I PAIOLI (the caldrons) is located in a quite village close to an hystorical castle- village where, every year at the beginning of September, there is a cooking contest. All the families of the village bring a dish prepared according to the old recipes of mothers, grand mothers and local tradition. It is always a great succes.
I Paioli is a lovely country house, originally a farm house of a big estate no longer exiting.

On the front of the building there still is the coat of arm, in stone, of the noble family who owned the place in the old days.
The house has been fully restored and offers all the modern comfort.
The owner took great care in maintaining the old atmosphere and charm of the farmhouse. She put together a nice collection of decorating objects like iron farming tools, copper caldrons of which the kitchen is full, terracotta pots and jugs, handwooven fabrics that you can find all over the house.

All the rooms are decorated with coloured fabrics and old country pieces of furniture.
The atmosphere is warm and cosy. A large stone Tuscan fire place makes you even warmer in the cold days.
In the house there is a great choice f decorating table ware as the owner loves a lot to entertain and decorate the table accordin to the colours of the season.
All the ground floor rooms open onto the outside garden.
The space outside is vast and very well kept, with abundance of flowers , fruits trees, olive treesand vineyards.

It is easy to find a lovely shodowy corner to relax. In the garden there is BBQ- wood oven- and dinig area with big table.
For tennis lover there is a tennis-court.
Children have their equipped play ground in a shadowy area.
Paved road and few meters of gravelled road leads you up to the house.
The care taker of the ground is a good cook of typical country tuscan cusine.

On request he can prepare very good meals.
Attached to the house there is an other house - with complete separate entrance - it belongs to an other owner who seldom goes there. It is not rent and between the two houses there is a high green bush that allow privacy.

On the Ground floor:
Entrance
- living room with large tuscan fireplace, satellite TV, CD player - diningroom opening onto the garden via french door, (table sitting 14 people)
Fully equipped kitchen ( frigo- frezeer- microwave gas cooker) opening onto the outside loggia
- dining area equipped with ceiling fan.
- 1 closet and one WC/ washing machine.
The windows are equipped with screens

First floor
2 queen size bedrooms( convertible into twin )
1 twin bedroom( convertible into a double)
1 twin bedroom/
1 bathroom with bath and shower, 1 bathroom with shower.
The windows are equipped with screens/ the house has a surface of about sqmt. 300

Garden
- Very large secluded property with a surface of five hectare.
- BBQ
- large dining outside area close to the pool.
- Children playground equipped with children big toys
- Pool ( above ground pool) mt 4.50 x 8 / depth mt. 1.20
- tennis ground
- garden furniture
- parking area

DISTANCES
- Very good trattorie and resturants are nearby.
- Nearest village for grocery shop is at a short distance
- Lucca 12 km
- Pisa 12 km
- close connetction to the highway (1 hour to Florence)
- Chianti area S. Gimignano. Siena 2 hours
- Viareggio and the beach 20 minutes
- Golf course Forte dei Marmi 30 minutes
- Carrara and Michelangelo marble caves, one hour
- 5 Terre one hour
- Portofino one and half hour
- Pietrasanta- the artist town -half an hour

Rates include:
Final cleaning /Gas/ electricity/ bed and bath linen
2 hours cleaning- once a week
For extra:
Maid - extra service- € 10 per hour- to be paid directly-
Cook service € 70 per dinner (food and wine not included ) to be paid directly.
A welcome dinner on Saturday night is included.
1 crib is available