6 Bed House for sale
Bagnone, Lunigiana, Tuscany, Italy
Full Description
Historical palazzo offering spacious and elegant accommodation set in the picturesque ancient town of Bagnone, just off the central piazza. Full of italian elegance with painted ceilings, frescos, beautiful patterned floors and central marble staircase. The building has been run as a restaurant and small hotel and is conveniently located in the centre of a pretty, small town with shops and restaurants.
The building is entered to a vaulted entrance hall with marble staircase leading to the main level upstairs. On the ground level there is a room used as office, wine cellar, 2 store rooms and bathroom; upstairs there is the main room with fresco ceiling and original floors, a dining room, kitchen and a further room; on the top level there are six bedrooms each with private en suite facilities (3 of the bedrooms require restoration). The property has central heating.
Excellent as a family home or for use as a bed and breakfast or small hotel. The property requires some maintenance work and modernisation
The piazza of Bagnone is an deal place for watching the local town life go by while sipping a cappuccino in one of the many cafès. A river runs through the town and a fairytale castle is in a dominant position above. There are cobbled lanes with interlinking archways and restaurants hidden under the stone vaults, shops offering local produce and the backdrop of the mountains make this a particularly pretty town in the area.
Lunigiana is a magical part of Tuscany. The rolling landscape is liberally sprinkled with castles of Medici or Malaspina vintage and for lovers of the coast the sea is only half-an-hour away. The golden sandy beaches around Lerici and the pebble coves of the famous Cinque Terre are ideal for swimming and sailing. The airports of Pisa, Parma and Genova are just over an hour away.
Distances: Bagnone, on the doorstep, Villafranca (train station and supermarkets) 6 km, Pontremoli 12 kms, Lerici (beaches) 35 km, Cinque Terre 40 km, Lucca 85 km, Pisa (airport) 95 km.
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