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CASA VACANZE VILLA TOIANO Sovicille - prov. SI
Toiano is a small village rising in the Senese Montagnola,
around 350 meters above the sea level
It's 15 km from Siena, 75 from Florence and around a hour
from the sea (Castiglione della Pescaia, Marina di Grosseto,
Follonica).
The surroundings of Siena are all very important for a touristc
point of view (San Gimignano, Pienza, Volterra, Montalcino
etc...), Toiano is situated right in the center of a renowned
touristic area and is the ideal starting point for wonderful and
interesting tours.
Moreover Toiano offers the possibility of magnificent walks or
bike tours and near by there is also a riding ground.
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The north face of the Villa
rests on a typical medieval fortress base, but we have sure
historical notices beginning from 1450 when in Toiano arose
two fortresses, belonging to Iacopo Pini, one of the nine
governors of the Republic of Siena.
One of the two fortresses is still existing:
the "Palazzaccio", spectacular example of the senese
austere Middle Ages.
The other one was trasformed in the XVI century in a farm,
whose traces are still recoverable in the Villa in spite of
the improvements introduced in the following centuries.
In the XVII century it became a Villa belonging to the De
Vecchi family.
As time went by, other improvements and changes were
realized according to the fashion and to the various
owners' requirements.
The Villa belonged to the Chigi Family when, in 1707, the
vault of the living-room was frescoed.
When the Villa became property of the Mieli Family the
chapel was trasformed in a wonderful stable and the park
was restyled according to the Lyberty style.
In the Eighteenth Century Villa Toiano there are
three apartments:
The first is located in the ground floor and is named
"Casa Fiore".
It is equipped with one bedroom, a wide living room with
fireplace, one bathroom, a detached WC room and a kitchen.
In the living room you can find a daybed. The bedroom, with
3 beds, is quite large, as well.
It's a cool and very characteristic
apartment.
The second apartment is named "Casa
Maestro", placed on the second floor of the Villa,
is very bright. It offers two large bedrooms each one with
two beds, a large living room with kitchenette, bathroom
with shower.
The third is named "Casa Pittore",
located on the second floor, and it's endowed of a living
room, a dining room with kitchenette, a wide bedroom and a
bathroom with shower.
All the apartments are equipped with heating and guests
can use a private garden with deckchairs and garden
umbrellas.
• Moreover, at guests' disposition the wide park of the
Villa
• the swimming pool
• You can buy home-produced eggs, vegetables, wine and
fruit jams
• On demand courses of pottery and sculpture can be
organized in the Villa
• For our bike lovers guests we provide the following
services:
- Bike hire (both racing cycles and mountain bikes)
- We organize (especially on saturday and sunday) bike-
tours with a guide, assistance and ed insurance. The routes
will be calibrated depending on the need of the
participants. A 15 days' notice is needed.
It's possible to rent the Villa and the whole surrounding
park for various kind of ceremonies: weddings, degrees,
birthdays, meetings and so on...
The interior of the Villa (the frescoed living-room, the
reception room with fireplace, the dining room and the
entrance hall) can accomodate around 100 persons and up to
150 for standing buffets. The outside (the
lemmons'forecourt, the park and the grove) offer the
possibility of organizing refreshments, aperitifs and open
air lunched and dinners for 200 persons and more.
Besides the beauty of the park, rich of flowers and
centenary trees (elms, limes, sea-pines), you can enjoy of
the wonderful sight of the Senese Montagnola and of the
surrounding fields and vineyards.
The owners of the Villa do not organize the cathering, but
we can suggest you the names of the cathering firms we
usually work together and which can also give you good
advices about the choreography both of the interior rooms
and of the park. |