Property:

Location:

Silent woods, horse paddocks and cultivated fields, surround this large house.
Located in the south of the Tuscan province of Siena, in a gentle valley, surrounded by 2500 acres estate belonged to an ancient Abbey, flanking the park of the Val d'Orcia, LA RADURA, a late XIX/XX cent farmhouse, was carefully recently restored to become an elegant, old Tuscan charm, spacious and totally independent villla, a delightfully rural base for visiting Tuscany and Umbria.

The Abbey and its country church, now restored, is in walking distance.
The very spacious and refined house interior, offers a surprising combination of old fashion and contemporary design. Two fireplaces offer the chance of enjoying two separate living rooms suitable for reading and relaxing.
Old trees giving a pleasant shadow during the day protect the privacy of the garden and the swimming pool (6x12 Mt.).

Each bedroom has a phone and an en suite bath and hair dryer. Phone extension in each room. Two hours of cleaning daily and a mid-week linen change are included in the cost.

At the Abbey, in short distance, guest can arrange the use of a fax, e-mail, sauna, exercise room, mountain bike, fishing equipment.

Cooking service for breakfast, lunch and dinner may be requested directly on-site with 48 hours advance notice. Better if booked before the arriving.

Sarteano with shops is 15 minutes away by car. Chiusi, within 20 minutes drive, has trains that reach Rome or Florence in an hour and is near the highway.

Ground floor:
A superb kitchen connected to the dining room and the living room with screened door to the garden. The kitchen has oven, fridge, and stovetop.
Cloakroom with half bath.
On this floor a dining room and a living room with fireplace and doors to the garden, one twin bedroom with en suite bathroom with bath, and one double bedroom with sofa bed and en suite bathroom with bath.
An internal spiral stairs leads to the first floor.

Dressing room with shower in front of the swimming pool, a small workhouse for garden equipment and a stones staircase leading from the garden to the first floor.

First floor:
Outside stairs landing and wood fired oven.
Sitting room with fireplace.
Three twin bedrooms, 2 with en suite bathroom with shower, one with en suite bathroom with bath.
A double bedroom with en suite bathroom with bath.
A suite with sofa bed in the studio, en suite bathroom with shower and a twin bedroom on the mezzanine.

EQUIPMENTS:
Telephone extension in each room
Hair-drier in each bathroom
Kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, fridge/freezer
Wash machine, iron and iron board
Television
Videotape (on request)
Tennis table

SERVICES:
2 hours domestic help daily
Gardening
Cleaning swimming pool daily
Waste removing
Linen change twice a week (Tuesday and Saturday)

EXTRAS:
Heating during winter time
Telephone calls. E-mail, Fax, Internet in short distance
Picking up, transfers, Rent-a-car reservation
Hotel, restaurant, tickets, taxi reservation
Laundry and dry cleaning
Sauna and gym, on request, in short distance
Baby sitting
Additional domestic help
Cooking)
Mountain bike rental (reservation in advance)

AMENITIES:
In the estate: fishing, jogging, trekking, and swimming
Thermal pools and Spa 15' by car
Golf course 25'by car Horse riding (nearby)
Tennis court (nearby)

LOCATION:
12 Km. from Al highway exit Chiusi-Cianciano Terme.
15 Km. from Chiusi railway station.

EXCURSIONS - SHORT DRIVING DISTANCES:
Cetona, Chiusi. Orvieto, Siena, Perugia, Arezzo, Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino. Rome 1h, 30' - Florence 1h, 20' - Spoleto 1h, 30' -Assist 1h, 30'
The countryside between Sarteano and Radicofani is dotted with monasteries and castles.

REMARKS:
Pets are not accepted.
The house is available weekly from Saturday afternoon (S p.m.) to Saturday morning (11 a.m.) all the year.
Arrivals after 10 pm are not accepted