages, castles and lanes flanked with tall dark green cypress trees epitomise the Tuscan landscape.

The area is scattered with historical towns and medieval villages, castles and country churches and a landscape with golden meadows of wheat dancing in the breeze, vineyards, olive groves and fields of sunflowers. Meandering through the countryside of Valdera you feel the vestiges of the mysterious Etruscan civilization. Here Andrea Bocelli was born and bred and it is in the heart of Valdera in Lajatico that the famous Teatro del Silenzio (the Theatre of Silence) where the natural landscape creates a breathtaking setting and in the summer months some of the biggest names in opera come for a special performance.


Distances: Pisa 40 km, Florence 80 km, Siena 85 km, Coast 30 km, Lucca 40 km, Volterra 40 km, San Gimignano 50 km.