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 Villa

SUITABILITY
 Secluded
 Off Season Breaks
 Traditional
 Good Views
 Elegant


EXTERNAL
 Garden
 Barbecue
 Garden furniture
 Car Parking
 Patio / Terrace
 Balcony


FACILITIES
 Central Heating

GENERAL
 Close to Skiing
 Maid service
 Airport transfers
 Close to facilities
 Private Pool


SETTING
 Inland Setting
 Rural Setting


POOL
 Outdoor Pool

LOCAL
 Beach - 20.0km
 Restaurant - 1.0km
 Shops - 1.0km
BEDROOMS: 5
2 twin rooms with ensuite bath, 3 double rooms with ensuite bath
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VILLA LUCCA  
 
Villa Lucca is a beautiful 18th Century Italian villa located in the panoramic Morianese hills of Northern Tuscany just five kilometres from the medieval town of Lucca. The villa sits on a hillside just five hundred metres from the tiny village of San Quirico de Moriano, overlooking the mountains and the town of Lucca. Sleeping up to ten in splendid accommodation, the owners have ensured this very historic and private property is also a fabulous holiday villa with lovely gardens and a large swimming pool.

The Villa has been the home of the Raffaelli family for more than five generations and is furnished to a high standard, with many family antiques. The villa is surrounded by an attractive mature garden with swimming pool, bar area and alfresco dining facilities. The villa has its own olive grove and vineyard and lovely views across open countryside to the mountains.

Accommodation Details
Ground Floor:
Entrance hall, fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, Breakfast room, Formal dining room, Cloakroom, Sitting room with fire place and French doors leading to garden.

First Floor:
Grand Salon with French doors leading onto the front external staircase which descends to the garden. Master bedroom with four poster bed and en-suite bathroom with bath and separate shower, Double bedroom and en-suite bathroom with shower.

Second Floor:
Sitting room, Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and two twin Bedrooms also with en-suite bathrooms.

Outside Facilities
To the front of the villa the delightful garden with its palms, cedars and citrus trees is on two levels. On the lower level can be found the swimming pool with its own poolside entertaining area with fridge, ice machine and HiFi. The upper level of the garden has alfresco dining facilities and a barbecue area.

The beautiful chapel situated in the grounds of the villa is also 18th century and is an exact replica of the chapel of `Madonna di Loreto`, which is especially important since the original was destroyed by fire. The chapel ensures this villa is a wonderful location for weddings.


Services
WiFi Wireless Internet Point
Villa Lucca has hotspot cover throughout the entire villa and swimming pool area. The connection uses 802.11 and 802.11G (11-54Mb) standards and is available 24 hours a day with a maximum speed of 795KBs with no bandwidth limit.
There is also an Ethernet connection available or you can be provided with Wireless internet adaptors.


Music: HiFi with CD player on the ground floor of the villa and also in the Pool area.

Central Heating for Winter, included in price.

Maid service: Four hours a day ( except Saturday and Sunday).
All linen, domestic towels and pool towels provided.

Chef and meals: 50 €uros per person per meal (groceries & drinks included, but wine excluded). Chef service is also available on a half board and full board basis. Chef service per week for lunch and dinner is 1,300 €uros - 7 days - groceries and drinks excluded.
Breakfast 15 €uros per person per day.
Laundry service 15 €uros per hour.
Telephone billing payable by meter.

The owners pride themselves on being able to provide numerous bespoke services for clients such as a Chef, Transport, Boat Charter, Guided Tours, Weddings and Private Parties.

Local Area
The medieval city of Lucca is a perfect little walled town unspoiled by tourism, with marble-paved streets, beautiful churches, an incredible market and the most delicious cafes and stalls selling pizza and polenta. Amongst many fiestas, celebrations and cultural events, on the third weekend of every month there is an expansive, outdoor antiques market centred around Piazza San Giusto. Everything about this charming small city delights the visitor. One of the great attractions is to walk along the top of the Renaissance-era walls which completely surround the city.

The surrounding countryside is exceptionally beautiful and quite different from other parts of Tuscany. Spectacular mountains, deep river valleys and intensely rich forest areas.

In winter there is snow skiing in the mountains to the north, only about thirty minutes drive away, and the villa is just twenty kilometres from the beach resort of Viareggio and the Mediterranean coast and thirty kilometres from the renowned beachside glamour of Forte Dei Marmi.

This is a perfect location for day trips to the fabulous city of Florence and other nearby places of interest like Barga, Castelnuovo and Bagni di Lucca.

Directions
By air to Pisa airport, which is only a short distance of thirty kilometres away and takes about half an hour by car. Florence airport is only about seventy kilometres away, or a forty minute drive.



Prices
Start dateEnd datePrice per weekNotes
01 Jan 200831 Dec 2008€6,400 

Winter price includes heating charge

Please note that the deposit required on this property is 50% at time of booking.

The prices quoted here may vary and will be confirmed at the time of booking.
Prices are per week unless otherwise stated.

Changeover day - Saturday
Damage deposit - £1000

Testimonials

Just to say we had a wonderful time at Villa Lucca and thank you once again for introducing us to this very special place.
September 2007
 
The owner did an unbelievable job of directing us to different parts of Tuscany and more importantly he was like family by the end of the week. The Villa is exquisite with its own olive grove and vineyard and views of the country and mountains. The owner even came out at midnight to pick us up and bring us back to the Villa when we were lost and welcomed us with some fresh pasta and dinner. We had a party one night with a band and delicious Italian food. I would recommend this place to anyone.
June 2005


How to Book

For further information about this property, please contact us by:
Completing the enquiry form
e-mailing holidays@elysianholidays.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1580 766 599; Fax: +44 (0)1580 848 059

Elysian Holidays Ltd,  Little Eastgate, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AD, UK



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